Surely you don’t take a cat on holiday?!

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I’m sat in departures at the airport and a woman has an actual car in a carry case.

1. why would you want to take your cat on holiday?!
2. how do the practicalities work when you get there with the cat - does it stay in the hotel room?!
3. the cat is meaowing constantly. It can’t be happy?!
4. what about fellow passengers who have cat allergies?!

I can’t imagine my cat would have been impressed! However, I spoke to someone who had an Airbnb in the U.K., they had guests bring dogs, cats and even parrots stay.

It's the cat dander that gets into the air, it settles on everything in the house, especially fabrics, even if there isn't visible hair. It's a real PITA. And I always appreciate it that the majority of people are considerate about their level of cat-agion.

When I was 11, we took our kitten on holiday to Cornwall because it was too young to leave. It was fine, even when the car broke down on the way back. I have also taken cats on the train (in a carrier) to DPs for Christmas.
My current cat moved from the US to the U.K. with us, but he went in the hold. There was a lot of paperwork. He was most disgruntled to discover that he was valued at £60 for VAT purposes (he may have confused the meanings of ‘priceless’ and ‘worthless’).

Well I'm not actually wearing cat fur, but there are always some stuck hairs I can't get rid of or haven't seen. And even if I do, they'll leave minute allergen residue. So yes, one'd have an issue if they were sitting next to me and were so severely allergic. When my allergic friend comes to the house I do a deep clean and she still gets a runny nose. Anyway, the point is, you're essentially in a public place, and while most considerate people would try and minimise inconvenience of others they need to balance it with their needs (e.g.bringing nervous cat on board) and capabilities (e.g. Picking cat hair) too. An allergy sufferer should be trying to minimise harm to themselves (e.g. Asking to change seat) as well and most would do, instead of point blank insisting on not bringing pets around. Living in a society usually is all about these kinds of trade offs.

I’m allergic to kids yet people still bring theirs on board flights I’m on, hotels I’m in and most annoyingly into restaurants. So selfish 😁

I did have to sneak her in. Our cat sitter had let us down and we never left her alone (she was our baby!). Our children were very young at the time so we took a pressure stair gate with us and blocked off a room with a litter tray and food etc in it for the cat. She rode all the way to CP on my mum’s knee, happy as anything. We intended to keep her in but after a couple of days she just followed us inside and out, never strayed (she was like a dog really).

She weirdly loved moving house, we did it a couple of times and she was hilarious, charging from room to room.

Just don’t book accommodation where the cleaners come everyday, we had a daily panic when they turned up!

I don't think anyone has died of a kid allergy (unless you mean goats )

MIL adopted two elderly cats and I was allergic to them but I have been ok with other cats so is it something to do with their dribble?

I don't think people should take animals on planes unless there is no alternative like guide dogs though. They are a very confined space and you don't get to say when you book a seat that you eg have a dog allergy. I'd also be really annoyed if I paid for an upgrade and then people had brought their pets into business class with them.

My friend's sister flew with 5 kittens and a dog once. They were rescues being moved to the UK from another European country - the dog had to go in the hold, bless him, but the kittens had to be in the cabin. She and her friend had a few each in carriers and apparently the people sitting near them were delighted when said kittens would only stop crying if they could (against the rules) snuggle up on someone's lap.

Fair enough, although if you're a family moving to the other side of the world, what else can you do? I guess you could book onto a boat journey, but it would take forever! A family friend moved from UK to New Zealand with 2 horses, 2 dogs and a cat, and the horses had to go by boat, it took weeks if I remember correctly. The cat and the dogs went via plane.

I wouldn't take my cat, he'd be a nightmare. Some wouldn't mind I'm sure, guess it's just like taking your dog on holiday really.

I took the Queen Mary a while back, there was a family on board with a dog and 2 cats (they have kennels on board)

She may be emigrating.

Our cat used to come on holiday with us in a caravan when I was younger.

I can't remember how it started but it probably had something to do with our dog, a doberman, being expelled from kennels for bad behaviour which included chewing the wooden posts in an attempt to escape. The dog was in kennels as we were going away caravaning.

From then on both cat and dog came away with us in the caravan.

At home which was a small village, the cat used to come along when we took the dog for a walk.

After I left home and my parents were going away the cat and dog would come and stay with me and the cat would still join us on the walks which the neighbors were amazed at.

Whether you can take a cat on holiday depends on the cat, our cat never ran off she just didn't want to be left out 😺