Premium pet relocation by animal welfare professionalsPet relocation, personally escorted from start to finish.Your pet, personally escorted—no handoffs, no gig workers.

Cabin Companions provides premium in-cabin pet travel and private ground transportation for cats and dogs moving across the country or around the world.

One experienced team. One carefully designed journey. No gig workers, marketplaces, or mystery handoffs.

In-cabin pet travel with Cabin Companions at an airport

“We’d give Cabin Companions a million stars—not sure how we’d have done it without them.”

John H. · Boston → Spain ★★★★★

  • One family at a time
  • Named travel professionals
  • Direct journey updates
  • Animal-welfare led

Choose your support

The right help for the way your family needs to travel.

Every option is planned by the same small, experienced team. Choose how much hands-on support you need.

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We Fly With Your Pet

A named Cabin Companion escorts your cat or dog from handoff through reunion while we manage routing, documents, airport procedures, comfort care, and updates.A named companion escorts your pet from handoff through reunion.

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Fly Together

You stay with your pet. We travel beside you and manage the details so your family can move together with less stress.Expert support while you and your pet travel together.

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Private Ground Journeys

Door-to-door travel in a private vehicle planned around your pet or family—never a shared or blended route.Private door-to-door travel—never shared.

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Pet Travel Planning

A customized route, requirements, documentation, airline, carrier, and timeline plan for families making the journey themselves.A custom plan for families traveling independently.

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Traveling with a cat? Our cat specialists provide dedicated in-cabin and flight-nanny support for domestic and international journeys.

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Why Cabin Companions is different

Do you know who is traveling with your pet?

Your pet deserves a named, experienced professional—not a gig worker or mystery handoff. See how our animal-welfare team stays accountable from start to finish.

From first contact to reunion

A clear plan before anyone travels.

We begin with the pet, route, and circumstances—then recommend the safest level of support.

Tell us about your pet and route.

Share the destination, timing, pets, and anything that makes the journey complicated.

We recommend the safest fit.

We assess requirements, comfort, timing, logistics, and the right service for your family.

One team carries it through.

The same small team plans the details and remains accountable through travel and reunion.

Gabe with Tommy the cat during Tommy and Sneakers’ journey to Mexico

Real Cabin Companions journeyVirginia → Querétaro

Two cats and their owner—escorted safely to Mexico.

When Melissa relocated to Mexico with Tommy and Sneakers, Cabin Companions stayed beside the family through medication timing, multiple connections, and an unexpected two-hour delay—from their 5 a.m. airport meeting through reunion at their new home.Medication timing, three airports, and an unexpected delay—handled by one companion from Virginia to Querétaro.

“We felt genuinely cared for and supported during what was an incredibly stressful life transition.”

Melissa T. · Google review ★★★★★

Why Cabin Companions

Not pet shipping. Personal responsibility.

Cabin Companions is for journeys too important, complicated, or emotionally consequential to hand to a marketplace.

Named, accountable people

You know who is caring for your pet before the journey begins—and who remains responsible through reunion.

One family at a time

Journeys are individually planned—never shared, blended, or passed between strangers.

Decisions made by animal people

Animal-welfare, veterinary, and real pet-travel experience guide every plan.

Clear expectations

One journey. One all-inclusive price.

Your proposal includes the professional care, travel arrangements, pet fees, and coordination required for the journey we recommend—so you understand the full investment before committing.

Domestic in-cabin journeysTypically from $2,995
International escorted journeysTypically from $6,500
Long-distance private ground journeysTypically from $5,500
Pet Travel Planning$750 flat fee

Urgent, multi-pet, medically sensitive, and logistically complex journeys are designed and quoted individually.

Animal-welfare led

Led by people who have spent their careers protecting animals.

Cabin Companions was founded by animal-welfare leader Monica Tarant, who has helped relocate tens of thousands of animals. Every journey is supported by a small team with international pet-travel, veterinary-technician, and humane-care expertise.Led by Monica Tarant, with international pet-travel and veterinary-care expertise.

Monica Tarant speaking at an animal-welfare conference

Monica TarantFounder & animal-welfare leader
Gabe Downey escorting a dog during a Cabin Companions journey

Gabe DowneyPet travel expert
Natascha Hamman, veterinary technician, holding a cat

Natascha HammanVeterinary technician

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Questions families ask first

Pet relocation, answered clearly.

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How is Cabin Companions different from pet shipping or a flight-nanny marketplace?

Every journey is planned and carried out by our small team of animal-welfare and pet-care professionals. We are not a broker assigning your pet to gig workers or unknown contractors, and we do not build shared routes around other customers.

Will the same person stay responsible for my pet?

Yes. A named Cabin Companion—or small Cabin Companions team—remains accountable from handoff through reunion. You know who is traveling, how the journey is progressing, and who to contact.

Can you manage international pet relocation?

Yes. We plan and personally support domestic and international journeys, including routing, airline requirements, documentation review, airport procedures, connections, customs coordination, and final delivery when included in the plan.

What does the quoted price include?

Your proposal identifies the professional care, travel arrangements, pet fees, and coordination included in the recommended journey. Urgent, multi-pet, medically sensitive, and highly complex plans are quoted after we review the details.

Start with the journey

Tell us where your pet needs to go.

We’ll review your pet, route, and timing, recommend the safest level of support, and explain the requirements, investment, and next steps.

Cabin Companions Pet Travel is a registered DBA of KITTYHAWK AND CO LLC.
Detroit, Michigan · travel@cabincompanions.com · (313) 228-6766