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Pet Friendly Hotels And Accommodation In Birmingham, England

March 23, 2010 by  
Filed under Travel

Birmingham, England’s second largest city by population, is becoming an incredibly popular vacation destination. With a wealth of industrial heritage, numerous museums, art galleries and the likes, together with countless top class visitor attractions and some of the best venues for live music, the arts and large scale meetings it is not surprising that so many folk take vacations and short city breaks here.

Each year more and more folk are choosing to take their pets with them on vacation. There are many reasons for this increase but probably the most common is that, simply put, people are often not willing to be parted from a pet which is literally part of the family. Another common reason for taking a pet along on vacation is that housing your pet while away can be ridiculously expensive and though hotels sometimes charge a small additional fee for allowing you to have your pet in your room, it is still often far, far cheaper than paying for boarding kennels or similar.

Let us assume now that you have decided that taking your pet along with you on a vacation is a great idea and that you have also decided that you will visit Birmingham, England. You then have to face a common problem with traveling with pets, finding suitable accommodation. Wherever you go these days there are usually plenty of hotels, guest houses and other accommodation but sadly only a handful allow you to have a pet in the room and hardly any, anywhere, advertise their establishments as “pet friendly”. As little as one percent of hotels (or less) state in their policy that pets are allowed.

You will quickly discover what a thoroughly depressing task it is to find pet friendly Birmingham accommodation. Imagine finding the perfect hotel out of say, seventy only to scroll down to the hotel policies and discover those dreaded words, no pets allowed. Understanding this I wish to introduce a few places in Birmingham which specifically say “pets allowed”.

The Macdonald Burlington Hotel The huge Macdonald Burlington is a 4 star city centre establishment, which is a couple of minutes from New Street Rail Station, conveniently situated next door to a large NCP car park.

The Britannia Hotel The Britannia is a very large 3 star Birmingham city centre establishment located opposite New Street Rail Station.

The Paragon Hotel The incredibly huge Paragon offers 4 star pet friendly hotel accommodation literally minutes from the city centre.

If you would rather stay in a smaller hotel then the fifty one room Ibis Holloway Circus is the smallest pet friendly hotel I was able to find close to Birmingham’s city centre. You may be able to find a place to stay with less rooms but it will likely be some distance from the centre.

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