Missoula Hotel Question (Reserve: hotels, pet friendly, areas)

[Kalliope]

Hello everyone. I will be making a cross-country trip in May and will be stopping in or near Missoula (or any place off of I-90) for a night. I know nothing about the city itself, so I'm not sure which parts are considered good or bad. I'm looking to find out which areas would be okay to stay in a hotel (and one that accepts pets) for one night. If I just know the areas that are okay, I can find the hotels. Thanks!

[rickers]

Montana's cities, (If you can even call them cities), don't have what most big city folks call "the good side of town" or "the bad side of town" Super 8 Motel allows pets as does the Thunderbird Motel.
Any place to stay that calls itself a "hotel" will probably not allow any pets but I could be wrong.

[Gman2007]

Stayed in the Motel 6 and Super 8 there with two dogs and no issues. Motel 6 has a nice open area (dirt/graveled lot) for the pets....

[Jillaceae]

We had to stay in a hotel with our cat when we moved to Missoula. It depends on the pet you have. The Super 8 only takes dogs (we had stayed there once before, it was a decent hotel), so we stayed in the Motel 6 (Missoula is not a town brimming with pet friendly hotels), and they were fine as well. There aren't really any "bad" areas to stay in a hotel. If you are looking for convenience, I would stay on Reserve Street (this is where most of the chain hotels are anyway) because it has good access to the freeway, and everything is very easy to find.

[patmem]

What day do you think you'll be coming through Missoula? Motels fill up fast during graduation (May 12-16), I think the Thunderbird is already booked for that time, otherwise I would recommend it as it is quite close to our "Bark Park" off-leash area, as well as a small supermarket/mall. Other than that, for ease of finding them I would also go with Motel 6 or Super 8-right off the freeway.