In 2022, Adam and Kirsty Golder's UK-based aviation company, G6 Aviation, received an odd request. A potential customer wanted to know how much it would cost to charter a jet from London to the US for 10 people — and 10 dogs.
12.09.2023 - 15:17 / insider.com
Traveling around the world can be challenging — and costly— let alone when you have three dogs in tow, including a massive Great Dane.
Melanie Demi, an Austin-based content creator who shares pet-friendly travel advice with her 84,000 Instagram followers, did just that.
Over the course of approximately one year, Demi and her husband visited eight countries and eighteen cities with Cooper (a 14-year-old, 75-pound Golden Retriever), Brooklyn (a 12-pound Dachshund mix), and Lucas, their 150-pound Great Dane.
The couple started bringing their pets along on their travels after making a travel bucket list for their previous dog, who was diagnosed with cancer when he was five years old.
Now, Demi says she's using the experience to teach people that traveling with pets is more accessible — and rewarding — than you might think.
"I just wanted to show that if we can do it with three dogs, one of whom is massive, you can do it too," she told Insider. "It's amazing to take them out and show them the world."
For long-haul trips that couldn't be made by train or rental car, Demi tried out three different flight options to avoid putting her two larger dogs in the cargo hold of a commercial aircraft.
In a May interview with Insider, Demi broke down each of the options and how much they cost her:
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On the way from the US to Europe, Demi flew on a charter plane with the two larger dogs while her husband and the smallest dog, who can fit under the seat, flew commercial.
Demi split the charter flight to Paris with 10 fellow pet owners she connected with in the Facebook group Chartered Air Travel With Pets, a page for people looking for alternatives to checking pets in the cargo hold of a commercial aircraft, she told Insider.
The process was "very stressful," Demi said, because she was responsible for booking and planning the flight. It cost approximately $11,000 per person, she told Insider.
Demi said she created contracts for her fellow travelers to agree to and sign before the flight and asked owners to muzzle their dogs during boarding and deplaning. She also made a seating map for the pets based on a Google Survey she sent to pet owners about their dogs' personalities and needs.
"I was very meticulous," she told Insider, adding that the flight "ended up working wonderfully," even though everybody was too stressed out to catch any shut-eye.
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A slightly more affordable option for flexible flyers is a travel hack known as empty-leg flights, which the couple used to fly with all three dogs from Paris to London for a total of $3,000, Demi said.
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In 2022, Adam and Kirsty Golder's UK-based aviation company, G6 Aviation, received an odd request. A potential customer wanted to know how much it would cost to charter a jet from London to the US for 10 people — and 10 dogs.
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