Dog friendly hotels on I-81 and I-95
 

We are planning our drive to the Villages from up north and are looking for help from fellow travelers with dogs. Our last few trips we have encountered horrible luck with pet friendly hotels. There must be some pet friendly hotels that are not total dumps? Best Western, Red Roof, Days Inn, and La Quinta have all been terrible. We take 81 south from Scranton, PA and cut across to I-95 in Fredricksburg, VA toward Florida. Any suggestions for some decent hotel options would be most appreciated. Thanks : )

How much do you want to spend? Loews has beautiful rooms and caters to pets under their "Loews Loves Pets" program. They were one of the first chains to accept pets. https://www.loewshotels.com/loews-loves-pets

Don't know where they are located. We stayed at the one across from Vanderbilt University in Nashville. Vanderbilt was right across the street, with massive grounds. They were on break, and I took the dog for a great run on campus.

Also some Hiltons accept pets.

There are some Drury Inns on the way south that accept pets and so far have been fairly nice. But not on a par with Loews.

The farther south you get, the rattier the less expensive chains accepting pets seem to be.

The Vanderbilt Plaza Hotel is a first rate dog friendly hotel. Great suggestion.


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Mrs Barefoot told us about La Quinta and we were happy each time. Maybe you just got a room that was a dud. Good Luck.

Thanks for the response, but none of the suggestions are on the rout we take south. Both Loews and Drury tend to be in major metropolitan areas and are not on our travel rout. I tried a search on Hilton and only came up with an affiliate, Hampton Inns, which is on our rout but will only take service dogs. We don't mind paying extra for our dog, but any decent hotels don't seem to want dogs?

It Might Be Worth Joining AAA
 

Have you tried the “Bring Fido” app. We’ve stayed at a couple 5 paw rated hotels that were pretty nice. We stop at one each way on our drive. Also we take 84 to 81 which bypasses 95 most of the way and avoids the tappan zee and George washington bridges. No tolls all the way down and a $1.25 toll coming back in NY. We stay at the comfort inn and suites in Stateville no Carolina on the way down and sleep inn in Staunton Virginia on the way back. Both are rated 5 star on the Fido app.

Good information, I will get the app and check it out. I will also check out AAA as mentioned in another post. Sounds like we take a similar route south but our trip is about 1,400 miles, which is too far for us to drive in two days. We typically spend night one in the Winchester, VA area and night two in the Manning/Santee, SC area.

We gave noticed recently that many of the chain motels are now pet friendly along I-95 at least south of I-26. Not necessarily advertised that way but call a few and ask, you might be surprised.

Arf Arf Hotels
 

I have made the trip numerous times from the New Jersey Shore to TV. The best place for me and my two maltese to stay is Comfort Suites, Lumberton, NC on Wintergreen Drive. It is clean, safe, has a small dog park, right off I-95, drive in and take out restaurants right on the street. Easy on and off I-95. Safe to walk the dogs at night. I've tried others and this is my #1 pick. It is also about half way from NJ to TV and just at my 8-9 hour mark.

Ours is about 1,330 miles. We try to do between 750 and 800 miles the first day which makes the second day a lot easier.

La Quinta, numerous times always great

LaQuinta has always been pretty good for us though we have stayed at one that was horrible as well as one that was like a 5 star hotel. Most fall into the totally decent and acceptable range. You may have just got that one bad one. Check out the reviews on each hotel you might stay at along your route and then go from there.

Most Embassy Suites will accept dogs if you wan to pay an extra $100. I go to La Quinta,