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Cat Friendly Travel
Cat Friendly Hotels
The only independently verified directory of hotels that genuinely welcome cats, not just tolerate them. Same certified standard behind our dog friendly hotels, now for your whole household.
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Cat Friendly Hotels · Good To Know
What makes a hotel cat friendly?
A genuinely cat friendly hotel does more than tolerate a carrier at check in. It welcomes cats in the room without a punitive surcharge, gives you the space and quiet a cat needs to settle, and states its cat policy plainly before you book. Roch records whether each certified hotel welcomes cats as part of the same assessment we use for dogs, so the answer is verified rather than assumed.
Do dog friendly hotels allow cats?
Many do, but not all, and the booking page rarely makes it clear. That is the gap we close. Every hotel in our directory has been assessed against the Roch Dog Friendly Standard, and we flag the ones that welcome cats as well as dogs. You can filter the directory to show only those hotels, so you are never guessing whether your cat is actually welcome.
How does Roch verify which hotels are cat friendly?
Cat welcome is a recorded field in our hotel assessment, checked against each property's own pet policy rather than a marketing claim. We hold data on thousands of hotels across more than 50 countries and surface only the ones confirmed to welcome cats. It is the same evidence-based method behind every Roch rank and grade.
Are cat friendly hotels the same as pet-friendly hotels?
No, and cat owners have always felt the difference. Pet-friendly is an unregulated label that has quietly meant dogs for decades: only around 12 percent of hotels calling themselves pet-friendly actually allow cats in. The word has always excluded cat owners. A cat friendly hotel, as Roch defines it, is one we have verified genuinely welcomes cats against a published standard, which is what finally includes you.
How many cat friendly hotels does Roch list?
Our directory currently lists hundreds of verified cat friendly hotels worldwide, and the number grows as we assess more properties. It is the only independently verified directory of hotels confirmed to welcome cats, drawn from the same dataset that powers the Roch Dog Friendly Standard.
Can I travel with both a cat and a dog?
Yes. The hotels we flag as cat friendly are, by definition, also dog friendly and certified as such, so a household travelling with both is genuinely catered for. Filter the directory to cat friendly hotels and every result is a property assessed to welcome the whole family.
Why is it so hard to find hotels that allow cats?
Because the hospitality industry has quietly meant dogs whenever it says pet-friendly, and cat owners have always been left out. The cat policy is often buried or contradictory, plenty of hotels that welcome dogs still turn cats away, and you only find out at the door. Around 12 percent of hotels calling themselves pet-friendly actually allow cats in. That is the exact gap Roch closes: we identify and verify the hotels that genuinely welcome cats, so you are never guessing whether your cat is allowed.
What should I look for in a cat friendly hotel?
A genuinely cat friendly hotel welcomes your cat in the room without a punitive surcharge, gives you a quiet space where a cat can settle, and states its cat policy plainly before you book rather than springing it on you at check in. Every hotel we list as cat friendly has been assessed against the Roch Dog Friendly Standard and confirmed to welcome cats, so you book on evidence rather than a vague pet-friendly label.