Meliá Ria — Hotel in Aveiro

Having tried to book a room in this place via Booking.com, as always these clowns claim to be pet friendly but never tell you the terms and conditions prior to booking, wasting peoples time.

So, we booked and told them we are coming with a very friendly Labrador dog. Now, the terms and conditions are released:

From Google Translate:

Estimado/a Sr/a. Jacques Prince, Please note that you have reserved your reservation at the Hotel Melia Ria. Please inform us that we have animal estimates for our Hotel, with a maximum weight of 20kg. The supplement for an animal park is estimated at €35.00/night.

Food and beverage standards for the Hotel Melia Ria • We eat 2 animals for a quarto, sending them to a maximum of 20kg of weight • Supplement for estimated pet park: €35.00/quart/night • Pet access is not permitted in the Restaurant, Bar and Health Club area. • Animals cannot remain in public areas of the Hotel. Your passage in these areas must be rapid and your animal must be transported in a safe or suitable transport box. • When entering and keeping pets, you must always be at the hotel's garage. • No check in must present the vaccine package and the minimum requirement for conformity. • When you go outside, you do not have to worry about the responsibility of the host to collect the waste from your animal. • Os animais nunca podem ficar sozinhos nos quartos de hotel. Devem estar semper acompanhados. • The hotel is responsible for any payment caused by someone else caused by other customers or at the hotel, during its stay.

If you wish to reserve at the animal park, please inform us.

Attempt Eulália Vieira

(Sorry for the grammar - Google translate)

Well, I'll have to chop my dogs legs off for a start as she is over 20kg and for 2 nights it is 70 euros. Lol...

Not pet friendly. Not...

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