Ever snuck cat into a hotel?

[Anonymous]

Short version: 15 yo son is on a travel sports team and they all want to stay at same hotel. The hotel says it does not allow pets.

I cannot find sitter. Cat has come to other pet-friendly hotels and never been a problem.

Ever broken the rules? How did it go?

[Anonymous]

I did this once. It was when I was driving here to DC from law school for my 2L summer job. I had my cat in the car and I didn’t realize it would be really hard to find a motel to sleep in. I finally found one. It was a very stressful night, because I knew I wasn’t necessarily supposed to have the cat in there, and the cat kept getting in between the curtain and the window where people could see him. I hardly slept because of it. But that’s me, I’m an overly anxious person. And that was a motel where you could actually see the cat in the window.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Short version: 15 yo son is on a travel sports team and they all want to stay at same hotel. The hotel says it does not allow pets.

I cannot find sitter. Cat has come to other pet-friendly hotels and never been a problem.

Ever broken the rules? How did it go?

?? This is crazy. Leave the cat home with a feeder and some toys

[Anonymous]

Please do NOT do that. Cats are the most allergenic of pets. My son would have an asthma attack if he was given the room after you. The cleaners would probably not vacuum well enough.

[Anonymous]

Do not do this. Leave extra food and water. It will be fine.

[Anonymous]

That’s just cruel to your cat. Just leave the poor thing at home.

[Anonymous]

Board your cat. Be an adult.

[Anonymous]

If I was in that room after you (or even several persons after you), I would be miserable, and likely end up in the hospital with my throat closing up. Please do not sneak your cat into the hotel

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Please do NOT do that. Cats are the most allergenic of pets. My son would have an asthma attack if he was given the room after you. The cleaners would probably not vacuum well enough.

This. I deliberately stay in pet free hotels because I have allergic asthma. Don't be a jerk.

It's a night or two. Your cat can be left alone with food and water for a day or two.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Board your cat. Be an adult.

Cats prefer to stay in their home. Get a friend or neighbor to feed and care for them

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Board your cat. Be an adult.

WTH? Adults don’t board cats unless the cats need serious medical care. Leave the cat at home and have someone come by to feed and hang.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Short version: 15 yo son is on a travel sports team and they all want to stay at same hotel. The hotel says it does not allow pets.

I cannot find sitter. Cat has come to other pet-friendly hotels and never been a problem.

Ever broken the rules? How did it go?

?? This is crazy. Leave the cat home with a feeder and some toys

We have an automatic dry food feeder and a plug in water fountain that are about 40$ each on Amazon. Don’t sneak the cat into a hotel. That’s a rotten thing to do if they don’t allow pets.

[Anonymous]

I have a lot of horror stories about cats in pet-friendly hotels. You don't want to be stressing about your cat in a hotel that isn't pet-friendly. One cat got lost in the boxspring and had to be cut out because he was too scared to return through the hole he tore into it. Another cat opened a slider window in a first floor room but was grabbed just in time. My friend's cat got out when housekeeping inadvertently missed the Do Not Disturb sign. Or maybe the cat took it down? We'll never know. Final cat story: cat was thwarted from even entering because it meowed in agony as it was being snuck in.

Don't you have a neighbor kid who will look in on the cats? Catsitting is so much easier to find than dog sitting. Our neighbor kid is 9 and takes care of all of the cats in the neighborhood. Adults on our street have also done it in a pinch.

You're hoping someone will say it's no big deal, but the consensus is that this is rude and also a lot of really stupid subterfuge just so your kid can be running up and down the same hallway for 15 minutes before bedtime with a bunch of other kids that he's seen all day anyway. If you really can't get a cat sitter, ask a family on the team to host him and pay for half (or more) of their room.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Short version: 15 yo son is on a travel sports team and they all want to stay at same hotel. The hotel says it does not allow pets.

I cannot find sitter. Cat has come to other pet-friendly hotels and never been a problem.

Ever broken the rules? How did it go?

Go on Rover now, read reviews and start whatever their process is (it's a meet and greet with dogs). There are over 100 sitters available in my area for THIS weekend who can do drop-ins, which is what I think of as being the big pro with cats, that they don't require as much care as dogs. FWIW there are 70+ who will stay at your house and 100+ who will take the cat in their home. Central DC.

[Anonymous]

Send a text to group chat for your son’s sports team. Someone will have a younger/older sibling who can check in on the cat. My dog allergic nephew had to go the er after one night in our house. We had sent our non shedding doodle away to be boarded 5 days prior to his visit and had a professional deep clean and hepa purifiers going nonstop, but it wasn’t enough. Fortunately, he recovered quickly, but I felt awful. I have heard cat dander is worse.