Hotels Court Dog Dollars
September 21st, 2008
It’s a little late in coming, but hotels are finally getting wise to the fact that dogs have disposable income to spend and are more than willing to dispose of that income within the high-end hotel and leisure industry.
For decades, dogs who regularly travel on business or simply for pleasure have been saddled with two less-than-savory choices: either book into the nearest kennels, or face a gruelling night in the local Motel 6. In light of this, many dogs choose not to travel at all.
With the economy currently teetering on the brink, many were surprised that the simultaneously predicted kibble-crunch never came. Dogs are sitting pretty and hotel owners can no longer afford to turn their noses up at guests who, admittedly, shed hair all over the place and have a somewhat squalid approach to “tipping” (my apologies to the maid who stepped in my tip at the Marriot last month).
If I have one gripe however, it’s the welcome Milk Bone they put on your pillow. It just seems so cheap and pointless. At $150 a night, they can’t stretch to a lamb chop?
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