A Golden Retriever’s video is gaining fame for her impeccable sense of direction around a hotel. Instagram user @travelswithcali shared a video of Cali, the clever pup, confidently leading her owners back to their room as if she had been living there all along. Truly, Cali does not need a GPS, because she is the GPS. The video’s on-screen caption reads, “When your internal compass always leads you to a 5-star hotel suite.” Under the video, its witty caption doubles down on the Golden Retriever’s intelligence in the hotel, reading, “Can’t remember if she had breakfast, but never forgets the way to a good hotel room.”
Video shows Golden Retriever leading owners to the hotel room
The Golden Retriever’s video begins inside the hotel’s elevator. Cali stands in front of her owners, eager to get out and show her skills. As soon as the doors slide open, the pup springs out with her tail wagging and her leash swinging from her mouth, not looking back even once to check in on her owners. Instead, she marches ahead while her owners follow behind.
Cali takes a right and then another right, finally taking a left turn before walking straight into the carpeted corridor. Her owners follow her, laughing as Cali purposefully trots down the hallway. Finally, the Golden Retriever stops at a door and looks back at her owners in anticipation, and one tap of the key card proves she had been leading them to the right room all this time.
Viewers flooded the comments with praise and jokes about Cali’s impressive memory. One user wrote, “I love how she looks back like, ‘Told you I knew where it was,’” while another fan quipped, “She said I know where my food and bed is.” Others admired her confidence, with a viewer teasing, “That golden wagging antenna cannot go wrong.”
Some followers even imagined Cali as a canine travel critic. One joked, “Step aside, Michelin Keys and Forbes Stars,” adding, “I want my hotels rated by Cali Paw Prints!”
