lilfarfa, You are quite right. The law as been adjusted to specify more clearly what the different types of assistance animals are and are not allowed to do.

I have worried about this.

There is, as yet, no way I know that I can travel between my home and the pet friendly hotel at my destination without staying over at motels along the way. Picking a pet friendly motel is sometimes quite challenging, as in West Virginia, where all the motels I stopped at or called were venomously against having pets. I'm just not able to drive long enough to safely drive out of an area like that when I encounter them.

One place in WV wanted to charge me half a room fee for sleeping in my car in their parking lot. Imagine that.

In the future, when I can afford to have my motorhome repaired or replaced, I'll be able to avoid the whole not-pet motel problem. With no future travel scheduled, I hope to have enough saved up in a couple more years.