UK Hotel Pet Fee Index 2026: What Hotels Really Charge to Bring Your Dog

Taking your dog on a UK hotel break can cost nothing — or add another £100 to a two-night weekend.

The difficult part is that there is no standard way hotels charge for pets. Some levy a fee per night, others per stay, some charge per dog and others per room, and a small number welcome dogs for free. Weight limits, designated rooms, damage deposits and rules about leaving dogs unattended can matter just as much as the headline price.

BestUKHotels checked published pet policies from major hotel brands and 40 individual hotels across 10 UK cities to see what travellers are actually being asked to pay.

For the city comparison, we calculated the supplement for one dog staying for two nights. It is a tracked sample rather than an estimate of every hotel in each city.

The index at a glance

Hotels in the city baskets

40Four in each of 10 UK destinations

Range of published nightly dog charges

£0–£50Fee-free policies through to a £50-a-night pet package

Lowest two-night basket average

£22.50Edinburgh and London

Highest two-night basket average

£56.25Brighton

Basket hotels with no mandatory dog fee

8/40Deposits and optional packages are not counted as fees

What we found

• Published dog charges in our study ranged from £0 to £50 per night.
• Edinburgh and London had the cheapest four-hotel baskets, both averaging £22.50 for a two-night stay, helped by fee-free policies at Kimpton and The Hoxton.
• Brighton was the most expensive basket at £56.25 for two nights, including The Grand Brighton’s £50-per-night pet package.
• Kimpton stood out among large hotel brands by publishing no pet fee, no pet deposit and no general size or weight limit, although some of its UK hotels’ own FAQs do set a weight limit.
• A per-stay charge can become considerably cheaper than a seemingly modest nightly fee on longer trips.
• Brand name alone is not enough. Within IHG, published charges in our research ranged from £0 at voco Grand Central Glasgow to £35 per night plus a £100 pet damage deposit at Holiday Inn Express London Croydon.
• Transparency is patchy. We excluded 9 hotels because their official pages published no amount, contradicted each other or set rules that made the test stay impossible.

UK hotel-chain dog fees compared

There is no industry-standard UK hotel pet charge.

Hotel brand	Published dog charge	Charging model	Important restrictions
Kimpton	£0	Free	Brand policy says no pet fee or deposit and no size, weight or number limit. Some UK hotels’ own FAQs give a 35kg maximum.
The Hoxton	£0	Free	One dog per room, up to 40 lb; a cleaning or repair charge applies if the room is damaged.
easyHotel	£10	Per pet, at participating hotels	No more than two pets per room; dogs over 60cm are not permitted. The terms do not say whether the charge is per night.
Locke	£40	One-off per stay	One dog per apartment, up to 30kg; pet waiver signed on arrival.
Malmaison	£25	Per room, per night for one dog	£40 for two; maximum two small or medium dogs.
Hotel du Vin	£25	Per night for one dog	£40 a night for two; maximum two small or medium dogs.
IHG hotels	£0–£35 in our sample	Property-specific	Policies vary substantially by hotel, even within the same brand.
Accor hotels	Property-specific	Varies	Novotel Bristol Centre publishes £20 per pet per night; two other Accor hotel pages we checked said only “pets welcome”.
Premier Inn	—	Ordinary pets not accepted	Trained assistance dogs are the exception.
Travelodge	Fee applies, but no amount is published on the pages we checked	Per pet, per booking	Up to two pets per room; pets must not be left unattended. Third-party sources disagree on the amount, so we have not assigned Travelodge a figure.

The table also shows why searches for a single answer to “how much do UK hotels charge for dogs?” can be misleading. The answer can change not only between chains, but between hotels carrying the same parent-company branding.

Dog fees by UK city

To make unlike charging structures easier to compare, we created a two-night dog supplement: what one ordinary dog would add to a two-night booking.

Each city below uses four selected hotels for which we could find a clear, current policy on a first-party hotel or brand page. The figure is an average of that four-hotel tracked basket, not an average of every hotel in the city.

Average mandatory dog supplement for one dog staying two nights, by city (four-hotel tracked basket per city, checked 8 October 2026)

Rank	City	2-night average	Range
1	Edinburgh	£22.50	£0–£50
1	London	£22.50	£0–£60
3	Glasgow	£25.00	£0–£50
4	Birmingham	£30.00	£0–£50
5	Liverpool	£38.75	£25–£50
6	Manchester	£42.00	£0–£78
7	Bristol	£42.50	£30–£50
8	Bath	£46.25	£25–£70
9	York	£47.50	£30–£60
10	Brighton	£56.25	£25–£100

Edinburgh: £22.50 average

Two of the four Edinburgh hotels charge nothing. Kimpton Charlotte Square follows Kimpton’s no-fee policy, although its own FAQ gives a 35kg maximum weight, and The Hoxton, Edinburgh takes one dog up to 40 lb at no extra charge. Eden Locke’s one-off £40 fee and Malmaison Edinburgh’s £25-a-night charge complete the basket.

That made the two-night supplements £0, £0, £40 and £50.

Charging model matters here: Eden Locke costs £40 whether the stay lasts two nights or considerably longer, whereas Malmaison’s nightly charge keeps accumulating.

London: £22.50 average

London’s joint-lowest result is largely explained by two zero-fee hotels. The Hoxton allows one dog weighing up to 40 lb without an additional charge, and Kimpton Fitzroy London follows Kimpton’s no-fee pet policy. Holiday Inn Express London Greenwich publishes £30 per pet per stay, while The Pilgrm in Paddington charges £30 a night for one dog of up to 10kg.

That produced two-night supplements of £0, £0, £30 and £60.

London should not therefore be read as generally having cheap dog-friendly hotels. Rather, it shows how a few genuinely free pet policies can dramatically change the cost of a trip.

Glasgow: £25 average

Both Kimpton Blythswood Square and voco Grand Central Glasgow publish a £0 pet fee and £0 deposit; voco Grand Central accepts dogs only and keeps them out of the restaurant. Hotel du Vin and Malmaison’s brand policies, meanwhile, charge £25 a night for one dog.

For a two-night trip, the four supplements in our basket were therefore £0, £0, £50 and £50.

Birmingham: £30 average

Edgbaston Park Hotel allows up to two dogs in designated ground-floor rooms without a mandatory pet fee, although guests can buy an optional £30 canine comfort package. Holiday Inn Express Birmingham Star City publishes a £10-per-night pet fee, while Malmaison and Hotel du Vin each work out at £50 for one dog over two nights.

Liverpool: £38.75 average

Our Liverpool sample ranged from £25 to £50 for two nights.

Hope Street Hotel uses an unusual structure: £15 for the first night and £10 for subsequent nights for one dog, capped at £50 per stay. Cove Paradise Street, part of the Locke group, applies the group’s £40 one-off fee. Liverpool Atlantic Tower Hotel by Sunday charges £20 per dog per night, and Malmaison’s policy works out at £50 for two nights.

Manchester: £42 average

Manchester had the widest spread in the study, from £0 to £78 for two nights.

Kimpton Clocktower welcomes pets without a fee under Kimpton’s brand policy, although, as in Edinburgh, the hotel’s own FAQ gives a 35kg maximum. Whitworth Locke charges £40 once per stay and Malmaison £25 a night. The Rex charges £39 per dog per night for a supplement that includes a bed, bowl and welcome gift, taking a two-night stay to £78.

We did not include voco Manchester City Centre. Its own website lists £15 per dog per night for dogs under 10kg, while its IHG page lists a £25 nightly pet fee.

Bristol: £42.50 average

Holiday Inn Express Bristol City Centre publishes £30 per pet per stay, the lowest two-night cost in the Bristol basket. Novotel Bristol Centre charges £20 per pet per night. Hort’s Townhouse charges £25 per room per night whether one or two dogs come, and Hotel du Vin Bristol City Centre’s brand policy is £25 per night for one dog.

We excluded two Bristol hotels because their own published information conflicted. At The Bristol, the dog-friendly page describes a £20 non-refundable fee per stay, while the hotel’s FAQ describes £20 per pet per night. That difference would turn a five-night supplement from £20 into £100. At Artist Residence Bristol, the FAQ gives £20 per dog per night and the group’s terms give £15.

Bath: £46.25 average

Bath was one of the more expensive destinations in our tracked sample, despite including the cheapest per-stay charge in the city baskets.

No.15 by GuestHouse charges £25 per dog per stay, in any room except its Small Guest Rooms. The Royal Crescent Hotel & Spa charges £50 per pet per stay and has six designated pet-friendly rooms. Hotel Indigo Bath charges £20 per night for the first dog, limits stays with dogs to four nights and requires dogs to be over six months old. Homewood, outside the city at Freshford, publishes £35 per pet per night.

The Royal Crescent’s £50 and No.15’s £25 are one-off charges: on a longer stay, both become cheaper than hotels with a lower-looking nightly supplement.

York: £47.50 average

Every hotel in the York basket charges by the night. Holiday Inn York charges £15 per dog per night, while Holiday Inn Express York charges £25 per dog per night. Malmaison York works out at £25 a night for one dog, and The Milner York sells a £30-a-night dog package.

That is an interesting comparison in itself: two IHG hotels in the same destination publish different nightly dog fees.

Middlethorpe Hall does not charge for dogs, but only allows them in its cottage and garden suites with a three-night minimum stay, so our two-night test stay could not be booked there.

Brighton: £56.25 average

Brighton produced the highest two-night average in our tracked basket.

Drakes charges £25 per stay, while Malmaison and Hotel du Vin each work out at £50 for one dog over two nights. The Grand Brighton’s pet package is £50 per night, taking the two-night dog supplement to £100.

The £25-to-£100 spread among just four properties shows the limits of describing an entire destination simply as “dog friendly”.

Every hotel in the city baskets

All 40 basket hotels: published dog charge, two-night cost for one dog and the source used

Hotel	City	Published charge	2 nights, 1 dog	Key restrictions	Evidence
The Hoxton, Shoreditch	London	£0	£0	One dog per room, up to 40 lb	official brand page source for The Hoxton, Shoreditch
Kimpton Fitzroy London	London	£0	£0	Kimpton brand policy: no size, weight or number limit	official hotel page source for Kimpton Fitzroy London
Holiday Inn Express London Greenwich	London	£30 per pet per stay	£30	Up to two pets; pre-booking essential	official hotel page source for Holiday Inn Express London Greenwich
The Pilgrm	London	£30 per night	£60	One dog per room, up to 10kg, medium or large rooms only	official hotel page source for The Pilgrm
Kimpton Blythswood Square	Glasgow	£0	£0	Kimpton brand policy: no size, weight or number limit; pets cannot be left unattended	official hotel page source for Kimpton Blythswood Square
voco Grand Central Glasgow	Glasgow	£0	£0	Dogs only; not permitted in the restaurant	official hotel page source for voco Grand Central Glasgow
Hotel du Vin Glasgow	Glasgow	£25 per night for one dog	£50	Maximum two small or medium dogs per room	official brand policy source for Hotel du Vin Glasgow
Malmaison Glasgow	Glasgow	£25 per room per night for one dog	£50	Maximum two small or medium dogs per room	official brand policy source for Malmaison Glasgow
Edgbaston Park Hotel	Birmingham	£0 mandatory fee	£0	Up to two dogs; designated ground-floor rooms; not in the 1900 Restaurant	official hotel page source for Edgbaston Park Hotel
Holiday Inn Express Birmingham Star City	Birmingham	£10 per night	£20	Dogs and cats only; up to two	official hotel page source for Holiday Inn Express Birmingham Star City
Malmaison Birmingham	Birmingham	£25 per room per night for one dog	£50	Maximum two small or medium dogs per room	official brand policy source for Malmaison Birmingham
Hotel du Vin Birmingham	Birmingham	£25 per night for one dog	£50	Maximum two small or medium dogs per room	official brand policy source for Hotel du Vin Birmingham
Hope Street Hotel	Liverpool	£15 first night, then £10 per night; capped at £50 per stay	£25	One dog at the quoted rate	official hotel page source for Hope Street Hotel
Liverpool Atlantic Tower Hotel by Sunday	Liverpool	£20 per dog per night	£40	Maximum two dogs; dogs cannot be left alone in rooms	official hotel page source for Liverpool Atlantic Tower Hotel by Sunday
Malmaison Liverpool	Liverpool	£25 per room per night for one dog	£50	Maximum two small or medium dogs per room	official brand policy source for Malmaison Liverpool
Cove Paradise Street	Liverpool	£40 per stay	£40	One dog, up to 30kg; pet waiver on arrival	official brand policy source for Cove Paradise Street
Kimpton Charlotte Square	Edinburgh	£0	£0	Kimpton brand policy: no size, weight or breed limit	official hotel page source for Kimpton Charlotte Square
The Hoxton, Edinburgh	Edinburgh	£0	£0	One dog per room, up to 40 lb	official brand page source for The Hoxton, Edinburgh
Malmaison Edinburgh	Edinburgh	£25 per room per night for one dog	£50	Maximum two small or medium dogs per room	official brand policy source for Malmaison Edinburgh
Eden Locke	Edinburgh	£40 per stay	£40	One dog, up to 30kg; pet waiver on arrival	official brand policy source for Eden Locke
Hotel du Vin Bristol City Centre	Bristol	£25 per night for one dog	£50	Maximum two small or medium dogs per room	official brand policy source for Hotel du Vin Bristol City Centre
Hort's Townhouse	Bristol	£25 per room per night	£50	Maximum two dogs; dog-friendly rooms only	official hotel page source for Hort's Townhouse
Novotel Bristol Centre	Bristol	£20 per pet per night	£40	None published	official hotel page source for Novotel Bristol Centre
Holiday Inn Express Bristol City Centre	Bristol	£30 per pet per stay	£30	Pre-booking essential	official hotel page source for Holiday Inn Express Bristol City Centre
Kimpton Clocktower Hotel	Manchester	£0	£0	Kimpton brand policy: no size, weight or breed limit	official hotel page source for Kimpton Clocktower Hotel
Malmaison Manchester	Manchester	£25 per room per night for one dog	£50	Maximum two small or medium dogs per room	official brand policy source for Malmaison Manchester
Whitworth Locke	Manchester	£40 per stay	£40	One dog, up to 30kg; pet waiver on arrival	official brand policy source for Whitworth Locke
The Rex	Manchester	£39 per dog per night	£78	Small to medium dogs; maximum two per bedroom	official hotel page source for The Rex
Holiday Inn York	York	£15 per dog per night	£30	Specially reserved dog-friendly rooms	official hotel page source for Holiday Inn York
Holiday Inn Express York	York	£25 per dog per night	£50	None published	official hotel page source for Holiday Inn Express York
Malmaison York	York	£25 per room per night for one dog	£50	Maximum two small or medium dogs per room	official brand policy source for Malmaison York
The Milner York	York	£30 per night dog package	£60	None published	official hotel page source for The Milner York
Hotel Indigo Bath	Bath	£20 per night for the first dog	£40	Up to two dogs; stays of up to four nights; dogs over six months old	official hotel page source for Hotel Indigo Bath
The Royal Crescent Hotel & Spa	Bath	£50 per pet per stay	£50	Up to two pets; six designated pet-friendly rooms	official hotel page source for The Royal Crescent Hotel & Spa
Homewood	Bath	£35 per pet per night	£70	None published	official hotel page source for Homewood
No.15 by GuestHouse	Bath	£25 per dog per stay	£25	Not in Small Guest Rooms; not in the restaurant or spa	official hotel page source for No.15 by GuestHouse
Drakes Hotel Brighton	Brighton	£25 per stay	£25	Tell the hotel in advance	official hotel page source for Drakes Hotel Brighton
Malmaison Brighton	Brighton	£25 per dog per night	£50	Dog-friendly rooms only	official hotel page source for Malmaison Brighton
Hotel du Vin Brighton	Brighton	£25 per night for one dog	£50	Maximum two small or medium dogs per room	official brand policy source for Hotel du Vin Brighton
The Grand Brighton	Brighton	£50 per night pet package	£100	Not in the Cyan restaurant, Albert Room, Victoria Terrace or spa	official hotel page source for The Grand Brighton

Per stay versus per night can matter more than the headline price

A £40 dog fee sounds expensive next to £10 a night.

For a one-night stay, it is.

But the calculation reverses on a longer break.

Using the charging structures found in our research:

Fee structure	1 night	2 nights	5 nights
£0 / free	£0	£0	£0
£10 per night	£10	£20	£50
£20 per night	£20	£40	£100
£25 per night	£25	£50	£125
£40 per stay	£40	£40	£40
£50 per stay	£50	£50	£50
£50 per night	£50	£100	£250

That makes fee structure almost as important as fee size.

Locke’s £40 one-off charge, for example, is more expensive than a £10 nightly fee for a weekend but cheaper on a five-night stay.

The same hotel group can have completely different rules

One of the clearest findings from the research was how little a parent hotel company tells you about its pet policy.

IHG is a particularly good example.

Kimpton advertises a pet-friendly brand policy with no pet charge or deposit. voco Grand Central Glasgow also lists a zero pet fee. Holiday Inn Express London Greenwich and Holiday Inn Express Bristol City Centre each charge £30 per pet per stay. Holiday Inn Express London Croydon charges £35 per night and lists a £100 pet damage deposit.

Even Holiday Inn properties in the same city can differ. In York, Holiday Inn York lists £15 per dog per night while Holiday Inn Express York lists £25.

The practical lesson is simple: never assume the pet policy from the chain logo alone. Check the individual property.

Individual hotels: from free to £50 a night

Hotels outside the big brand policies were no more consistent.

Hotel	Destination	Charge for one dog	Two-night cost
Edgbaston Park Hotel	Birmingham	£0 mandatory fee	£0
No.15 by GuestHouse	Bath	£25 per stay	£25
Drakes	Brighton	£25 per stay	£25
Hope Street Hotel	Liverpool	£15 first night, then £10/night	£25
The Royal Crescent	Bath	£50 per stay	£50
Hort’s Townhouse	Bristol	£25/night per room	£50
The Pilgrm	London	£30/night	£60
Homewood	Bath	£35/night	£70
The Rex	Manchester	£39/night per dog	£78
The Grand Brighton	Brighton	£50/night	£100

Edgbaston Park Hotel allows up to two dogs in its designated dog-friendly rooms without a mandatory accommodation supplement.

At The Royal Crescent, the £50 fee covers a stay rather than each night, although the number of dog-friendly rooms is limited.

The Grand Brighton sits at the opposite extreme in our sample at £50 per night, although its charge is packaged with a dog bed, water bowl and treats rather than presented simply as a cleaning supplement.

A low pet fee does not necessarily mean an easier stay

Price is only one part of a useful dog policy.

Some hotels restrict the number or size of dogs. The Hoxton’s published policy allows one dog weighing up to 40 lb, Locke allows one dog up to 30kg, and The Pilgrm takes one dog up to 10kg.

Kimpton’s brand policy is unusual by comparison: it says pets are welcome regardless of size or weight, with no additional fee or deposit. Even so, the FAQs at Kimpton Charlotte Square and Kimpton Clocktower give a 35kg maximum, so owners of large dogs should check the individual hotel.

Other restrictions involve the room itself. The Royal Crescent has six designated pet-friendly rooms, Hotel Indigo Bath limits dog stays to four nights, Holiday Inn York uses specially reserved rooms, and Middlethorpe Hall requires a three-night minimum for stays with dogs.

There is also the question of where the dog can go once you arrive. voco Grand Central Glasgow keeps dogs out of its restaurant, and The Grand Brighton excludes them from its Cyan restaurant, the Albert Room, the Victoria Terrace and the spa. Several policies, including Travelodge’s and Kimpton Blythswood Square’s, also say dogs must not be left alone in the room.

For travellers, that distinction can matter more than £10 or £20 in fees.

Deposits are another cost to check

Not every amount associated with bringing a dog is actually a fee.

Holiday Inn Express London Croydon publishes a £35-per-night pet fee alongside a £100 pet damage deposit. Holiday Inn York lists a £40 pet deposit per stay in addition to its £15 nightly charge.

We have not counted refundable deposits or card pre-authorisations as part of the Pet Fee Index because they are not necessarily costs to the guest. They are nevertheless worth checking before arrival.

Pet-policy transparency needs improvement

One unexpected part of the study was how difficult some fees were to verify.

Travelodge’s public information confirms that pets are accepted, that a charge applies per pet per booking and that a maximum of two pets can stay, but the fee itself was not displayed on the policy pages we reviewed. Conflicting third-party sources quote different amounts, so we have deliberately not inserted an unsupported figure.

Two Accor hotel pages, for ibis London Greenwich and Novotel Birmingham Centre, said only that pets were welcome, with no amount. Fees for those hotels appear on online travel agency listings, but not on the hotels’ own pages.

Other hotels published two different answers:

• The Bristol: one page says £20 per stay, the FAQ says £20 per pet per night.
• Artist Residence Bristol: £20 per dog per night in the FAQ, £15 in the terms.
• voco Manchester City Centre: £15 per dog per night on the hotel’s site, £25 per night on IHG.
• voco Edinburgh – Royal Terrace: £30 listed as both a nightly and a per-stay charge on the same page.
• Abbey Hotel Bath: £35 per dog per night on one page and per stay on another.

For something that directly changes the final price of a hotel stay, a pet supplement should ideally be published beside the room rate in a standard format showing whether it applies per pet, per room, per night or per stay.

Until that becomes normal, travellers should check the policy for the specific property and dates rather than relying solely on a “pets allowed” icon in a hotel search filter.

Which hotel policies look best for dog owners?

On price alone, the strongest policies we found were the genuinely fee-free ones.

Kimpton is particularly notable because its brand policy combines no fee, no deposit and no standard size or weight restriction, even if individual UK hotels set a weight cap. The Hoxton also offers dogs a free stay, with tighter limits. Several individual properties, including Edgbaston Park Hotel and voco Grand Central Glasgow, charge no mandatory pet accommodation fee either.

For longer trips, however, hotels charging a fixed per-stay fee can also be good value.

A traveller spending five nights at a property charging £40 once pays £40 in total. At a hotel charging £25 nightly, the supplement becomes £125.

The cheapest-looking nightly rate is therefore not always the cheapest dog-friendly stay.

Methodology

BestUKHotels researched published hotel pet policies on 8 October 2026.

The study looked at major UK hotel brands plus selected individual, independent and smaller-group hotels in 10 UK cities: London, Glasgow, Birmingham, Liverpool, Edinburgh, Bristol, Manchester, York, Bath and Brighton.

We used first-party hotel and brand websites only. Where a hotel’s own pages did not repeat its brand’s dog policy, we applied the published brand policy and labelled the row accordingly in the dataset. Online travel agency listings and blogs were not used as evidence for any figure.

For the city index, we selected four hotels with a clear published dog policy in each city and calculated the mandatory accommodation supplement for one ordinary dog staying two nights.

The city figures should therefore be read as a tracked comparison basket, similar to a price index, rather than a claim about the average of every hotel operating in that city.

Per-stay charges were counted once. Per-night charges were multiplied by two. Refundable damage deposits and payment-card pre-authorisations were recorded where relevant but excluded from the fee calculation.

Optional dog packages were excluded where a dog can stay without buying them.

Hotels were excluded rather than estimated when:

• the official page said pets were welcome but published no amount;
• two official pages gave different amounts or charging models; or
• the published rules made the two-night test stay impossible.

Assistance animals were also excluded from the ordinary-pet comparison because hotels generally handle them separately from leisure pet policies.

Pet policies can change without notice, and some properties have only a limited number of dog-friendly rooms. Travellers should confirm the current fee, room availability and restrictions directly with the hotel before booking.

For companion studies using the same approach, see the UK Hotel Parking Index 2026 and the UK Family Hotel Room Study 2026.

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Editorial note

This research was compiled for BestUKHotels.com. Hotels did not pay to be included, and BestUKHotels does not rank a hotel higher because it participates in an affiliate programme. We did not stay at the hotels for this study; every figure comes from published hotel or hotel-group information.