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My family needs a hotel for hurricane Ike..
Posted: Wed September 10, 2008 02:22 AM UTC

We live right on the texas coast in Palacios, tx.. all hotels are full, except for 200+ a night.. can anyone help us with a good mom & pop place that allows a large dog???

Mindy_J

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Re: My family needs a hotel for hurricane Ike..
Posted: Wed September 10, 2008 03:44 AM UTC

I don't know of any personally, but I have found the following:
1. http://www.pets-allowed-hotels.com/us/Texas/AUSTIN/index.html
2. http://www.pets-allowed-hotels.com/us/Texas/FREDERICKSBURG/index.html (Fredericksburg is about 70 miles due west of Austin, nice LITTLE burg, with a great WWII museum dedicated to the War in the Pacific because Admiral Nimitz was born there).
3. http://www.pets-allowed-hotels.com/us/Texas/COLLEGE_STATION/index.html (College Station is about the same distance east of Austin, but a little longer drive. It's the home to Texas A&M, the source of all veterinarians in Texas ;-) ).

Anyway, I am thinking that you'll do better outside the major cities, so use this website to look at the nearby towns and see if something pops up for you...good luck! And excuse me if you have already been through this website...up in the Dallas area, we are expecting to reopen shelters (which I assume you don't want to stay in), but I am sure that all the hotels in all the suburbs are opening as many rooms as they can...

Bill

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mccalpin

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Re: My family needs a hotel for hurricane Ike..
Posted: Thu September 11, 2008 10:09 PM UTC

Mindy,
Did you find a place to go to?
I live just north of Austin, in Georgetown.
I had offered my house to friends from Blessing, but they are going to stay in El Campo. Do you still need a place to stay?
Kelly

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kj9191

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Re: My family needs a hotel for hurricane Ike..
Posted: Fri September 12, 2008 01:55 AM UTC

Go to this link. It's the TX convention & Visitors bureau emergency information system and it will give you status of rooms in Texas and whether they are pet friendly. There should be some options for you on this site
http://tacvbemergency.net/searchdetails?id=164

Take care of yourself. Wishing you well.

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butterfly_girl

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Posted: Sat September 13, 2008 03:58 PM UTC

Thanks everyone... We ended up having to drive almost clear to Texarkana to find a room! We're all okay and plan to come back tomorrow if they lift the ban in time!!!

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Mindy_J

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Re: My family needs a hotel for hurricane Ike..
Posted: Sun September 14, 2008 01:04 PM UTC

Hi,
Me and my wife can offer our spare room in our place.
We live in DFW on the south side of the airpor.
We have an extra room if you need a place to get staged to get back home.
We have everything you need fully funished place, internet, computers and everything a hotel does not offer.
Quit spending all of the money and come stay for as long as you need.
A huge supporter of Texans helping Texans to show neighbors should help each other.
Of course this would be free and nothing expected in return.
Patrick

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