{"id":257,"date":"2013-05-22T14:33:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-22T14:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog-1199783855.us-west-2.elb.amazonaws.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/22\/may-is-national-pet-month-plan-a-pet-friendly-timeshare-vacation\/"},"modified":"2013-05-22T14:33:00","modified_gmt":"2013-05-22T14:33:00","slug":"may-is-national-pet-month-plan-pet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog-origin.redweek.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/22\/may-is-national-pet-month-plan-pet\/","title":{"rendered":"May is National Pet Month &#8211; Plan a Pet-Friendly Timeshare Vacation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a href=\"\/content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/PetARticle.jpg\" style=\"clear: right;float: right;margin-bottom: 1em;margin-left: 1em\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"\/content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/PetARticle.jpg?8930a98204164b092d1ab652dc2ea421\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Hooray for the furry critters we all know and love!  National Pet Month &#8220;celebrates the benefits of pet ownership and supports pet adoption.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This month is the official time to &#8220;celebrate the joy your pet brings to your household.&#8221; For those of you who have pets and love them as the family members they are, you don&#8217;t need a &#8220;national month&#8221; to be reminded of what those little dears mean to you, but it&#8217;s always fun to have an excuse for a celebration.<\/p>\n<p>Since the over 82 million pet owners in the U.S.  actually celebrate National Pet Month every day of the year, you&#8217;ll be glad to know you can consider taking your cat or dog along with you when you vacation, by staying in a timeshare.   RedWeek.com has a special &#8220;pet friendly&#8221; link under its &#8220;Features and Attractions&#8221; section, where you&#8217;ll easily find pet friendly timeshares, available across the U.S. and in many parts of the world.<\/p>\n<p>The American Pet Products Association (APPA) numbers indicate that the pet industry continues to grow by leaps and bounds. America\u2019s spending on pets has grown despite the recession, with a 10.4 percent increase over the past three years.<\/p>\n<p>In honor of National Pet Month, here are some more fun statistics.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>90% of pet owners surveyed say they consider their pet a member of the family.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>63% of dog owners and 58% of cat owners surveyed said they give their pets presents at Christmas.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>36% of dog owners give their pets presents on their birthday, as do 20% of cat owners.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>64% of surveyed pet owners said they include news about their pet, and 36% include a photograph, in their holiday cards.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>About a third (37%) of dog owners and a similar proportion of cat owners (31%) have their pet&#8217;s picture prominently displayed in their homes, and 14% and 10%, respectively, display it at their place of work.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the U.S. over 43 million households have at least one dog, and over 37 million households own at least one cat. That represents a lot of vacationers &#8211; and who wants to go off and leave Fido or Fluffy at home alone?<\/p>\n<p>There are many <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redweek.com\/timeshare-attractions\/pets-allowed\" target=\"_blank\">pet-friendly timeshare rentals<\/a>, and timeshare exchanges, too. Check them out!<\/p>\n<p>Also read <a href=\"https:\/\/redweek.com\/2013\/05\/timeshare-travel-smart-guide-to.html\" target=\"_blank\">Timeshare Travel &#8211; The Smart Guide to Traveling with Pets Abroad<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hooray for the furry critters we all know and love! National Pet Month &#8220;celebrates the benefits of pet ownership and supports pet adoption.&#8221; This month is the official time to &#8220;celebrate the joy your pet brings to your household.&#8221; For those of you who have pets and love them as the family members they are,&#8230;","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog-origin.redweek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog-origin.redweek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog-origin.redweek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog-origin.redweek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog-origin.redweek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog-origin.redweek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog-origin.redweek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog-origin.redweek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog-origin.redweek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog-origin.redweek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}