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Entry rules & quarantine · Also covers Shipping costs & budgets
If your dog is an American Staffordshire terrier (often called a pit bull), a Tosa, a Mastiff-type dog or a Rottweiler, or looks like one, settle its French category before you do anything else. France sorts these dogs into two groups, and the papers you hold decide...
Entry rules & quarantine · Also covers Shipping costs & budgets
Start your pet’s move to Germany with the vaccination record and your own travel plans, not with an airline ticket. A valid rabies vaccination is only part of the paperwork. The microchip sequence matters, and whether you travel with your pet changes the certificate...
Entry rules & quarantine · Also covers Shipping costs & budgets
For a pet move to India, settle the import-permission path before committing to the flight. A dog or cat needs more than a US veterinary certificate: India’s Animal Quarantine and Certification Services, or AQCS, must issue the Advance No Objection Certificate, or NOC,...
Entry rules & quarantine · Also covers Shipping costs & budgets
Start with your own itinerary and with who will accompany your pet. Whether you fly with your pet, arrive within five days before or after it with someone you have authorized, or cannot do either decides which certificate your veterinarian prepares, where your pet is...
Entry rules & quarantine · Also covers Shipping costs & budgets
Get the Philippine import permit before your veterinarian prepares the final export certificate. The permit is not an optional document added after booking: it sets out the health requirements your dog or cat must meet, and its animal details must match the...
Entry rules & quarantine · Also covers Shipping costs & budgets
Plan the arrival before the departure. A dog or cat from the United States has to clear Spanish entry checks at a designated entry point, and the day and hour your pet lands decide whether clearance happens that day or the next. This guide covers dogs and cats moving...
Airlines, flight options & transit
One of the first questions we hear from pet owners is: “Can my pet travel on the same flight as me?” It’s a perfectly reasonable question. After all, if you’re both going to the same destination on the same day, why wouldn’t you simply travel together? The reality is...
Health certificates & paperwork
If you’ve ever prepared for international pet travel, you’ve probably visited a government website. That’s exactly what you should do — government agencies publish import requirements, health certificate instructions, and country-specific guidance to help pet owners...
Shipping costs & budgets
“Wait… it costs how much to fly my dog?” If you’ve just received a quotation from a pet relocation company, chances are that was your first reaction. You are certainly not alone; one of the most common questions we hear is: “Does it really cost that much?” The short...
Airlines, flight options & transit
One of the biggest concerns pet owners have isn’t the paperwork or customs clearance. It’s what happens after they hand their pet over at the airport. Questions like these are incredibly common: “Will my pet be thrown in with all the cargo?” “Is my pet sitting next to...
Crates & equipment
One of the more common questions we receive from pet owners is: “Can I put an Apple AirTag in my pet’s travel crate? Can I attach a GPS tracker so I know where my pet is? Can I leave a GoPro recording during the flight?” It’s an understandable question. Handing your...
Ground transport & car safety
To the professional pet ground transporters across the United States, This letter is written specifically to those who, instead of operating within their own home region using their own vehicle, fly to the city where a transport begins, rent a vehicle, complete the...
