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Pet Travel Crates

Pet Travel Crates

Pet Travel Crates and Dog Boxes Looking for a pet travel crate for your pet’s international air travel? Our wooden pet boxes are airline approved pet carriers. Visit our pet boxes site to see our range of wooden pet travel boxes and dog boxes....

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I’m emigrating with my pet. Where exactly will my pet go in the airplane?

I’m emigrating with my pet. Where exactly will my pet go in the airplane?

Pets and the Cargo Hold There are two cargo sections in the airplane hold; one is unpressurised and has no temperature regulation. This is not where your pet goes. The other, is pressurised, regulated and properly designed to accommodate pets in flight, year round....

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6 Tips for Road Tripping with your Pet

6 Tips for Road Tripping with your Pet

Summer Sensibilities: Pet Prep Spring’s glorious lightness has turned into a deep and burnished green as Summer hits South Africa. Road trips are definitely on the list of holiday options lighter both on the budget and the ecological footprint, than flying. Do your animals...

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To DIY or not to DIY your own Pet Transport

Perhaps it may seem less caring or more expensive to let someone outside of your family handle your pet transport, and indeed the internet is full of short, peppy articles on ‘DIY pet transport’. But as with any other specialised industry, wisdom and know-how...

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Can I Insure my Animal for Travel?

Animal Travel Agency is aware that in the United Kingdom & the USA you can buy pet insurance for travel, but no company in South Africa offers this service. No one can insure against a scam with an old,  sick or even poisoned animal which will...

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