Photo: Studio Sarah Lou, “Dubai Marina” (CC BY 2.0), via Flickr
A luxury trip for well-traveled pets. Dubai takes planning. Pets enter the UAE as cargo with an import permit, and dogs are not allowed on most public beaches or in many parks, so we build the trip around pet-friendly resorts, desert walks and indoor play spaces.
A pet-friendly resort with private grounds
Pets fly as cargo with an import permit. The paperwork timeline starts months ahead
November to March. Summer heat is dangerous for pets
Confident, well-traveled pets and their people
A sample plan. Yours is fitted to every pet in your group: size, breed, age and energy.
Land and collect your pet from cargo, with every step mapped in your plan.
Check in at the resort and rest in the AC.
A quiet dinner on the resort terrace.
Pet tip: Your pet has had a big travel day. Keep it calm and offer water often.
An early walk on the resort grounds while it is cool.
Pool time for you, a long nap for your pet.
Dinner on a pet-friendly terrace.
Pet tip: Pavement burns paws even in winter afternoons. Walk at sunrise and after sunset.
A sunrise walk at a desert spot that allows dogs, back before the heat.
Spa time for you while your pet sleeps it off.
Dinner with a view of the skyline.
Pet tip: Bring more water than you think you need.
Drop your pet at a climate-controlled indoor dog park or daycare.
See the city sights where pets cannot go.
Pick up your pet and share a relaxed dinner.
Pet tip: Malls and many public spaces do not allow dogs, so daycare is booked ahead.
A calm morning on the resort grounds.
Cargo check-in, timed to the hour.
Home, with a very well-traveled pet.
Pet tip: Follow the airline's cargo crate rules exactly, or check-in can be refused.
Two minutes. Tell us who is coming along, two legs and four.
