Premier Inn vs Travelodge Pet Policy 2026

Premier Inn's policy across its entire UK portfolio is straightforward: pets are not accepted in guest rooms. This applies at every Premier Inn hotel, so you cannot bring a pet dog to a Premier Inn regardless of location.

The only exception is assistance dogs. Registered assistance dogs are always welcome, with no fee and no room restriction, under the Equality Act 2010. Emotional support dogs and therapy dogs are not covered by that exception unless they are trained, registered assistance dogs.

In practice this means Premier Inn is only an option for owners whose dog is a working assistance dog. For anyone travelling with a pet dog, you will need a different chain - which is where Travelodge comes in.

Travelodge is the dog-friendly one of the pair. Its dog programme covers dozens of hotels across the UK, all listed on the Travelodge booking site behind a 'Pets Welcome' filter, and the chain has been running the scheme for years.

The structure:

• A flat pet fee of around £25 per dog per stay (raised from £20 in 2026), charged as a one-off cleaning fee rather than per night
• Maximum 2 dogs per room, with the fee capped at around £50 per room per stay
• Dog-friendly inventory limited to specific rooms, often on the ground floor
• Bar and restaurant access generally not permitted with dogs (varies by hotel - some allow dogs in the bar at the manager's discretion)
• Assistance dogs accepted at every Travelodge, free of charge, under the Equality Act

The 'Pets Welcome' filter is the place to start - select your destination and dates, then filter by 'Pets Welcome' to see only the properties and room types that accept dogs.

Because Premier Inn does not take pet dogs, there is no like-for-like pet cost to compare - a pet-dog stay is only possible at Travelodge. Here is what a Travelodge dog stay actually costs, for two adults plus one dog, two nights at a midweek non-school-holiday rate (typical of January-March, October-November):

• Room: around £65 per night × 2 nights = £130.
• Dog fee: a flat £25 for the whole stay (not per night), covering up to two dogs.
• Total: around £155 for two nights with your dog.

The flat per-stay dog fee is what makes Travelodge good value for longer trips - a five-night stay carries the same £25 dog fee as a single night. If your dog is a registered assistance dog, there is no fee at either chain, and Premier Inn becomes a viable choice again.

Premier Inn: there is no pet-dog booking path - Premier Inn does not accept pet dogs, so no search filter or room type will surface a dog-friendly Premier Inn. If your dog is a registered assistance dog, book any room as normal and notify the hotel that you are bringing an assistance dog; there is no fee.

Travelodge booking flow:

1. Go to travelodge.co.uk's search.
2. Search destination and dates.
3. Apply the 'Pets Welcome' filter. Search results immediately narrow to dog-friendly hotels.
4. Within each property, dog-friendly rooms are flagged as a specific room type. Book one of those rooms directly.
5. The flat per-stay dog fee is added at booking or on arrival depending on the location.

Travelodge makes it simple: the 'Pets Welcome' filter surfaces dog policy as a first-class option, so you can see at a glance which hotels take dogs.