Dogs are allowed with us

Over on This French Life I recently came across an article about how it has been judged illegal in France to ban pets from short-term holiday rental agreements.

In the recent comments on the TFL article there's different points of view expressed as to whether Gite owners and customers feel positive or negative about accepting pets or not.

For our own Brittany Gite in the 7 years we have been renting we have always accepted pets, although we've only had a small number of customers that have asked about bringing their dog on holiday to the Gite.

We do ask that guests act responsibly with their dogs and pets and ensure that any mess inside or out is cleaned up afterwards, and without fail every one of the customers has been quite happy with this arrangement and we've never had any problems with the pets that have stayed with us. I personally think it's something about the kind of dog owner that wants to take their pet on holiday with them that also accepts the responsibility of doing so.

We had a lovely letter from one couple who took their dog on holiday to the Gite and they wrote a letter of thanks afterwards as if it had been written by the dogs themselves saying how much they loved their holiday and running and playing on the North Brittany coastal beach at St Brieuc. We've taken our own dog there a couple of times and as you can see he loved it!

We've also been able to help our doggy owning guests out with practical details of pet passports and also the English speaking vet we've found nearby for the inoculations for the return trip back home.