My family and I took a trip through a few states and did by chance spend some time in hotels. One caution I would take is not to let them run in the hotel room. I had a bad experience when my daughter got her own apartment and Calvin and I went for a visit. It was the second day that she had moved in and he was having a wonderful time checking out the place and everything in it. We stayed only about an hour but on our return home, Calvin shortly started experiencing respiratory problems. Open mouth breathing and major major restlessness and excitablility. This went on for about an hour - I wasn't about to go to bed - we were too worried. We suddenly had a thought about exposure to pesticides. Alot of times they spray hotel rooms and apartments with commercial pesticides for insect problems. I gave Calvin a complete bath and thankfully he returned to normal within about 30 minutes. After that I just couldn't take any chances in a strange room although we did let him out to play on the bed supervised. It was a little difficult keeping him up there but at least he got to be included for awhile. We didn't tell them we had a ferret at the desk. Just brought our cage in the side door. I did take him for morning walks outside and had my eye out for strange dogs as there were people walking animals. Also I brought my own water jug from home as I did not know how so many different types of water might affect him. We made sure we had the rabies certificate and I kept it handy in my purse. As far as the weather, we live in Michigan and I'm sure my ferrets have their winter coats. They don't really go out much when it is cold. You do want to keep the cages away from cold drafts, hot air registers and direct sunlight. Hopefully your ferrets will grow their winter coats after arrival. Good luck with your new home. One more note on our vacation. We camped in the Smokey Mountains along side a rushing river. When I took Calvin for walks around the park he learned to recognize our campsite and run towards it. This was pretty hard to believe but I figured it out. He associated our campsite with the sound of the water which you could not hear in the main part of the park. He's not only my sweet Buttnut but smart too! Eunice & Calvin (You know I like to help load that dishwasher) Gypsy (There's good stuff in that frig - how come it's so cold?) Mario the cat (I really won't eat those ferrets) Yoshi the cat (Help! that ferret doesn't know I'm a cat) [Posted in FML issue 2504]