The Oregon coast offers many cheap, pet-friendly hotels for travelers and their pet companions. Most welcome dogs and some allow cats and other family pets. When making your reservation, inform the hotel about your companion and be sure you understand the hotel's pet policies prior to arrival. According to the American Animal Hospital Association, "two thirds of pet-owners have traveled with their dog or cat." With millions of dogs and cats in U.S. homes, "there's enormous potential for pet travel. And hotels...are recognizing it."
The San Dune Inn, is, according to Oregon Coast Beach Connection, "very welcoming of pets," and charges no pet fees (as of 2010). The inn provides dog bones, pooper-scooper bags, dog beach towels, movies, books, games, puzzles and wireless Internet. Guests enjoy outdoor activities like volleyball, bocce ball and croquet. Bikes, sports equipment, kites, umbrellas and beach blankets may be borrowed. The San Dune Inn is a short walk, past the small town of Manzanita, to a clean, seven-mile beach. Manzanita is pet friendly and proud of its annual Muttzanita Festival that raises money for a local spay-neuter organization.
San Dune Inn
428 Dorcas Lane
P. O. Box 427
Manzanita, OR 97130
888-368-5163
sandune-inn-manzanita.com
All the rooms at the Sea Haven Motel are pet friendly. Owners must keep pets off the furniture, clean up after them and not leave them unattended. The motel is one block from a public access beach where dogs and people enjoy wandering along the shore. The $7 pet fees are donated to the new Tillamook County Animal Shelter. Motel amenities include full kitchens, cable TV, DVD player and free Wi-Fi. There are chairs and tables on the deck and areas where guests picnic on the grass, play bocce ball, relax around the fire pit in the evening.
Sea Haven Motel & Hostel
520 North Highway 101 (520 Coast Highway)
Rockaway Beach, OR 97136
503-355-8101
seahavenmotel.net
A maximum of two pets are welcome in designated cottages at the Ester Lee Motel. The daily fee is $9 per pet, and dogs must be on-leash outdoors and not be unattended in your room or vehicle. Dog blankets and sheets are provided to protect furniture in pet-friendly cottages, and a dog-walking area is available near the "Ester Lee Dog House," which has clean-up bags and a waste receptacle. All cottages have ocean and beach views, and most have a full kitchen, fireplace, TV and DVD player.
Ester Lee Motel
3803 S.W. Highway 101
Lincoln City, OR 97367
541-996-3606
888-996-3606
esterlee.com
The Fireside Motel is pet friendly, and two well-behaved and well-groomed pets are welcome in selected rooms for $10 per pet, per night. You and your leashed dog can walk along a scenic coastal trail to a seven-mile long sandy beach. To ensure that the motel stays pet friendly, pet owners must follow the pet policy, which, along with towels, sheets and pooper-scoopers, is part of the Pet Package guests receive upon check in. Pet owners must use towels to wipe pet's feet and fur, clean up after pets, use sheets to cover furniture and never leave pets alone. The motel offers ocean views, tidepool exploring and historian-guided evening strolls.
The Fireside Motel
1881 Highway 101 N.
Yachats, OR 97498
541-547-3636
800-336-3573
firesidemotel.com
The Shooting Star Motel offers a cozy home-base from which to enjoy the nearby beach, golf resorts and the quaint town of Bandon on Oregon's Southern Pacific Coast. All sizes and types of pets are allowed for $10 per pet, per day. Dogs must be on-leash outdoors and pet owners are responsible for damages caused by their companions.
Shooting Star Motel
1640 Oregon Ave.
U.S. Highway 101
Bandon, OR 97411
541-347-9192
shootingstarmotel.com
Gold Beach Inn's central location is an easy walk to restaurants and shops. The inn is pet friendly, has no size or breed restrictions and charges $10 a night, per pet. From the oceanside setting, you can watch ocean waves and sunsets, and view seals, occasional migrating whales and many varieties of birds. The nine-mile beach has private access and extends from north of the Rogue River Jetty, south to Cape Sebastian. The inn offers a free breakfast bar, in-room gourmet coffee, HBO movie channels and high-speed wireless Internet. Some rooms have kitchenettes and/or private balconies.
Gold Beach Inn
29346 Ellensburg Ave.
Gold Beach, OR 97444
541-247-7091
888-663-0608
goldbeachinn.com
