Confident check-in for guests travelling with assistance dogs.

Confirm a certified assistance dog team at reservation quietly and respectfully, so a welcome never turns into a challenge.

Confident check-in

Confident check-in for every assistance dog guest.

Pawthority lets reception confirm a certified assistance dog team at reservation or check-in, discreetly, with a clear record held against the booking and no guest data exposed.

How it works

Two ways to verify

1

Verify at booking

The optional step can appear at reservation, so arrival is already cleared.

Certified data
2

Or discreetly at check-in

A guest can verify quietly at the desk. Staff see only a verified result.

GDPR-minimised
Pass / No match
3

Held against the reservation

The confirmation is kept with the booking, settling the welcome before arrival.

Matching is deterministic. Verification is always voluntary and never a condition of a booking or a welcome. No guest data leaves the certifying authority's control without authorisation.

Regulatory alignment

Built for the duty every front desk carries.

Verification helps your teams apply the law correctly and consistently, and it is never a condition of a booking or a welcome.

Standard

EN 17984-6:2024

The European standard for assistance dog services underpins every check.

Regulation

Equality Act 2010

Service providers must make reasonable adjustments, and assistance dogs are exempt from no-dogs policies.

Myth

Food hygiene guidance

Standard guidance permits assistance dogs in dining areas. Confirmation dispels the most common misconception.

Voluntary

Never a gate

A guest who declines to verify keeps every existing right of entry. Verification is a tool for confidence.

Safeguard

Minimum data

Every check matches the dog's microchip to its handler using an opaque token, confirming the pairing. No guest identity, health or disability data is ever revealed.

Record

Held against the booking

A clear, timestamped record of what was confirmed, kept with the reservation.

What the operator gains

Confident check-in, fewer incidents

Empowered front desk

Reception welcomes handlers without hesitation or awkward questioning.

Fewer complaints

Fewer refusals, refunds and reputational incidents at check-in.

Held against the booking

A clear record of what was confirmed, kept with the reservation.

No sensitive data

No guest health or disability information collected or stored.

Non-negotiable principles

Respectful by design

Voluntary by design

Verification is never a condition of a booking or a welcome. Declining changes nothing about a guest's rights.

Minimum data

Only a microchip number and an opaque match token cross the connection.

Deterministic result

A clear, auditable match, consistent every time.

Append-only audit log

Every check writes one timestamped, immutable record.

For hotel operators

Confident check-in for every guest travelling with an assistance dog.

We are onboarding launch partners in hospitality. Confirm status at reservation or check-in, discreetly, with a clear record held against the booking.

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