Would you travel Europe
with Daisy?
where the dogs come to everything.
Nothing is booked yet.
That's the point.
one beautiful European hotel, breakfast, dinner, the walk, the wine, all of it.
Before we choose a destination or a date, we want to know who would actually come. No commitment and no payment. You'd just be first to hear when there's something to hear.
What we're thinking.
Eight to ten dogs
Small enough that everyone knows everyone by the second morning. Not a tour group.
Two or three nights
A European long weekend you can actually get to and back from without using a week of annual leave.
Dogs at the table, not waiting in the room
The whole point. We'd choose the hotel around what the dogs can join in with, not whether they're technically permitted.
Somewhere worth the flight
Food, wine, scenery, a proper walk, and a bit of the place you're in.
Photos you'd actually keep
We're looking at bringing a photographer, so you'd go home with pictures of you and your dog that aren't taken at arm's length on a phone.
What we're considering, not a list of confirmed inclusions
Why we're not just booking
a “pet friendly” hotel.
“Pet friendly” usually means the room. It means your dog is allowed to exist upstairs while you eat breakfast without her.
That's fine for one night at an airport. It's a miserable way to spend a weekend you flew to. So before any of this happens, the hotel has to answer the same questions every hotel on this site has to answer.
Can the dogs come to breakfast?
Can they sit with us at dinner?
Are they welcome in the bar, or just tolerated in the lobby?
Can they come on the walk, the boat, the tasting?
Is there anywhere they're actually wanted, rather than allowed?
Hotels kept telling us they were dog friendly. They meant the room. That's why this whole thing exists, and it's the same standard a Daisy trip would have to pass before we'd ask anyone to book a flight.
An example weekend.
Illustration, not an itinerary
Friday
Arrive and settle in. Welcome drinks and dinner as a group, with the dogs under the table where they belong.
Saturday
A dog friendly local experience in the morning, maybe a vineyard or a boat or a stretch of coast, lunch somewhere the dogs are welcome, a proper walk, photos, then dinner together.
Sunday
A slow breakfast, one last walk, final photos, then home. Or stay on a few days by yourself if you'd rather. Most people probably would.
Plenty of free time is built in. Nobody's herding you onto a coach.
Who we're picturing.
- You already travel well and you're tired of leaving your dog behind
- Your dog can settle under a restaurant table for an hour or two
- Your dog is fine on a lead around other dogs and other people
- You'd rather have eight people around one long table than eighty in a function room
- You want the trip to be about the place, with the dogs included, not a novelty
- You're looking for a budget group holiday
- Your dog finds other dogs stressful, which is completely normal and not a criticism, it's just not this trip
- You want a full schedule with every hour accounted for
- You're mainly coming to meet Daisy. She'll be there and she'll be insufferable about it, but she isn't the reason to spend the money.
Lake Como and Northern Italy · Northern Greece and the wine country · Athens and the Athens Riviera · Switzerland, possibly in spring · or somewhere else entirely
None of these are chosen. Your answers decide it.
Register your interest.
It's a few questions and every one of them earns its place. The more honest you are about budget and dates, the more likely it is we plan something you'd actually book.
Questions we're expecting.
How much will it cost?+
We don't know yet, and we'd rather say that than invent a number. The hotel budget question in the form is how we work out what to aim for.
Are flights included?+
No. You'd book your own flights and we'd tell you well in advance which airport to aim for, so you can find something that works for you and your dog.
Can I come on my own?+
Yes. A good few people on this list will be travelling solo with their dog, and a small group is the easy way to do that.
What if my dog is big?+
Size isn't the problem, cabin rules are. Tell us in the form and we'll factor it in. A drivable destination is one of the options on the table for exactly this reason.
We're not trying to fill a coach.
We're trying to find eight or ten people
who've been quietly wishing this existed.
If that's you, put your name down and we'll come back to you when there's something real to show.
I'm interested