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. Made from sturdy wood these pet travel boxes are custom...
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 transit, year round. The baggage handlers strap the crates or dog boxes into...
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 travel with you? Is your pet a holy-roller, a cruiser,...
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 is built up over time and hones the instincts especially...
Animal Travel is aware that in the United Kingdom 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 lead to an insurance payout. The only international airline which does offer...
The Travel Box Airline approved animal travel boxes have lots of ventilation holes and are of a stipulated size to allow the animal to stand up, lie down and turn around comfortably. Hence, as long as bedding will not block any ventilation holes or cramp the animal in any way, it is more than...
Pet Transport Scams One bright morning, many years ago, Diana picked up the phone to an excited flurry of words from a client. “Diana, hello! I’m calling from Bryanston about my pedigree staffie pup being delivered today from Cape Town; what time can I expect you?” Diana took a mental gulp and speedily ran...