Travelling with Max

Just thought I should provide a follow-up to my post about doing a business trip accompanied by my husband and my dog.  More about husbands later.  In this post, I want to report on our experience travelling with Max. 

I was quite surprised to discover that a very upscale vintage inn in Niagara-on-the-Lake actually had what they call dog-friendly rooms.  Ours was at the back of the hotel and instead of walking out our hotel room door into an internal corridor, we walked onto a covered porch area that bordered the back parking lot of the hotel.  We could head out for walks without having to go through the hotel.  It was very convenient and worked very well.  The only catch, when we checked out we discovered something they didn't tell us up front - we were charged an extra $35 per day to have the dog in our room!!  In the hotel information book, it referred to a "small" fee; we were quite taken aback to find that it added up to over a $100, what with taxes, for our 3 day stay.

At the next hotel we visited in Huntsville, we were also able to bring the dog into our room.  This time we were on the second floor of the hotel and had to go through the hotel to get outside.  However, there was no extra charge for having the dog in the room. 

Now I do have to confess that Max wasn't the perfect traveller.  He was a little thrown off by luxury inns, staying in the Guelph home of our niece with her very shy rescue dog, walking through the corridors of a hotel, and spending time in a retirement residence where we visited my husband's aunt and uncle.  This led to a few "accidents".  However, all in all he really did behave himself and we discovered that we could in fact travel successfully with him.  He did enjoy himself as well; he had his first off-leash run on the commons in Niagara-on-the-Lake and generally displayed a sense of curiosity and adventure during most of the trip.

We are not in a rush to do it again but we do feel confident that Max is an adaptable little dog and will have lots of travel adventures in his future.