Pet travel can be a difficult venture for many pet parents, especially if it involves long distances, airlines, complex reservations and a great deal of attention to detail.
Traveling can often be difficult enough for people. There seem to be endless delays, cancellations, weather issues, and numerous other unforeseen problems. If we add the special needs of traveling with a pet to this mix, this can be a truly negative experience.
Over the last two years, there has been an increased focus on our furry friends. Many have added pets to their household. As our post-pandemic recovery continues, there has also been a friendlier attitude to pets accompanying their owners to work, restaurants, shopping… anywhere.
Introducing Avvinue’s pet travel booking platform
Avvinue’s pet travel booking platform is now open to the public to test. Their software helps travelers search and book flights from more than 500 pet-friendly airlines that offer safe and secure transport options of flying with pets, whether in-cabin, traveling with pets in-cargo or through private shared charter planes.
The company was founded this year by a team of pet parents who are avid travelers and realized how complicated it has been to travel around the world with pets and have taken on the mission to improve the pet traveling experience.
According to the company founder and CEO, “It’s rather shocking that in such a digital age, airlines still require people to do manual research on their airline pet policy in order to find out if their pet can fly. And when they find those details, they still have to call the airline to make the reservation. It can take between an hour to several hours just to book one flight with a pet.”
- Each year, more than 2 million pets board commercial flights in the US alone. Global aviation company, VistaJet, reported an 86 percent increase in the number of animals flown over the last two years. This number will undoubtedly increase as the number of pets continues to grow.
- Last year, Airbnb launched a feature to find pet-friendly homes, which aligns with the mission at Avvinue to help people search and book pet–friendly travel around the world. “The longer you’re traveling, the longer you’re actually living somewhere, the more you want to bring the whole family — and usually your entire family includes your dogs or cats,” said Brian Chesky, CEO of Airbnb.
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Using a proprietary pet travel algorithm, Avvinue creates a unique digital solution for the travel and tourism industry and works with USDA-certified and IPATA-approved agents around the world to ensure pets have a safe and secure pet travel experience that gives pet parents transparency throughout their entire travel journey. Travelers can search, compare, and book pet travel through the online platform, coordinate their pet’s flight reservation, and receive guidance on their pet’s upcoming trip.
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The core features available for this release include:
– Search personalized flights based on a pet’s profile
– Book flights from 500+ pet-friendly airlines
– 100% online pet flight reservation
– Access to Avvinue’s 24/7 Canine Concierge
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- The platform is web-based and mobile responsive, and will soon expand pet travel options to include trains, hotels and accommodations, activities and more.
To learn more, here is a [Link].