Super popular with dog owners, boaters, or in many cases both, these have real New England flair, are large, comfortable and very private, but super close to everything. These are a dedicated subset of the Cottages at Nantucket Boat Basin, an all-cottage resort set on piers right in the heart of the main waterfront, walking distance from the ferries (but they transport you with golf carts). Brian Sager Photographyīut you’ll need a place to stay, and it doesn’t get better than the Woof Cottages. To top it all off, the resort added tented open air beachfront cabanas for spa treatments, anticipating exactly what guests crave in these strange times.Ĭhilling outside the Woof Cottages is a big highlight at Nantucket's most dog friendly. These are set in separate beachfront buildings with their own exterior doors, the kind of private lodging everyone wants now. In an example of perfect timing, right around the start of the pandemic they unveiled a new level of luxury lodging, the Cove Suites, 2-bedroom residences with extensive indoor and outdoor living spaces, fireplaces, kitchens, and furnished decks. The concierge has a list of nearby pet-friendly walking trails, beaches and off leash parks, the resort has its own private beach welcoming dogs in off-season, and for the last week of the warm weather season each fall they close the resort pool to humans and turn the hounds loose for swimming fun at the “Pool Pawty.” Inn By The Sea is a member of the luxury Virtuoso travel network, so if you use a good travel agent you can get a lot of extras booking here, and its ultra-sustainable ocean to table Sea Glass restaurant is a New England standout. In a unique partnership with a local shelter, the house dog greeting guests in the lobby is always an available rescue and they are approaching 200 dogs placed with visiting guests over the years. That would be more than enough, but it’s far from the entire list. Inn By The Sea features a resident rescue dog to greet guests, and the program has placed nearly. The huge back lawn is similarly equipped with cozy Adirondack chairs staffed by servers bearing treats for humans and pups, water bowls and adult beverages. They offer dog walking and dog sitting and have an outdoor bar and restaurant deck serving both cocktails and full fine-dining meals where your dog can join you - and order off a gourmet pet menu. But Inn By The Sea does not have a fee even though complimentary extras include water bowls, beach towels, cozy blankets, and signature treats at turndown daily. The vast majority of luxury hotels welcoming pets charge an extra fee, and I don’t blame them, because there can (and should) be extra cleaning required, even if it’s just a lot more vacuuming. I have stayed at Inn By The Sea on three different occasions with different doggie children over the past two and half decades, and it has remained an exceptional example of the genre. If you are a hotelier considering a shift toward dog-friendly, this is the place you should visit to see how it is done. Inn By The Sea, Cape Elizabeth, Maine: I put this eco-friendly oceanfront resort just outside Portland first on this list, and it was not an accident. I will note that because I live in the Northeast, most of my dog stays have been in a drive market range from Montreal to the Carolinas, so my list skews that way, but there are other hotels on this list that I have visited without my dogs or know people I trust who have been with pets. The following properties - many of them Forbes 5-Star winners - excel at some or all of these second and third levels of welcoming and can fairly be considered among “The Best Dog Friendly” lodging.
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