PetPolicy: structured pet-friendly hotel search

Turn scattered pet policies and reviews into filterable structured data

Problem

Travelers booking with a dog or cat juggle multiple tabs: one to check whether 'pet friendly' means anything specific (fees, weight limits), another for reviews to see if it's enforced in practice. OTA filters are often just a tag, leaving users unsure whether their pet can actually stay.

Solution

A vertical pet-friendly hotel search that scrapes and structures pet policy details (fees, weight limits, count restrictions, leave duration), then summarizes reviews to flag real-world enforcement. Supports filtering by city, pet type, and size, with a policy-confidence score.

Users

Pet owners traveling with cats or dogs, road-trip families, business travelers needing temporary pet boarding

MVP

Cover 3-5 popular cities; scrape and structure pet policy fields; review summaries noting actual enforcement; filter by pet type and size; one-tap link to booking

Revenue

OTA affiliate commissions first, later paid priority corrections and merchant claim pages

Why now

Pet travel keeps growing while mainstream OTAs still treat pet policies shallowly, leaving a clear gap that an indie developer can fill city by city