'Pooch Hotel' Offers Nation's Most Expensive Doggie Suites

by Rigel Celeste (RSS feed)
Jul 30th 2010 at 2:01PM

The Pooch Hotel in Sunnyvale CA is the nation's most expensive dog hotel, with their priciest "Palace Suites" coming in at a steep $100 per night per pet. Even if they share a room.

The premise is that pets are like children to many families and so the idea of leaving them behind to wallow in stress and misery while rest of the family vacations just isn't an option. Pooch Hotel offers several different levels of accommodations: the Palace Suites measure 12' x 10' or 20' x 15' for $100/night, Presidential Suites are 9' x 9' for $75/night, and Junior Suites run 5' x 7' for $50/night. All include luxury bedding but the top two tiers also include cable tv and webcams in the room so owners have access to viewing their pet anytime they have access to the internet or a smartphone. The hotel also offers additional services like a "Spaw" where pets can get pawdicures, facials, and even hair coloring (graying muzzles anyone?), a pool for swimming, land and water treadmills, and a limo service for pick-up and drop-off.

One would think such lavish indulgences would be suffering due to the current recession but apparently not, as the owner reports it's not unusual for patrons to drop several thousand dollars just for the peace of mind of leaving their dogs in a safe and happy environment. In fact the California Pooch Hotel location boasts a 99% occupancy rate for its four $100 Palace Suites and an expansion is in the works to almost double occupancy and go from 69 rooms to 133.

Gallery: The Pooch Hotel, Sunnyvale CA

Tags: dogs, pet hotels, pets, pooch hotel

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plygrl66 Aug 1st 2010 4:05PM

I would not hesitate to bring my dogs there. I love them tremendously and I work and go to school so I would have no problem giving my dogs, who are part of my family, the best comforts I can afford and piece of mind for myself. I know some will post how outrageous and why not take care of homeless people but for me I think this an outstanding service we are offered. My beagle could especially benefit from the working out!!