Traveling Europe with your dog — honestly
We took our small white dog, Sofus, across Poland and home through Germany: one flight, five train operators, three cities, two months. Then we wrote down everything we learned the hard way — the real routes, the real rules, and what’s actually enforced — so your trip is easier than ours.
The whole journey, in one honest, illustrated guide. Over 100 pages, real photographs, instant PDF.
Free tools to plan your trip
Start here. Both are free, built from our own bookings and tickets on one real spring-2026 journey — not aggregated rules or second-hand advice.
Can my dog travel?
Enter your dog’s weight and route, and see what’s possible by train and plane — with the muzzle and dog-ticket rules as we actually found them.
The dog travel checklist
Everything we wish we’d had in one printable list — passport timing, the 21-day rabies rule, the groomer, the packing. Tick as you go.
The guide
The free tools cover the essentials. The full story — every booking, every train operator, the carrier bags we got wrong, the cities at a dog’s pace, and the honest costs — is in our illustrated guide.
Honest, first-hand articles
Operator-by-operator accounts you won’t find anywhere else, drawn from our own journey. Each answers one real question a dog owner asks before they book.
Flying with a dog on LOT Polish Airlines
The aircraft-type carrier trap, the 8 kg rule, check-in, security, and the descent nobody warns you about.
Cabin dog by airline: carrier sizes compared
A real comparison table for 12 airlines, the 8 kg rule, and how to choose a bag that fits both the airline and your dog.
Taking a dog on the ComfortJet
Likely the first dog account anywhere of Czech Railways’ new flagship — booking, the free dog ticket, the muzzle reality, seven calm hours.
Why us
We’re Karen, Carl and Daniel — a family near Aarhus, Denmark — and Sofus, who is not a naturally bold dog. We’re not a travel brand; we’re the people who actually carried a nervous little dog through airport security and five different trains, and kept the receipts. More about us →