About
Why we started
Booking a cottage with a dog is harder than it should be. You scroll past listing after listing that says 'no pets', and the ones that do take dogs bury the part that matters: how many dogs, whether the garden is really enclosed, whether the hot tub is yours or shared with the lodge next door. You end up cross-checking three tabs and still guessing.
We started Dog-Friendly Hot Tub Cottages to do one narrow thing well. Every cottage here has two things in common: a hot tub that is private to your cottage, and a genuine welcome for your dog. Nothing else makes the list.
Then we put the details you would otherwise dig for where you can see them: the dog limit, whether the garden is enclosed and the price on every card, plus a plain note on the local walking for each region. You should be able to tell whether a place suits you and the dog in a few seconds, not a few tabs.
The bar for the list
What every cottage here has to clear
Yours for the whole stay, never a shared spa or a slot you book by the hour.
Dogs allowed as standard, not a maybe you have to email and ask about.
How many dogs a cottage takes is shown before you click through, from one to several.
Where a garden is fully enclosed the card says so, and a filter narrows the list to them.
The from-price comes off the cottage's own listing, or the card says Enquire.
Each region has a plain note on what you can walk from the door, and where the dog can go.
How we choose
We work from the details in each cottage's own listing and hold the collection to that one standard: a private hot tub and a real dog welcome. Cottages are grouped by region so you can choose the kind of trip you want first, then filter by number of dogs, sleeps and price to shortlist the ones that suit your group.
How we are funded
We are reader-supported. When you book through one of our links we may earn a small commission from the booking partner, at no extra cost to you. It is the same price you would pay going direct.
What we do not do: charge owners to appear, or move a cottage up the list because it earns more. The order you see is about how well a place fits a trip with the dog. When a listing does not have what we would want to show, the card says so rather than paper over it.