AAA PetBook Offers 15,000 Reasons to Travel with Your Pet

Release of new edition marks opening of annual AAA PetBook Photo Contest

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May 21, 2015, 12:01 ET

ORLANDO, Fla., May 21, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- AAA has released a newly updated Traveling with Your Pet: The AAA PetBook® . Now in its 17^th edition, the guide features more than 15,000 AAA Approved hotels, restaurants and campgrounds that welcome travelers and their furry family members. Animal-loving travelers can now also enter this year's AAA PetBook Photo Contest, sponsored by Best Western, for a chance to win prizes and see their pet on a cover of a future edition of the book.

"Vacationing with your pets can be a rewarding experience that offers memories to last a lifetime. The key to an enjoyable trip with pets is careful planning," said Bill Wood, vice president and executive editor, AAA Travel Information & Content Publishing. "AAA is pleased to provide traveling pet owners with reliable information for planning vacations that include the whole family."

Travelers who capture a photo of their pet on vacation can enter the AAA PetBook Photo Contest through November. Winning entries convey the joys of traveling safely with pets. Cover pets on the current edition are shown enjoying kayaking, a romp in the snow and a scenic hike. See inside The AAA PetBook for details, or access official rules, an entry form and the contest photo gallery at AAA.com/PetBook.

The AAA PetBook provides detailed planning information — including pet policies, amenities and fees — for more than 13,000 AAA Diamond Rated hotels and more than 800 top-rated campgrounds. Travelers can anticipate permitted pet sizes and other restrictions that may influence their choice of where to stay. The book also lists close to 1,000 AAA Diamond Rated restaurants that allow pets in outside dining areas.

Helpful tips for first-time and seasoned pet travelers include ideas on packing, pet etiquette and border crossing. Dog parks, national public lands that allow pets and emergency vet clinics are also listed.

The 17^th edition of Traveling with Your Pet: The AAA PetBook is available now at many AAA and CAA offices, bookstores and online booksellers, with a suggested retail price of $18.95.

About AAA

As North America's largest motoring and leisure travel organization, AAA provides more than 55 million members with travel, insurance, financial and automotive-related services. Since its founding in 1902, the not-for-profit, fully tax-paying AAA has been a leader and advocate for the safety and security of all travelers. AAA clubs can be visited on the Internet at AAA.com.

ABOUT BEST WESTERN INTERNATIONAL, INC.

Best Western International, Inc., headquartered in Phoenix, Ariz., is a privately held hotel brand with a global network of 4,000+* hotels in more than 100* countries and territories worldwide. Best Western offers six hotel products to suit the needs of developers and guests in every market: BEST WESTERN^®, BEST WESTERN PLUS^®, BEST WESTERN PREMIER^®, BEST WESTERN PLUS EXECUTIVE RESIDENCY^SM, Vīb^SM and BW Premier Collection ^SM. Now celebrating 69 years of hospitality, Best Western provides its hoteliers with global operational, sales and marketing support, and online and mobile booking capabilities. More than 22 million travelers are members of the brand's award-winning loyalty program Best Western Rewards^®, one of the few programs in which members earn points that never expire and can be redeemed at any Best Western hotel worldwide. The brand's partnerships with AAA/CAA, Minor League Baseball, and Harley-Davidson^® provide travelers with exciting ways to interact with the brand. Best Western continues to set industry records and accolades, including Business Travel News naming BEST WESTERN and BEST WESTERN PLUS as the best mid-price and upper mid-price hotel chains, four consecutive Compuware Best of the Web gold awards for best hotel website and six consecutive AAA/CAA Hotel Partner of the Year awards. Best Western branded hotels worldwide won four times more TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence awards than industry average.

*Numbers are approximate and may fluctuate.

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