Driving from Kolkata to Kochi; need advice on route & stay options

My wife and I with our senior dog are relocating to Kochi from Kolkata by mid April.

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My wife and I with our senior dog are relocating to Kochi from Kolkata by mid April.

I request help in the route, places to stay that will accept dogs, etc. We are going in a petrol Ciaz - anything to check there? The car is 6 months old.

Thanks,

Shankar Menon

Here's what BHPian supremeBaleno had to say on the matter:

Quite some routes for you to take, but I guess the shortest and scenic one looks like along the coast - Bhubaneswar, Berhampur, Vizag, Vijayawada till Nellore. And then Tirupati, Vellore, Salem onto Kochi.

A 6-month old car is practically new - just drive on.

Here's what BHPian ike had to say on the matter:

I drove Bhubaneswar - Thrissur in 3rd week of Feb. The roads from Naidupetta till Tirupati is not great. From Tirupati till chittoor the bypass road is mostly complete and is very good mostly. Again Chitoor - Vellore is not great.

I took the NH16 till Chennai, used the outer ring road to bypass (most of) Chennai and carried on via Chengalpet - Ulundurpet - Salem - Coimbatore - Thrissur. The bottle necks are the Palar bridge work that is going on (but should be complete by mid April) and the stretch between Kallaikurichi - Salem where roads switch between 4 lanes and two abruptly and they have installed plastic poles on the divider to prevent overtaking. Very frustrating if you get stuck behind slow moving traffic and some idiots keep honking expecting you to let them pass on the left side.

Here's what BHPian Yatra Moksha had to say on the matter:

Hi. We are pet parents and often travel long distances on road. In our experience, it's pretty difficult to find hotels that accept pets. Hence, we do not rely on hotels. We always book our accommodation on AirBnB which turns out to be super convenient, comfortable and economical. One can find many pet friendly properties listed on the site at every location.

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