What better way to reduce the guilt you might feel when packing your suitcase, watched over by two big, sad eyes, than to know that your beloved furball is going to a five-star hotel?
Cat owners and their cats demand the best care options, so it’s no surprise that luxury accommodations for our feline friends are on the rise.
Here are the six best cat hotels in the world.
VAC Cat Hotel & Spa – China
Number 1 on the list of most luxurious catteries: Vacation A Cat is a brand-new, state-of-the-art cat hotel designed for 21st-century cats. Located in Chaoyang district, Deshang, the hotel has three floors with 15 spacious individual suites and a separate playroom for the cat who needs to be entertained for longer than usual.
Between each suite are round windows on the wall that can be opened to create a connecting suite for multi-cat families. Multi-level platforms and other fun hiding places ensure that every cat receives the best possible care. Each suite also features air conditioning and video surveillance.
- Prices: from €49.90 per day for one cat to €71 per day for 2 cats or more. Discounts are available for longer stays.
Additional services include :
- Grooming / spa sessions
CAT HOTEL – UNITED KINGDOM
The Cat Hotel has been built to the highest hotel standards, offering sumptuous elegance and refined comfort with the added luxury of abundant space. A small, intimate, family-run business with just seven suites, cats receive personalized service that any cat owner would pay top dollar for.
They’re based in the idyllic and peaceful New Forest location of Sway, where birdsong fills the air and the scenery is sublime. With gourmet menus and views through specially designed glass doors and windows, the Cat Hotel sounds like the perfect vacation.
- Prices: From €25 to €40 per day, depending on the suite. Additional family members 8 euros per additional day.
Additional services include :
- Driver €71
- Gourmet menu from €3 per meal
- Additional Skype calls €6
ARITSIDE – PARIS
Aristide is an urban hotel for Parisian cats who sulk if they don’t get what they want. Each suite has been designed with cats in mind. High ceilings, spacious hiding places and spy stations, water fountains, catnip bars, cat stairs and plenty of cat trees. There’s even a cat TV, plus a large, secure aquarium and a secure playroom with unlimited access. In short, the best for French tomcats!
- Prices : From €26 per day to €55 depending on the type of suite and number of cats. A frequent flyer pass is available.
Additional services include :
- Cab service
- Souvenir photos: €2.50 per day, up to professional photo sessions at €125.00
- Treatments and massages: from €15 to €75
LONGCROFT – UNITED KINGDOM
Abi Purser launched Longcroft in 2010 in response to not being able to find a premium cattery in her area for her own beloved cat, Norman. This was the first cat boutique hotel to open in Welwyn Garden City.
Longcroft offers designer wrought-iron cat beds, individually decorated bedrooms, gourmet menus and grooming services, not to mention a choice of music and a team whose sole job is to enter and entertain feline residents. It seems to me that the cats are going to have a much better vacation than their owners!
- Prices: From €20 per day for one cat to €95 per day for a group of 7-8 cats.
Additional services include :
- Spa day + game session €53
- Minibar snacks €1.8 to €4
- A la carte menu from €4
DIVINE CREATURES – SYDNEY – AUSTRALIA
This state-of-the-art 5-star hotel, located in Willoughby on Sydney’s Lower North Shore, was designed and created by veterinary professionals. Offering luxury condos on three levels (often themed) and even a penthouse apartment where multi-cat families can vacation together, this is a little slice of heaven.
Facilities include a “jungle gym” for additional leisure and entertainment, as well as grooming sessions.
- Prices : From €19 per day to €70 depending on the type of suite and number of cats.
Additional services include :
- Grooming: from €30 to €63
INGS – UNITED KINGDOM
Based in West Yorkshire, this luxury cat hotel has designed its suites on the basis of a luxury human hotel room, offering each cat a luxurious, bright and comfortable suite. Beautiful panoramic views over fields and woods ensure that furry guests are stimulated by local birds and other creatures.
Offering single suites to large family rooms, as well as an outdoor balcony for up to four cats, The Ings makes sure there’s something for every type of cat. The 5-star service also includes underfloor heating throughout the winter, maintaining constant temperatures and shading for a cool, well-ventilated environment during the summer months.
- Rates: prices range from €21 per day to €59, depending on the type of suite and number of cats.
Additional services include :
- A la carte menu €4 per meal
- VIP updates from €5 to €14
- Hunting toys and salad bar: €23
- Massages: €17
- Bedtime stories
