For our comparison, we looked at four of the most popular foreign destinations for Brits heading abroad - Spain, Portugal, Italy and Greece.
At £203 per person per night, including accommodation, flights and dog boarding costs, Greece was the most expensive of the foreign destinations analysed - 320% more than a dog-friendly break in Yorkshire. Portugal worked out as the cheapest of the foreign destinations analysed, at £133 per person per night - still an average of 197% more than a dog-friendly stay in the UK.
Professional dog care added on average 21% to the cost of a foreign holiday if using home boarding services, and 14% if using kennels.
Dog Friendly Cottages has also shared its own data comparing the average booking price for each UK region across tens of thousands of its properties, excluding London, this spring. Northern Ireland worked out as the cheapest at £27.59 per person per night, followed by Yorkshire and the Humber (£35.14), the North East (£35.63), Wales (£36.04) and the East Midlands (£39.16).
The West Midlands (£40.94), South West (£43.33), North West (£43.34), East of England (£45.21), South East (£49.15) and Scotland (£59.82) made up the rest.
Dog Friendly Cottages has more than 40,000 pet-friendly properties listed all across the UK including cottages, lodges, apartments and more, so dog lovers can take their canine companions along for the break too. Some of its stunning homes-away-from-home include a former watermill in Cornwall, the ‘Hideout’ overlooking the Herefordshire countryside or the picturesque Jasmine Cottage in Dorset.