Traveling with our pet: on train

Traveling with our pet by train is convenient if you drive a 4-legged small, while with pets of medium and large size due to the limitations imposed becomes difficult depending on the companies.

The first thing to do is to make sure you have all the necessary documentation and be informed about the rules of each country and company you travel with:

  • If you want to travel around Europe with your pet, make sure you have all the documents in order. Apply for an EU Passport from your veterinarian and take it with you during your trip.
  • Make sure your pet is equipped with a microchip and has also done all the vaccinations required by the European community – especially rabies.
  • Each nation has its own rules so always check first so as not to run into unpleasant situations. Later we will tell you the general rules valid in almost all countries!
  • Depending on the size of your pet, remember the different accessories you will need to travel! For example, pet carriers, cages, leashes, muzzles, toys and anything else that can help your pet. The Ministry of Health suggests to bring on the road everything that could be useful to relieve the stress of our animal: food, games, first aid kits, cleaning devices.

 

General rules for travelling by train with pet:

  • Usually small pets, enclosed in a crate, can travel free on trains in Europe.
  • Big pets, big responsibilities! Larger pets pay a discounted ticket or “pet supplement” and must always be kept on a leash and have a muzzle.
  • Pets may not occupy a seat or have access to the bar/restaurant carriages – except guide dogs.
  • If your pet bothers or bothers other passengers, you will be asked to change seats and in some cases even to change trains!
  • If you are traveling on a night-time basis, it is advisable to book a private compartment to travel with your pet.
  • Usually there is a maximum number of animals per passenger – 1 or 2 depending on the companies.
  • Movements, people and noises can frighten or stress our pets, so you have to make sure that the place where you will spend the duration of the trip is well ventilated and reward them with pleasant activities such as games or snacks during the trip.

 

If you travel with Trenitalia, small pets travel free of charge inside a pet carrier.

If you want to transport a pet of medium to large size or a pet of small size outside the carrier, the traveller will have to buy a second class ticket or standard level reduced by 50%. This is even if you travel in first class, in Business or inside bunks, sleepers or Excelsior.


If you travel with Italo, the rules change.

All animals up to 5 kilograms travel free of charge in the appropriate carrier. Only in the case of pets over 5 kg you must buy a ticket whose cost depends on the route. The latter can be purchased online, by selecting the “dog” item among the tickets. Alternatively, just call Pronto Italo.

In sleepers and bunks, the passenger can travel, buying the entire compartment, with a maximum of two pets of any size.

It remains, however, the rule that each traveller should bring one and only one pet.

This means that a single passenger will not be able to carry more than one pet on board, even when buying a sleeping car.

The same obligations remain on Italo, but some rules are more specific.

In view of the summer, the company has implemented the service to travel with your pet doubling the seats available for passengers traveling with medium/ large pet. In fact, they will have their place next to the master for all the route traveled.

Have a nice trip with your pet!

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K9 Jets – the new luxury for pets

As we have already mentioned in the previous article Travelling with the pet: by plane, it is not easy to fly with a pet.

The charter company K9 Jets was founded by former pilot Adam Golder to satisfy the growing desire of travelers to move with their pets nearby. It is based in Birmingham, Great Britain and meets the need that also arises from the cases of deaths of animals in flight in the United States in recent decades, or about 200.

The aim of the company is to save travelers the stress of the rules of each airline and the rules that limit the proximity to our puppies during the trip, giving as a single solution the cage in the cargo area. Also not all dog breeds are allowed by airlines, such as pitbulldogs, bulldogs and mastiffs.

K9 Jets does not think twice and rides the opportunity to offer exclusive service.

Being exclusive, it is certainly not a cheap service, in fact the transatlantic flight has a cost of about $ 9,000 with the possibility of buying another ticket to have our pet next.

Those who participated in the inaugural flight said “We were calm because the dogs were with us, we have two golden retrievers and they would have been in the hold”.

Today they offer flights between New York and London or Paris, but the K9 aims to open an economy line with regard to the West Coast.

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Capsule Hotel: the new frontier of international travel

We are in Japan, specifically in Umeda district of Osaka.

Here, in 1979, was born the first Capsule Hotel in the world, designed by architect Kisho Kurokawa, the Capsule Inn Osaka that gave rise to a world market in most international airports, where it is often necessary to pass the time and so why not do it sleeping?

Does that make you tick?
Well, get ready, we recommend some scattered around the world!

 

  • Capsule By Container Hotel – Kuala Lumpur International Airport
    Have you always been fascinated by containers? What if you could sleep there? The Capsule by Container Hotel is for you and is located inside the Kuala Lumpur International Airport. This structure is organized in small containers that house 120 capsules in steel and wood in industrial style. The allowed time of stay is from 6 to 12 hours. You will also find a Capsule Bar that, in addition to delighting you with special toasts, turns into a creative space through the exhibition of contemporary Malaysian art. Good night of steel, traveller!

  • 9H – Narita International Airport, Tokyo                                                                                                                                    If you are looking for the avant-garde, you should definitely go to Narita International Airport, Tokyo. Here you will find the 9H – Nine Hours, formed by small minimal loculi in which you will find a 9H style pyjamas with Japanese design. The formula of the structure defines the experience to which it is targeted: Seven hours to sleep ( stay ), an hour to rest ( nap ) and another hour to take a nice shower ( shower ) ! Have a good rest!

 

  • Snooze Cube – Dubai International Airport
    Gate D7, Terminal 1, Dubai International Airport: in front of you a small corner of paradise called Snooze Cube. This Capsule Hotel aims to provide travelers in transit with a reconciliation with the world. To close this little corner of paradise we find a door depicting a silver fern, symbol designed by Larry Swann. Inside it has micro rooms, equipped with “windows” that depict spectacular landscapes of the world and all visible while relaxing on the bed, waiting to leave!

  • Benbo – Naples – Capodichino                                                                                                                          Acronym of Bed&Boarding, born on 11 January 2017 and is open 24 hours a day. Its micro rooms are four meters by four with bed, work-station and private bathroom with shower. You can pay directly at the hotel or book via app or web. How about sleeping in the latest Neapolitan capsules?

 

  • Zzzleepandgo – Milan Malpensa
    The idea is contained in his name: sleep and share namely Zzzleepandgo! This property offers the opportunity to rest, even just for a few hours, in their micro rooms equipped with every comfort: from wi-fi to 220v and USB sockets, through the bed and the screen always updated on the status of flights. This capsule hotel Made in Italy is located in the airports of Milan Malpensa and Bergamo Orio al Serio, and allows you to rest between one transit and another, between a delay and another.

  • Napcab – Munich Airport, Munich
    This structure wants to prove that appearance deceives! In fact, if from the outside you will not be enticed by its anonymous white cabins, inside you will find a premium sleeping cabin with bed, work-station, iPod dock, personal alarm clock and airport information. The rate is hourly and you can stay up to 12 hours. All this is located in the airports of Munich and Berlin-Tegel signed Napcab.

 

  • Gosleep – Helsinki-Vantaa Airport
    Finnish innovation offers us a pod that looks like a nice legume shell, inspired by the business class extending armchair. It guarantees rest between transits without breaking the privacy of a hotel room. What do you do? Store your luggage under you and isolate yourself in the pod shell, insulated from noise and stress. This property is located in Helsinki, at Gate 31 of Vantaa Airport.

Rest, for a traveller, is an important factor: do not be caught off guard and take advantage of every opportunity!

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Travelling with the pet: by plane

More and more people choose to travel with their pet.

It is not a trivial or obvious choice because you need to be prepared and informed: let’s see what we need to know and have to ensure a comfortable trip to our pet!

First of all let’s see what we need to do even before leaving:

  • Accustom your pet to the carrier so that it is comfortable inside and live it as if it were a kennel. Inside the crate you can put the meals with a bowl placed at the bottom, but before the flight avoid giving him meals.   
  • If your dog travels in the hold, place a small plaid in your bed for a few days and try to soak it with your smell. If you travel to certain destinations it will be necessary because of the low temperature in flight.                                                               
  • To reassure and reduce the anxiety of our pet we can buy pheromone-impregnated collars or soothing sprays. We advise you to use them a few days before the trip, every day, inside and on the lining of the carrier. 
  • Take with you in hand luggage: wet wipes, a few sheets of dried paper and bioplastic bags, will always be useful for the trip.   
  • If your pet is travelling with you in the cabin, bring a non-liquid air freshener with a pleasant fragrance in your hand baggage if the journey is long. Open it if your furry during the trip will expleterà their solid physiological needs, so as to avoid complaints from the neighbors of seat.       
  • However, try to make sure that the bladder and intestines are empty as much as possible: leave home with a good margin of time, remembering that you must show up at check-inat least one hour before the flight and do not neglect to take the dog for a long walk before entering the airport. As for the cats, It is advisable to change the feeding times the days before departure so that you can check the time your cat uses the box.                                                                                                           
  • If your pet travels with you in the cabin, get a 100 ml plastic syringe without a needle, so you can fill the bowl during the trip without opening the carrier, always little by little to avoid nausea.
    To remember: it is not possible to pass the check-in with liquids, the bottle must therefore be empty, you can fill it in the cabin with water purchased on board.                                                           
  • Also get a toy that does not produce noise (not recommended for rubber toys with trumpet) and small. Put it in your carry-on baggage and put it in the carrier only after you have checked in. Remember that every company has rules on size, weight and content.                                                                                                                                          
  • It is also mandatory to line the bottom of the carrier with absorbent mats or other material that prevents the escape of liquids. Some airlines impose other measures, you can read them in the cards dedicated to individual airlines.
    In case of transport in the hold, make sure that it is pressurized and air-conditioned.
  • The staff of some companies is responsible for quenching your furry during a stopover, but it does not always happen and then insert inside the carrier a tray, well secured to the bars of the carrier itself, as per IATA standard. You can put ice cubes in before you check in: the cubes will melt faster at first, thus preventing the dog’s tongue from sticking to them.
  • It is necessary to disassemble any wheels of the carrier before boarding: carriers equipped with wheels are not loaded on board.
  • Find out how to collect at the time of arrival so as to limit the waiting time of our furry.

En route:

  • If in the cabin, it’s time to instill calm and tranquility to your pet because the worst moments are the take-off and landing due to the noise produced by the aircraft engine. Pamper him and show yourself serene so as to convey tranquility to your furry.
  • If your furry person travels in the hold, always inform the staff.
  • Space is limited and your pet could get impatient: it’s time for turbo cuddles!
  • If your furry friend yawns, or opens his mouth several times as if to yawn, he will likely have nausea. In this case, avoid administering water.

Arrival:

  • If you have travelled in the hold, hurry up and pick up your pet! As mentioned before, check-in for pickup.
  • Many cuddles, but calmly! Our pet could have kept the pee up to that moment and for the joy it could make a lot of it right in the carrier! Calm him, give him a nice prize and as soon as possible let out your furry heart.
  • Give water but gradually, otherwise it may be rejected a few moments later.

 

Here is the general handbook for air travel!

In the next article we will talk about train travel, do not miss it!

Have a great BauMiao time!

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Monaco – Green is the new Glam!

The Principality of Monaco, synonymous with excellence and elegance, puts a new light on itself through its commitment to being an archetype in Europe of a new social and urban development based on eco-sustainability.

Prince Albert II sets himself the future goals of reducing greenhouse gases by 55% by 2030 and achieving carbon neutrality by 2050.

These green goals involve citizens and tourists who for environmental protection participate with small and large actions that mark substantial difference in the management of the territory.

These actions can be carried out for example through the use of electric vehicles to explore the city, the solar powered boat or electric bicycles.

The scrupulous and careful management of natural wealth is one of the foundations of Munich’s government policy.

20% of the territory is covered by green areas populated by a large number of plant species that require care, attention and protection.

For this reason, the Urban Planning Department has drawn up the “Tree Code” a document aimed at recognizing and emphasizing the importance of city trees for the improvement of air quality.

The protection of the ecosystem also extends to marine environments, for example the Pelagos Marine Sanctuary, a protected area for the protection of Mediterranean mammals, but not only because three marine reserves have been created:

  • In Larvotto, with 50 hectares of land, it includes a meadow of posidonia, common fins and brown grouper.
  • Made in ’86 on the coral bottom, has the peculiarity of hosting the red coral.
  • An educational marine reserve to spread with awareness the importance of the protection of the sea.

The goal of being a sustainable destination also comes through food!

In fact, to obtain the brand “Restaurant Engagé” the catering facilities must devote themselves daily to the fight against food waste, to differentiate and reduce waste, to support local initiatives, to reduce energy and water consumption, to use km 0 products to increase customer awareness of ecological issues.

For example, the Monte-Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort has a 400 m2 vegetable garden with organic fruit and vegetables.

If you happen to go to Monaco, I recommend you join the slogan: Green is the new Glam!

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