Dog-friendly hotel in Bournemouth: Riviera Hotel, Alum Chine

When we go on vacation we have a lot of factors to consider. And Dug is one of them. Do we bring him? If not, who is going to look after him. We want to bring him as much as possible as we feel guilty leaving him behind if we know he is allowed and he will have loads of fun. We love our silly boy.

J's birthday fell on the long weekend end of May and he wanted to celebrate with the two brats he love the most. His words, not mine.

So we were researching the deep web to find a dog friendly places. And decided on Bournemouth as it is not too long a drive from Epsom. We ended up in booking.com because it was the easiest hotel booking site with the dog-friendly hotel option. While working with a budget (because everywhere was super expensive during long weekends), we found Riviera Hotel. The review were satisfactory and most importantly, they allow dogs with additional of £10 per night on top. That is cheaper than a dog sitter.

He knew we were going out then got too excited and climbed onto the front passenger seat. 😧😧😧

Source: Google

The photo is not that clear sorry. I lazy to find another photo.

It is not the grandest but with a doggie we had limited choice but you know what I was very pleased with it.

Checking in and out was easy enough. There were parking everyday even when it was obviously a very busy weekend.

The room was kinda small but it was quaint and good enough for us for just a couple of nights. We had a balcony and sea view.

I don't mind waking up to this every morning. 🌊🌊🌊

We wanted to take a family unit photo. Dug has been acting like a teenager lately. He doesn't want to post for photos.

Chilling and have lunch at the balcony after we checked in.

The Alum Chine beach is just around the corner from the hotel. It is 5 mins walk to the beach. I think we picked the right end of the beach to stay at.

It is a long strech of beach. From where we were to walk to the famous Bournemouth pier, it would take us around 30 mins.

So cheerful!

Catching up with the boys. It looked gloomy in my photos but i was actually really sunny.

Another reason why we were at the right end of the beach is because the doggie beach area is at this end.

Dug dived in right away but couldn't stay in the sea for too long because it was so cold. He would get out, roll on the sand to get dry and then forgotten that the water is cold and go in again.

Silly doggie brain.

J fell asleep and snored super loud at the beach. Horgh horgh horgh.

Like father like son.

Address: 14-16 Burnaby Rd, Bournemouth BH4 8JF