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Author :Erin Maxson in Education

RVing with pets can be difficult when you don’t know what places, restaurants, trails, and more are dog-friendly. Speaking from my own past experience, there have been times where we had to change plans entirely because my dog wasn’t welcome at this or that place, which doesn’t always feel so great after you spend hours getting there.

So I started doing my research ahead of time to try and eliminate those days where we had to flip our itinerary on its head and make way for a more dog-friendly spot. Thankfully the internet is a beautiful place full of information and suggestions, so I quickly came upon some excellent resources that have helped keep our pets adventuring with us.

Related Read: RV Travel with Pets

Here are a few resources I love that have the answers to a lot of questions and problems RV pet owners have on the road:

GoPetFriendly
GoPetFriendly is truly a godsend when it comes to planning trips with your pets. You can easily search for your next location on the homepage and soon have all your questions answered on one page. You can even search by the activity you are looking for like camping or restaurants to ensure every member of your family will be welcomed when you arrive.

If you want to take the guesswork completely out of your next RV trip, GoPetFriendly is one the best ways to make sure you can do everything on your list without breaking any rules or leaving your four-pawed friends behind.

National Park Paws
National Park Paws is a great resource for RVers who love to visit “America’s Greatest Idea.” This website was created by a woman who drove 13,000 miles across the country to visit the majority of National Parks while traveling with her dog. After realizing that there were different rules for different parks, she began to compile the things she learned along the way from Park Rangers and the National Park sites. She decided a resource that gave pet parents all the information about National Park pet rules would be a great resource, which led to where National Park Paws is today.

You can find everything you need to know about taking your pet to U.S. National Parks on this site. From rules to the BARK Ranger Program, you can read about all the options you have when traveling through or camping at a park. This site also goes into the rules and regulations for National Forests and National Monuments, too.

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Bring Fido
Bring Fido is a lot like Yelp for dogs. This site uses travelers and locals opinions about restaurants, coffee shops, and more to help you decide where to dine or visit with your pets. Ratings range between 1 to 5 bones. The more bones an establishment has, the more dog-friendly it will be. This site comes in handy when you have several restaurants you want to visit, but no one will pick up the phone or there’s no information listed on the website. You can sign up and give the places you stop a rating, too!

Pet Travel Blog
This site gives you detailed posts about what you can and cannot do with your pets while traveling. There are also blog posts about adopting dogs in other states or countries, too. This site is a lot like Go Pet Friendly, but it goes into more details about what to expect in different states and countries. From getting a pet passport to flying with a pet, this blog is good to keep in your bookmarks if you ever have a question about what to do with your pet or a stray animal, too.

PetsWelcome
For a total start to finish itinerary of dog-friendly places to visit, check out PetsWelcome “Search By Route” page. This page is perfect for long road trips where you don’t know where to stop with your pets. You can enter your starting location and your end location to have a map of pet-friendly places pop up before your eyes. You can set the distance off your main route to as big or as small as you’d like. You can also adjust how many miles apart each pet-friendly place is to avoid feeling overwhelmed with choices, too. With just a few clicks of the mouse, PetsWelcome makes it easy for you to plan your road trip with pets (without all the headache!).

MobileRVing.com
The very site you found this great blog on has a search feature that allows you to narrow down RV Parks and Campgrounds by selecting the Pet Friendly feature under amenities on the homepage. Enjoy over 30,000 properties listed, RV Related Services at your fingertips, map preferred Properties, businesses and quality properties and even book sites within profile pages.

Rover or Wag
When you still want to stick to your itinerary that isn’t dog-friendly, dog-sitting sites like Wag and Rover allow you to keep trekking along without a second thought. You can plan to have a pet sitter come to your RV or you can drop your pets off at their home before you head out for your next adventure. Sometimes you can’t bring your pets everywhere, so these sites make it easy to work around activities that aren’t pet-friendly.

Full-Time RV Pet Parents
If you’re just now getting into RVing and want to bring the pets along, it’s best to ask questions of other pet parents that travel. There are several blogs out there that go into detail about setting up your pets for success on the road so I will leave a few of them here:
We’reTheRussos: https://weretherussos.com/full-time-rving-large-dogs/
WinnebagoLife: https://winnebagolife.com/2017/07/leaving-pets-in-the-rv
The Wandering RV: https://www.thewanderingrv.com/rving-with-pets/

All of these resources are helpful for pet parents because they help you decide whether one activity is more realistic than the other. It also allows you to make other plans for your pets if you decide to move forward with activities that don’t allow pets.

In this age of the Internet, it’s never been easier to do your research beforehand, but these resources stay up-to-date and make it their focus to deliver the best information out there so you and your pets are never left stranded somewhere.

No longer find yourself calling establishments when you get into town, just simply look them up and find the perfect place to stay, eat, or play with your pups with a few simple clicks. Your pets will thank you!