Herefordshire rated top holiday destination to go with your pet

Pet insurance company Petplan analysed over 73,000 reviews made by pet owners on Booking.com to find out which locations in Great Britain and around the world are the best locations to go on holiday with your pet.

It also looked into which pet-friendly destinations were the best in categories such as quality of rooms, best views, and best restaurants to give your readers are full guide for their next pet-away. 

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Herefordshire was found to be the best place in England to go on holiday with your pet with 88 per cent of highly rated reviews from pet owners.

Dogs enjoying the Herefordshire countryside Picture: Hereford Times Camera Club member John Savery

The company’s analysis found that 87.7 per cent of pet-related reviews of holiday destinations in the West Midlands region were accompanied by either seven, eight, nine, or 10-star ratings. 

Meanwhile, in Wales, the neighbouring county of Monmouthshire ranked as the best destination for holidaymakers with pets with 83.2 per cent of highly rated reviews. 

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All the data was sourced from booking.com during March 2022 and measured on the percentage of one to 10-star reviews given by pet owners per location. 

Reviews for each amenity and attraction were found by searching for keywords (e.g., restaurants) in reviews by pet owners and ranking destinations on the percentage of reviews that contain those keywords.