In 2015 we went away to Italy, but in the run up to the holiday we struggled to find suitable boarding for our two, very spoilt, house rabbits.
Our pets were used to living in the great indoors with Sky TV, central heating and all the familiar luxuries associated with living inside a home. We finally found a lovely bunny hotel way over in Congleton where our bunnies ‘Sally & Roy’ stayed while we went away. This bunny hotel was quite unique and it offered our pets exactly what we were looking for and our buns thoroughly enjoyed their home from home staycation.
Once we returned we put the plans in motion to open our own rabbit hotel, the summerhouse was ordered and it wasn’t long before the quiet corner of the garden became a luxury bunny holiday retreat. I wanted something that was different and better to the rabbit boarding that was on offer locally - we were, and still are, the only rabbit boarding in Trafford that offers custom built, spacious indoor suites for our house rabbit guests - so there’s no hutches or Furplast cages.
We opened in December 2015 (after advertising too soon - but not wanting to turn people away) and boarded some buns over the festive season. When they checked out the interior was re-painted (because two un-neutered boys had decorated the walls themselves) and everything was finished off so the lodge looked like the inside of a home - compete with an Alexa to play gentle background music and familiar radio stations (or the occasional Libertines songs). We also have infra-red heating in winter to keep guests as warm as they would be at home and air conditioning in summer (because sometimes our summers can be a bit too hot for ‘naturally' ground dwelling creatures). The 3 individual suites have a pictorial 'window with a view’ and a mesh front, so rabbits can see out, and are furnished with tables and stools for bunnies to hop on and hide under - just like you would have at home!
We officially opened in March 2016 and since then we’ve been absolutely wowed by the demand for spacious, indoor boarding for rabbits. Plus we only board rabbits so no guinea pigs, no cats or dogs, no ferrets or other predatory animals or birds. What you see in the photos below is ‘exactly' where your pets will be staying!
...And of course we keep in touch with Bev at BooBoos as we refer customers to each other during busy periods :)
