Competition for Top Spot is Hot

Competition to get to the top spot in search engines is becoming ever more intense for the rapidly expanding pet friendly holiday sector of the UK travel industry. There has been an explosion of new sites specialising in this growing market in the last two years.

It is now virtually impossible to enter the name of a specific hotel or B&B into a search engine without being faced with pages of travel agency sites which you will be forced to trawl through before, if you are lucky, finding the hotel's own website.

Some directories, such UKPets own Pet Friendly Hotels and Pet Travel Directories will take you straight there. But in many cases you will be resigned to using one of the many new specialist agents. It is not all bad news however because very often you will find agents able to offer better discounted rates than the hotels themselves!

Here is a list of 10 top agents who specialise in or have expanded into the sector in the past couple of years:

  • Dogs Invited Lists establishments that make your pets welcome including dog friendly hotels, guest houses, cottages, campsites and B&Bs, some even include Dog Welcome packs. The company is planning an expandsion with a new website listing dog friendly pubs Dog Pubs.


  • Paws For A Walk speialises in accommodation that offers pleasant wlking facilities for dog walkers and their dogs. This site also offers some advice to dog owners about how their dog should conduct themselves at their accommodation. Quoting author Fran Lebowitz, the site advises:

    "No animal should ever jump up on the dining room furniture unless absolutely certain that he can hold his own in the conversation."


  • Pet Friendly Rentals focuses on long term rental proporties but also lists caravan parks, holiday cottages, B&Bs and hotels.


  • Pet Holiday Finder List cottages, pet friendly hotels, guest houses B&Bs, pet friendly inns, touring and static caravan sites and camping sites.


  • Pet Holidays Lists cottages, hotels, camp sites and apartments where it says, you can enjoy a holiday with your family without excluding your pets.


  • Dog People Specialises in dog friendly accommodation and dog friendly hotels, self catering, cottages, B&Bs, pubs, places to eat, attractions and holiday parks within the UK.


  • Pet Friendly Hotels Listing pet friendly hotels & pet friendly accommodation, the company says the UK is finally catching up with our American and European counterparts.


  • Welcome Cottages has joined up with Dogs Trust to promote pets go free holidays at Dogs Trust Cottages.


  • Welsh cottage holiday agent Coastal Cottages has expanded its offer by creating The Woof Guide to dog friendly holidays in Pembrokeshire.


  • Country Cottages Online is another expander that has developed a sub-section to its main site with its Pet Friendly Country Cottages.