Take Your Pet Too!: Fun Things to Do! [Paperback]

Heather MacLean Walters (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1996

A unique reference to annual events and exciting places. This nationwide pet-friendly vacation planner highlights concerts, galas, cruises, beaches, restaurants, festivals, fairs, dog camps, wine-tastings, museums, and much more. Discount coupons included. Featured in "U.S. News and World Report, Prevention" and "New Woman".

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Every summer it's the same old problem--what to do with your canine or feline companion while you go on vacation. Especially useful for dog owners (since dogs generally take to the road with more of a holiday spirit than cats), Heather Walters's guide is a great pet travel resource. She covers all the basics--getting your pet ready for travel, travel by air and by road--plus extremely useful suggestions regarding health and cleanliness, barking and aggressiveness, ticks and stress. But that's all preliminary stuff. The heart of Walters's guide focuses not only on hotels across the U.S. that accept pets, but includes the festivals, museums, concerts, black-tie galas, and fairs that likewise welcome them. There's also a brief section on British Columbia and a resource guide to hundreds of pet-related items. It's a remarkable service, helping you plan a trip the whole family can enjoy together, without leaving Fido howling his loneliness while you gallivant off.

Review

Take a U. S. vacation with pet in tow thanks to a guide which lists hotels, motels and inns which allow pets. This title appears in its second printing and provides pet owners with many options for vacation spots across the country. From beaches and parks to dog shows and festivals, this provides a range of animal-related options. -- Midwest Book Review

Product Details

• Paperback: 282 pages
• Publisher: M C E (November 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 096489131X
• ISBN-13: 978-0964891319
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,800,294 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing, June 22, 2000

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Stephen M. Bainbridge "www.professorbainbridg... (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Take Your Pet Too!: Fun Things to Do! (Paperback)

I had great hopes for this book, as I'm always on the look out for fun places to take my dog. Anticipating a cross-country trip during Summer 2000, I ordered it to help plan that trip. Unfortunately, it did not prove very useful. Although it covers the whole US, the information is typically too sketchy to be of use. Hotel descriptions, for example, typically consist of nothing more than name, address, and phone number. At best, there is a rudimentary indication of amenities using letter codes, although many listings lack them. In some cases, the listing does not even include an address or merely includes a PO Box. Based on the listings for Southern California, the part of the country I know best, some of the information is incomplete or inaccurate. In listing California dog parks (pp. 231-32), for example, Walters omits two well-known Los Angeles parks. In sum, not recommended.