Here's a sample itinerary for a pet-friendly drive from Houston to Shreveport with your dog or cat. If you're planning a road trip to Shreveport, you can research locations to stop along the way. Make sure you check road conditions to double check the weather. Find the best dog parks, pet-friendly accommodations and hotels, restaurants, and attractions based on the most talked about places recommended by Trippy members and GoPetFriendly. Scroll down to see all the pet-friendly stops along the way.
11:00 am start in Houston
drive for about 30 minutes
11:30 am Sugar Land
eat at Anna Belle's
stay for about 1 hour
and leave at 12:30 pm
drive for about 2.5 hours
2:48 pm Lufkin
stay overnight at La Quinta Inn Lufkin
leave the next day around 11:00 am
day 1 driving ≈ 3 hours
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11:00 am leave from La Quinta Inn Lufkin
drive for about 45 minutes
11:45 am Garrison
stay for about 1 hour
and leave at 12:45 pm
drive for about 1 hour
1:54 pm Waskom (Texas)
stay for about 1 hour
and leave at 2:54 pm
drive for about 28 minutes
3:22 pm arrive in Shreveport
stay at Drury Inn & Suites Sugar Land-Houston
day 2 driving ≈ 2.5 hours
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Sugar Land
Sugar Land Veterinary Specialists (1 mention)
VCA Southwest Freeway Animal Hospital (1 mention)
Lexington Blvd Animal Hosp (1 mention)
Lexington Blvd. Animal Hospital (1 mention)
PetSmart PetsHotel-#631 (1 mention)
Animal Hospital (1 mention)
PetSmart Pet Store (1 mention)
pet-friendly restaurants around Sugar Land:
Anna Belle's
Lufkin (2 answers)
PetSmart Pet Store (1 mention)
pet-friendly hotels around Lufkin:
La Quinta Inn Lufkin
BEST WESTERN PLUS Crown Colony Inn & Suites
Comfort Suites Lufkin
Piney Woods RV Park
Garrison
Waskom (Texas)
The Rose Cottage Animal Hotel (1 mention)
pet-friendly restaurants around Waskom (Texas):
SONIC Drive-In
Are you going straight to a hotel, or looking for a vacation rental or Airbnb?
The best resource on neighborhoods, areas, and hotels is the Trippy page on where to stay in Shreveport.
If you're looking for a quick answer, you can check out Drury Inn & Suites Sugar Land-Houston.
Here are some more pet-friendly hotels people talk about:
Want to research more popular hotels in Shreveport? Click the blue button below.
Need some recommendations on somewhere to get food?
GoPetFriendly suggests Anna Belle's.
Want to research more popular restaurants in Shreveport? Click the blue button below.
This section could be endless, so rather than trying to suggest every local activity or attraction, we'll leave it open-ended.
These are some of the places people talk about on GoPetFriendly:
Of course, Trippy is the perfect place to ask questions because there's an entire community of travelers talking to each other and sharing tips and advice. Trippy is where you can get answers personalized for your tastes, budgets, trip dates & more!
For example, here are some questions people have asked about Shreveport. Click on any question to see answers from the community!
Katie from Los Angeles asked:
Best free things to do in Shreveport? (4 answers)
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Yes, even this step is optional, because if you're on vacation who wants the trip to end? It's okay, you can start planning your next trip!
Want to plan the trip back? Get the reverse directions for a Shreveport to Houston drive with pets, or go to the main page to plan a new road trip.
You can also compare the travel time if you're flying or driving by calculating the distance from Houston to Shreveport. Or get a full Houston to Shreveport flight plan.
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