Pet Policy…
OK – I know this is a bit premature since we havn’t even broken ground yet, but we were talking about it, since petfriendly hotels are very hot right now, and someone asked me “would The Green leaf Inn be pro-pet?” I thought about this a long time – especially since I have three dogs of my own, and two cats, who are as close to actual human children as I’m going to get and I do miss them terribly when I travel. I researched the heck out of this, looking at web sites of hotels who allow pets, their contracts and descriptions, fees and rules. Bottom line, The Green Leaf Inn is pro-pet, but they will not be allowed on campus or in the suites. There are so many good reason why they should not be allowed, damage and insurance being some of the most important – but also consider room air quality. The rooms will be as allergy free as possible, with quarterly allergen tests to keep the rooms that way – and everyone by now knows about pet dander and how difficult it is to remove from a room once it is there. That being said, we will help our clients who are traveling with their pets as much as possible. My personal vet who does boarding is close by and I am going to set up an agreement with them to house our client’s pets during their stay. Even better, our neighbor – as in right next store - wants to start a kennel, and we have already spoken about an arrangement and possible discount for our guests’ pets. She has lots of land and wants to set up visiting hours and a dog walking area on her property too – something that we have no room for at our location. I want to have lots of dog-friendly information at the front desk too – places to visit that welcome dogs, parks in the area for walking and directions, etc. So, even if we are saying no to the pets presence, we will try to help out as much as we can.
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on April 21st, 2009
Good call over all. You can totally offset, by having deals just like you suggested, and promoting pet health, and local pet areas, and even adoption.
It might be crazy to think of this now, but you might expand to have a kennel on site? That’s if you’re really into attracting a pet-owning traveler.
I like the idea of a allergy, zen-like, clean space that’s all green.
Good call. Not too soon to think about that at all.
And I want to visit for the groundbreaking