My spouse has dog and cat allergies. She can usually tell right away when the previous occupant of our hotel room had a pet in the room. The problem is, finding hotels with no-pet policies is not easy. Pet-friendly hotels display a badge, but pet-free hotels often bury their pet policies on FAQ pages. Some hotels don’t even publish a policy.
To make matters worse, hotel review sites let you check a “pet-friendly” box but I have yet to see a “pet-free” box. This means that travelers with pet allergies have to check one hotel site after another for info on their pet policies. And as every traveler already knows, you cannot rely on search engines, third-party booking sites, or even Chat GPT (I tried it and it failed!) to report accurate pet policies — the best pet policy info is what you find on the hotel’s own website.
PetFreeHotels.com is the one site that takes the time to read the small print in hotel policies. Our goal is to make it easy for people like my spouse, and you, to find a pet-free hotel in popular U.S. destinations. We are adding new locations all the time — our next goal is 3000 verified pet-free hotels!
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Who gets listed here?
We only list hotels (not B&Bs or vacation rentals) that post a property-wide “no pets” policy on their official website. If we can’t find such a policy on their site, or if the wording is unclear or contradictory, we will not list that property here.
Hotels that offer “pet-friendly rooms” are excluded from our list even if they also claim to have pet-free rooms. The name of this site is Pet-Free Hotels, not Take-Your-Chances Hotels.
Which chains have the most pet-free locations?
It has been easiest for me to find pet-free hotels in the Marriott chain (5600+ total U.S. locations including Fairfield and Courtyard), followed closely by Choice Hotels (5900+ sites such as Comfort Inn). The IHG chain (3800+ sites including Holiday Inns) and Best Western (about 2000 U.S. sites) also offer many pet-free properties.
On the other hand, I find the Hiltons to be hit-and-miss (DoubleTrees more likely to pet-free). The Wyndhams (Days Inn, Super 8) tend to hide their pet policies on pop-up windows — many of their properties are pet-free if you have the patience to look. The independents can also make their pet policies hard to find, and so relatively few of them appear in our list.
Which brands are least likely to be pet-free?
I can’t vouch for all properties in these brands, but based on their internet presence and marketing materials, your chance of finding a pet-free hotel under the following brands is pretty slim:
AloftDruryEmbassy SuitesFairmontHampton Inn (some exceptions)Hilton Garden InnHome2SuitesHomewood SuitesHyatt (some exceptions)IndigoKimptonLa QuintaMotel 6Red RoofSonestaStaybridge SuitesTru by HiltonWestin
In addition to these, I have found that boutique hotels tend to be pet-friendly — perhaps they don’t want to be caught saying ‘no’ to potential customers.
In August 2024, I reviewed all the Hampton Inns and Hyatts in the database at the time. I had to remove two more Hampton Inns from this list, as well as three Hyatts. These chains are trending toward brand-wide pet-friendly policies. If you are considering hotels of those brands, I would double-check whether their pet-free status is still in effect.
In November 2024, after IHG decided to remove pet policy info from Holiday Inn Express websites, I deleted the 300-plus Holiday Inn Express entries that were in my database at the time. In April 2025, after a reader suggested a pet-free Holiday Inn Express, I investigated further and found that IHG lists pet policy info for Holiday Inn Express hotels (and now some Holiday Inns as well) only after the user enters their dates, selects a room and continues to the payment page. Since I cannot link to this payment page, you cannot view the pet policy without going through the same steps I did. Therefore, while there may be pet-free Holiday Inn Express locations out there, I cannot link to them or list them here. I have contacted IHG about this situation.
A final word (or two)…
PetFreeHotels.com is a free service offered by Craig H Collins, creator and publisher of the chcollins.com websites. The ads on the results pages earn about $4 a month, but I receive no compensation from any hotel — the time I put into PetFreeHotels.com is mainly paid back through “cup of coffee” donations. Thank you.
Please note that, in our listings, we take some license with the extremely long names of some hotels. To present your results in the most readable form, we may delete branding words such as “and Suites”, “Collection”, “by [Hotel Chain]” and the like. These words add little to your ability to identify the hotel, its service level or its location — they simply take up an impressive amount of space, which is probably the point. We are not here to promote any hotel brand but to help you find a pet-free room.