Subscribers FAQ

Dog Friendly Scotland simply put, is 'accommodating dogs'. Our website is 100% dog friendly and is the marketplace where dog owners can find holiday accommodation and other dog-friendly businesses.

Dog friendly holiday accommodation such as - Hotels, B&B, Guest House, Campsite, Caravan Park, Hostel, Aparthotel, Holiday Home (villa, apartment, lodge, cottage, house, etc etc).

Dog friendly bars/eateries - Bar/Pub, Cafe, Bistro, Restaurant.

Doggy care businesses - Kennels/Boarders - Kennels, Boarding, Dog-Sitting, Dog Walkers, Doggy Day Care.

Because we understand that holiday accommodation is suitable for most people, we market this to a wide audience as well as bars and eateries.

Our doggy services businesses are targeted at dog owners.

The registration process is very easy to complete. Simply complete each step as directed through the process. You will need a debit/credit card to pay for your annual subscription, remembering to add any promotional codes at the payment stage.

Yes. We carry out checks before any listing can go live on our platform to ensure there is no fraudulent activity. 

As soon as we have processed your registration and completed our checks your listing will be live. You will automatically be informed by email when your listing is live. 

Yes. All businesses that subscribe to Dog Friendly Scotland can use our memorable icon badge on their website, social media sites to further show potential customers you are indeed dog-friendly.

We also send you a low-tac window display sticker to show potential customers you are dog-friendly. This has proved to be very effective in gaining new customers.

As per the terms and conditions of subscriptions, you may only use the icon badge whilst you are an active subscriber. 

All new subscriptions have auto renew activated when you initially sign up to ensure your account renews automatically and your account does not cancel unexpectedly.

When your subscription is due for renewal, the payment comes off your original payment card automatically, though you can change your card details and or de-activate auto-renew at any time.

Annual subscription payments are made securely with all major credit/debit cards when you sign up and on the date of renewal. Or, if you prefer, we can send you an invoice and you can pay this in a number of ways. Email us if you would like to be invoiced and pay using other means at list@dogfriendlyscotland.com 

Your subscription will renew automatically with our auto-renew service. You can switch auto-renew off at anytime. 

Our payment gateway in our registration process only collects payments in £ sterling. You can request to pay in another currency by emailing us at info@dogfriendlyscotland.com 

Yes. If you use a bookings system that uses iCal technology, you can connect it to your Dog Friendly Scotland Calendar and it will update automatically.

There is also a manual calendar available for accommodation owners who don't use an Ical supported calendar. 

ICal is the technology used in connecting and auto-updating of online calendars and is most widely used.

Absolutely not. You are free to list where ever you like. Your Dog Friendly Scotland listing will work well alongside other platforms.

Yes. Your page visitors can contact you in a number of ways. They can click through to your own website, call you on your direct number displayed on your listing page or complete an enquiry form from your listing page that will come to your email inbox.

Yes. Accommodation owners can have up to two special offers running at any one time. Special offers are clearly visible on your listing page and will show up on our exclusive offers page.

Yes indeed. As a subscriber, you have a whole host of listing benefits to get the best from your subscription.

For more information check out Subscription Benefits

Each standard subscription term is for 12 months. Though we may offer promotion periods that may be longer or shorter than our standard term.

Yes, indeed we do. We run year-round campaigns to promote the Dog Friendly Scotland brand and those properties and businesses listed on board.

We use multiple channels to spread the word on all the great dog-friendly properties and business we are proud to host on our platform. Find Out More

Yes, indeed you can. You can list as many properties and businesses as you wish under your one account and this can have significant savings. 

You can add properties and businesses to your account at any time and you don't have to add them all at one time if you are not ready to.  

Additional listings will always renew 12 months from the date the purchase was made. 

Yes indeed. You can email us and we will respond as soon as we can. Or, you can simply give us a call during our opening times. Either way, we're here to help.

Our prices are fair, realistic and very economical for the very broad reach you can expect on Dog Friendly Scotland. In fact, you can list your holiday accommodation or business on Dog Friendly Scotland for the price of one cappuccino per week. Find Out More 

As we are an online business we operate globally. 

Absolutely. You can list your property/business regardless of where it is or where you are based. As long as we can complete our registration checks your listing (in most cases) will be activated.

We have invested in one of the best geo-locational databases to ensure your listing will come up in the results, based on the searcher's parameters used.

You may need a licence to operate your accommodation/business depending on where it is based. It is your responsibility to obtain and display all necessary consents and licences.  

Yes for sure and you won't have to pay for an additional listing. You can set this up and edit it in the member's dashboard area. Plus the additional services will show up in multiple search results.

You can enable or disable your listing at any time from your member's dashboard.

Yes indeed. You can log in to your member's dashboard and edit your listing at any time.  

Yes. All text information on the platform can be viewed in any language when the viewer changes the language in the top right navigation bar on any of our web pages.

No. The default currency is set as £ sterling. You can easily change the currency to suit that of which you charge in.

Yes indeed. There are many types of holiday accommodation/business already listed for you to view and see how great they look. Find Out More

Yes. You can list your camper van on Dog Friendly Scotland and falls under the same category as any accommodation listing.