Aspen the Yorkie

I have been kind of fussy about taking rides in the car lately, my owner’s car is getting old and not what it used to be, but then I saw the picture below, and wow, looks like it would be every dog and dog-owner’s dream to drive a car like this.  I would have to promise to be good and clean, and I’m just a little dog, so I know she wouldn’t mind taking me for a ride….I hope? 

But first we have to get a car like this.  The way to do that, and anyone has a chance at this (maybe I should be keeping this a secret to keep down the competition?), is to enter the Camaro Sweepstakes offered by Charter. They were giving away a laptop every day for a while, now they are giving away a whole car!

My owner said she used to have a Camaro over 30 years ago, but I’m sure it was NOTHING like the 2010 Camaro 2SS being offered in this sweepstakes….and sales tax, usually something that you have to pay when you win a big item like this…is included as part of the prize! The contest ends November 26th, so you will want to enter before then…we will be right after we finish this post.

Other things that you can get from Charter are:

• A $100 gift card when you buy 3 Charter services
• A $50 gift card for 2 services
• A $25 gift card when you buy 1 Charter service.

These people just seem to give, give, and give some more, they have been running some of the best sweepstakes around for a long time.  You can keep track of the latest Charter news with Charter on Facebook AND Charter on Twitter

Traveling with a dog can be challenging, that is why some people like to put their dogs in kennels when they go away.  I used to like to travel with my owners when I was younger. They have a dog carrier that they can put me in to carry me around, a lot like a big pocket book, which is something that is pretty popular in “the City”.

One of the big challenges is finding hotels that will let you have your pet with you when you travel.  We thought we’d take a look and see what we could find in New York, so went to HotelsCombined.com, then we went down and “clicked” on the “New York” link in the box. A long list of hotels in New York appeared, and under the name of each, there is a link that says “Hotel Features”. When you click on it there is a list of features, including “pets allowed”, if the words have a line through them, then pets are not allowed.

For example, we went to the very first hotel listed, Excelsior Hotel New York, and pets were not allowed, but we saw a few that did allow pets. You can sort the list by price, but be careful of the less expensive ones, make sure they have good reviews. I am not as good at traveling as my friend at Travels with Bob who talks about staying at The Comfort Inn in Little Rock, Arkansas, but it’s good to know that there’s a place like hotelscombined.com to search for hotels that will let you bring your pets.

Maybe I’ll have some more travel tips for you soon, you can also “click” on the “Yorkie Travel” or “Travels” category and see what comes up!