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How Dog Friendly Rooms Works

Dog Friendly Rooms is a hotel booking site for people traveling with dogs. We list hotels that accept pets in 30 US cities and show each hotel's pet fee, weight limit and rules before you book. Prices include taxes, and your card is charged by Nuitée, our booking partner.

Why does this site exist?

Most booking sites treat "pet-friendly" as a checkbox. You tick it, pick a hotel, and learn at the front desk that the dog costs $150, or that the limit is 25 lb. The information usually exists; it is just buried in the fine print. We put it on the hotel card: the pet fee, whether it is per night or per stay, the weight limit and how many dogs are allowed.

How is the price I see calculated?

Room prices come live from LiteAPI, which connects to hotels and wholesalers. The price shown is the full amount for your stay: room, taxes and mandatory fees. If the hotel collects part of it on arrival, such as a resort fee, we show that portion separately and include it in the total. We earn a margin that is already inside the price you see; nothing is added at checkout. We do not display or sell rooms below the price the hotel asks distributors to respect.

City and hotel pages show a cached "from" price for a sample two-night weekend stay, refreshed every six hours. When you choose your own dates, the price is checked live, and it is confirmed once more with the hotel immediately before you pay.

Who takes my payment?

Nuitée is the merchant of record for every booking. You type your card details into Nuitée's payment form, which is embedded in our checkout page; the details go straight to Nuitée. We never see or store card numbers. The charge on your statement will show Nuitée. Nuitée also handles refunds, chargebacks and fraud screening.

How do cancellation and refunds work?

Every room option shows its real cancellation policy before you book, and again on the checkout page. That policy is your refund contract. "Free cancellation until" a date means a full refund if you cancel before that moment. After it, the stated fee applies. "Non-refundable" means exactly that, and we label it plainly. To cancel, email us with your booking ID and we process it under the policy you accepted.

Charged by Nuitée, our booking partner. Refunds follow the cancellation policy shown above — no fees added by us.

How accurate is the pet policy information?

Pet details are taken from each hotel's own content as supplied through LiteAPI: a structured pet policy where the hotel provides one, plus the hotel's written policy text, which we quote on the hotel page. We do not fill gaps. If a hotel has not published its fee, you will see "Pet policy: confirm at booking". Hotels can change policies without notice, so for anything that would change your decision, such as a large dog or leaving a dog alone, confirm with the hotel before a non-refundable booking.

What we do not do

  • We do not invent reviews, ratings or "only 2 left" urgency messages.
  • We do not call a hotel "best" without stating the reason, such as the lowest total price or the lowest published pet fee.
  • We do not add booking or cancellation fees of our own.

Pricing and refund FAQ

Who charges my card when I book on Dog Friendly Rooms?

Nuitée, our booking partner, charges your card and is the merchant of record. You enter your card details in Nuitée's secure payment form. Dog Friendly Rooms never receives, sees or stores your card number.

How do refunds work?

Refunds follow the cancellation policy shown on your rate before you paid. If you cancel a free-cancellation rate before its deadline, Nuitée refunds the full amount to your original payment method. Non-refundable rates are not refunded. We add no cancellation fees of our own.

Is the pet fee included in the price I pay?

No. Pet fees are set by each hotel and paid to the hotel, normally at check-in or check-out. We show the fee the hotel has published next to the room price so you can add them together before booking.

Where does your pet policy information come from?

From the hotel content each hotel supplies through LiteAPI, our hotel data and booking supplier. We read the hotel’s structured pet policy and its written policy text. When a hotel has not published a fee, weight limit or rule there, we display "confirm at booking" instead of estimating one.

Do you publish reviews or ratings?

We do not write reviews or assign our own scores. A star rating appears only when it is the hotel’s official category supplied in the hotel data. Any guest rating shown is labeled as supplied by LiteAPI.

Questions about a booking? Contact Dog Friendly Rooms support.