"We've been around for almost 12 years, and pet travel is certainly much easier today than it was a decade ago," said Jason Halliburton, chief operating officer of Bring Fido, a website and app that pairs dog owners with dog-friendly activities, events, parks, restaurants and hotels. hotels are pet-friendly, according to the American Hotel & Lodging Association. Thirty-seven percent of them travel with their companions, up from 19 percent from a decade ago, according to the American Pet Products Association, and more than half of U.S. If anything, Disney is somewhat late on accommodating pet owners. Resort rooms at the Art of Animation, Port Orleans-Riverside, Fort Wilderness (in the cabins) and Yacht Club that host canine guests are given the same cleaning provided for rooms occupied by service animals, a company spokesperson said. That experience prompted the company, which has 28,000 rooms at its Florida location, to pilot a one-year program that designates 250 rooms at four properties as dog-friendly. In September, Walt Disney World allowed guests evacuating inland from Hurricane Irma to take their pets with them. She's my pet, and for the first time, my room could be her room while I visited the Magic Kingdom. Annie Oakley Tater Tot is not a service dog. Less than a year ago, this would have been impossible. She sniffed the grass and marked her territory while I kept my eye out for alligators and kept an eye out for golf carts hauling guests' luggage to and from their rooms. At sunset on a warm January evening, I walked my dog along the edge of a man-made lake at Walt Disney World's Art of Animation Resort.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
Details
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |