Hi guys

Just came back from holiday in tenrerife and was suprised, I seen approx 27 (at my last count) dogs in the airport, all being carried around in little hand bags and god carry cases.  I have heard about dogs having passports but dont know anything about it.  Do these dogs just sit on peoples knees (if there small enough)? and can they go on holiday anywhere?

There is a size limit as to which dogs can travel in the cabin.  They have to be in one of those holdalls and fit under the seat.  An 8 to 9 week old Elkhound pup just about scrapes in, and two of my pups have flown in the cabin, one to Spain, and the other to America.  Otherwise they have to go in the hold.

When I flew to Finland with Lexi outward the dog was very expensive excess baggage (charged at a higher rate than normal excess), but on internal flights there was just a flat fee of about £15 per trip, and the dog had to be in the hold in the flight container (varikennel).  You did have to prebook, and no more than two dogs were allowed per flight.

Abroad it seems to be much cheaper and more common to fly your dogs, here in UK seems to be next to impossible, or prohibitively expensive..

It can cost more one way to fy a dog as it does for a return for a person.  With some airlines you can just pay as excess baggage, and use the "oversize baggage" channel, but with lots (BA included) they will now only accept them as freight, which costs lots more than normal tickets.  Have had quotes of over £800 for an American Cocker to the USA!  The, some airliens will only fly dogs who are routed via an approved carrier,which adds even more ot the cost, but at least ehlps with the paperwork. 

Things re much more relaxed in most of Europe and in the USA, where you can jsut check in with the dog as longs as it has been pre advised.
bye
Gwen

Yeah, whenever I go to Spain there are always people sat in the airport with their dogs, seen a couple of Spanish Water Dogs too!

Two of our Pomeranian's went over to Portugal in the cabin also.