Now here is a question for you, would you bother taking a dog or cat on your holiday? After speaking to a lot of people about this, i did get some very clear answers. I wanted to share some of them with you, and gauge your reactions to these.

Many of the people I spoke to immediately said “No”. Many people suggested that taking their pet on holiday would add to the stress of the holiday. One example was that, looking after the animal was like work anyway. This really didn’t make all that much sense to me, I needed to understand why people thought of their pet as hard work?

It was clear to see that many people saw no advantage in taking a pet on holiday. People started to weigh up the monetary values of their pets, suggesting that they are not welcome on the holiday because they are not human. There are checks and procedures that need to be active before you can even take your pet with you, many things need to be looked over.

It was noticeable though, that some people were interested in this idea, and seemed to welcome it. Pet’s in this situation are considered as family members and not just as pet’s for comforting people. Some people get very attached to their animals, and insist that they go with them everywhere. There were of course the people that said the dog or cat was a family member, but because they were animals, didn’t need to go on holiday, because they are “already on holiday”.

It was amusing to see so many alternative views on this, especially when people were chatting about Egypt holidays, or even Maldives holidays, this showed that people were prepared to take their dogs to places, even though they wouldn’t have much mobility, so is this right or false? Maybe Caribbean holidays would be better suited to the cat or dog?