Advice for travelling with your pets this summer

While we look forward to a summer getaway, many of us just can't stand to leave our pets behind.

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00:00 Pets are very, very important to people and just because it's holiday time doesn't mean

00:06 that you have to be separated from them.

00:08 And people have been looking for alternatives, looking for ways that they can include their

00:12 pets in what they do for the holidays.

00:14 I've got three cats, two dogs, six hens and some budgies.

00:19 Now I wouldn't take the birds with me, they're not really very mobile and they wouldn't enjoy

00:24 being on the road.

00:27 When it comes to dogs and cats, well, the dogs and cats you would take with us certainly

00:33 if you go to the west of Ireland, which we often do.

00:36 I'm based in Dublin and we often travel across in the car to the west of Ireland.

00:39 Checking beforehand is the way to go.

00:41 I think in general, if a pet has, if a company has adopted pet-friendly policies, they're

00:47 very likely to tick all the boxes that you need ticked.

00:51 I don't think you necessarily need to get down to a granular level.

00:54 They will be set up to help you if they say they've got pet-friendly policies.