Pets Hotels

Iconoculture: Ask any canine or kitty: It’s doggone traumatic when owners go away. But Mazzu’s Dog and Cat Hotel in Philadelphia aims to ease things with tony boarding options that include dinners of filet mignon or fresh salmon. A standard “personal suite” gives furry family members a TV, toys, unlimited spring water, daily maid service and “unlimited personal affection,” with add-ons like a fresh salmon dinner ($22) or filet mignon ($22). Going for highbrow clients, Mazzu’s rejects any and all “fleabag” hotel jokes, requiring pets to be on active external parasite meds before check-in.
Pet owners who blow out of town and leave the critters behind have some serious guilt to assuage – and a compelling desire to keep their loved ones comforted while they’re gone. Pets-as-people consciousness says animals get stressed upon a change of scenery and the departure of their clan.
Mazzu’s pet hotel stakes a claim to filet mignon [Iconoculture]