Vacationing With Your Pet: Eileen's Directory of Pet-Friendly Lodging in the United States & Canada: Over 25,000 Listings of Hotels, Inns, Ranches and B&Bs That Welcome Guest p (Vacation With Your Pet

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Summary: Hitting the road
Review: This is a great book! As a freelance worker, I take spontaneous road trips with my four-legged buddy Sam. I leave the book in the glove compartment (where it fits perfectly!) so it's always handy and off we go. It makes traveling with Sam a breeze! It's the best book out there.

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Summary: Almost False Advertising
Review: This is one of the most self-serving pieces of... I have ever bought. It's more of an autobiography of the author (Eline Barish) than a directory. The listings are stale and MOST (5 out of 7) of the places I stopped at last week didn't accept pets and NEVER HAD... That's all you can say about it. As a single woman traveling with my dog, this is a headache that I didn't need and don't want anyone else to have either...

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Summary: Where's the Beef?
Review: We had difficulty planning a trip with our dog using this book because while there are thousands of places that take pets, specific information is sketchy. With just the name, address, telephone number and rates to go on, I felt uncomfortable trying to guess which place was appropriate for us to stay with our dog. We did ultimately take a trip using the book, but were dissapointed with most of the accomodations.

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Summary: It worked for us!
Review: We used this book to find a dog-friendly place on the beach for our honeymoon. We were very pleased with the accomodations we found. The only reason we did not get into every hotel we called was due to no vacancy. Otherwise, we enjoyed where we ended up and were grateful for the book. This book is a great resource guide but you will have to do your homework. And as a consumer, you have to be responsible for yourself. The book does not give details on the hotels it lists so take it upon yourself to call and inquire. With so many listings it would be hard to also stock it with pictures and details. Even if the book listed details you would need to followup on your own. It is hard to be 100% accurate in a fast paced changing world. I found this book useful and would reccomend it to all my dog owner friends.