Vacationing With Dogs

The only vacations our dogs don't go on are to Disney World which happens about once every three years or so. There is just no appropriate place, and they have never flown so I don't want to put them through the stress of that. Our other vacations are mainly skiing and to the beach, where it's ideal to bring the dogs. We usually tire them out thoroughly with early morning romps (now that they are seniors not too hard to do), and them for most of the afternoon while they are dozing, we go skiing or boogie boarding/sunbathing, and then late afternoon/early evening there is another dog walk, then they go with us in the car to dinner. If we go to town shopping, we sometimes bring them along as they do very well in city and shopping area situations. We once brought them on a RV vacation from hell thinking this would be ideal for our dogs. The only ones that hated it more than us, were our dogs LOL. So next cross country trip will just be in the Exterra staying at dog friendly hotels along the way. Much easier to manage getting around et, for those of you who are not used to driving an RV, it's pretty challenging to just turn around if you find you went the wrong way et et. And the stability factor for the dogs back there----not so good. Crates probably would have been a good idea, but they would most likely have been bouncing around in those. And the RV parks are not very spacious like the camping that I used to do with my parents where you might not be able to see the next tent. People right on top of you, and you are in the end paying more than you would for a nice private hotel room. I love vacations with my dogs. They are the best.