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Hello! My husband and I just found out that we’ll be transferring from VA to CA sometime in the next few months, and we plan to drive our 4-legged family cross country rather than flying. We have 2 cats and 2 dogs that'll be sharing space in a large Toyota Highlander. Our current plan is to get a couple of wire crates for the cats to (separately) travel in on the middle set of seats, and the dogs in the back.
My question is this: would it be better to do this trip in as little time as possible (roughly 6 days) to spare the cats, or do you think they'd be okay if we were to take a few detours along the way (stretching the trip to 10 days ish)? Detours would be along the lines of driving through a National Park or checking into a hotel early with the animals and then exploring a town, not leaving everyone in the car unattended. The cats are never thrilled about being in the car, but they’re not as bad as some cats I’ve had (the dogs OTOH think the car is an awesome magic box that deposits them in new places). I’ve read that after the first day or two the cats will just get into a rhythm and it won’t matter too much. On one hand I don’t want to make the trip longer for them than I have to, on the other we’ve never done a cross country road trip and are not sure the next time we’ll have an opportunity to stop at some of these places.
Has anyone done this? What are your thoughts?
My question is this: would it be better to do this trip in as little time as possible (roughly 6 days) to spare the cats, or do you think they'd be okay if we were to take a few detours along the way (stretching the trip to 10 days ish)? Detours would be along the lines of driving through a National Park or checking into a hotel early with the animals and then exploring a town, not leaving everyone in the car unattended. The cats are never thrilled about being in the car, but they’re not as bad as some cats I’ve had (the dogs OTOH think the car is an awesome magic box that deposits them in new places). I’ve read that after the first day or two the cats will just get into a rhythm and it won’t matter too much. On one hand I don’t want to make the trip longer for them than I have to, on the other we’ve never done a cross country road trip and are not sure the next time we’ll have an opportunity to stop at some of these places.
Has anyone done this? What are your thoughts?