The breeze in your hair. The sand in your toes. The sun on your back. Ahhhh, you're finally thinking about traveling again. Well, kinda. There are some stipulations—you want to travel as safely as possible, which probably means a domestic destination it is! If you can turn it into a road trip, even better. And then, of course, there's Willy Wonka, your beloved pudgy bulldog who hasn't left your side for the last 365+ days. Maybe he was an independent pup pre-Covid, but quarantine life has made everyone in your family co-dependent on each other—including the dog. All this to say: You're not leaving home without him. The travel industry may not have always been the most pet-forward biz, but these days there seem to be more and more options to lug our furry family members along for the ride. So if you're looking for pet-friendly vacation rentals—and an even dog-friendlier destination for a toe-dip trip—we've found ten awesome vacation rentals in some of the most dog-friendly cities in the U.S. According to Expedia, those cities include:
- Carmel-by-the-Sea, California
- Door County, Wisconsin (not a city, per say, but we're counting the region as one stop)
- Key Largo, Florida
- Alexandria, Virginia
- Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Bar Harbor, Maine
- Provincetown, Massachusetts
- Austin, Texas
- San Diego, California
