Pet Friendly Places to Stay in Birmingham, England

The city of Birmingham is the second largest (by population) in England, second only to the capital, London. Being such a large conurbation there plenty of world class tourist attractions, top notch venues for music and the arts, countless renowned museums and art galleries and some of the most modern entertainment in the British Isles. It is little wonder that Birmingham is quickly becoming an immensely popular destination for short city breaks and even long vacations.

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 Etap Hotel The immensely large Etap is situated roughly half a mile from the very centre of the city. The Etap offers pet friendly accommodation at a very affordable cost.

The Crowne Plaza Hotel The absolutely enormous Crowne Plaza is a 4 star pet friendly hotel located on Holliday Street right in the very centre of the city.

The Radisson Sas The Radisson Sas is an enormous 3 star Birmingham city centre hotel which is situated about five hundred metres from the New Street Rail Station.

One of the problems with the hotels mentioned above is that they all have over 150 rooms and many folk prefer to stay in smaller more intimate hotels. As pet friendly hotels in Birmingham are pretty few and far between it will not surprise you to learn that if you are in search of a city centre hotel that has a much lesser number of rooms there is only the 51 room Ibis Holloway Circus which states that pets are allowed.

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by: Andrew Kelly

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