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It would be great if anyone has any specific advice about taking pets long-distance from the Philippines to the United Kingdom, especially whether this is likely to be affected by the current pandemic. I've already taken care of the microchipping / blood test requirements (except for the final letter from the vet before departure), I'm just worried about organising the transport itself.
After long delays processing visas and passports, my family will be ready to relocate to the UK before the end of this year. The big concern I have is taking our 2 cats on such a long and complex route. Since it would be incredibly difficult to organise this myself, and risk it disrupting our own flights, I will use a transport company to send the cats separately ahead of time, to be picked up by my parents there.
I already looked into this last year and got quotes from 2 companies listed for the Philippines on the IPATA website, which I took as some level of endorsement (although there was little in the way of social proof from reviews or Facebook comments). My worst-case-scenario paranoia is that our cats would get "accidentally lost" after a company receives payment.
It didn't help that the two quotes received were completely different, one company saying US$2700 for the full service (plus extra for door to door pickup) and the other company asking more than twice that amount and saying that a 10-day quarantine would be required at one airport along the way (which the other one said wasn't needed).
I'm planning to get back in touch with the first company to see if they're still offering this service, but I wanted to reach out for any advice first, in case anyone can recommend a reliable service or if we should just forget about trying to transport pets until 2021 or something (it was complicated enough even before Covid!)
Thank you
After long delays processing visas and passports, my family will be ready to relocate to the UK before the end of this year. The big concern I have is taking our 2 cats on such a long and complex route. Since it would be incredibly difficult to organise this myself, and risk it disrupting our own flights, I will use a transport company to send the cats separately ahead of time, to be picked up by my parents there.
I already looked into this last year and got quotes from 2 companies listed for the Philippines on the IPATA website, which I took as some level of endorsement (although there was little in the way of social proof from reviews or Facebook comments). My worst-case-scenario paranoia is that our cats would get "accidentally lost" after a company receives payment.
It didn't help that the two quotes received were completely different, one company saying US$2700 for the full service (plus extra for door to door pickup) and the other company asking more than twice that amount and saying that a 10-day quarantine would be required at one airport along the way (which the other one said wasn't needed).
I'm planning to get back in touch with the first company to see if they're still offering this service, but I wanted to reach out for any advice first, in case anyone can recommend a reliable service or if we should just forget about trying to transport pets until 2021 or something (it was complicated enough even before Covid!)
Thank you