Premium in-cabin cat travel
Your cat travels with someone who understands cats.
Cabin Companions is a small, animal-welfare-led pet travel team. One of our professionals personally escorts your cat in the cabin from handoff through reunion—never cargo, never a gig worker, and never passed between strangers.
“The peace of mind knowing Millie was in the cabin with Gabe as opposed to cargo was priceless.”Julie P. · Millie’s journey to France ★★★★★
- Named travel professional
- Veterinary expertise
- USDA Registered
- $1.5M insured
Your journey, personally reviewed
Tell us about your cat’s journey.
Every plan is personalized for you and your cat.
One member of our three-person team will personally review your request and recommend the right next step.
Your cat’s journey
Start with the travel basics.
Begin with your origin, destination, and approximate timing. Best estimates are fine.
No commitment. Your information gives our team enough context to assess fit and recommend the most sensible next step.
From planning through reunion
We manage the whole journey—not only the flight.
Every decision is made around your cat’s safety, comfort, and individual needs.
Before travel
Route, airline, carrier, documentation, veterinary timing, feeding, hydration, and medication planning.
At the airport and in flight
Secure handoff, check-in, private TSA screening when available, connections, delays, comfort care, and direct updates.
Through reunion
One professional remains responsible through arrival, customs when applicable, and final handoff or home delivery.
Two cats and their owner—escorted safely to Mexico.
Medication timing, three airports, and an unexpected two-hour delay were managed by one Cabin Companion from the 5 a.m. airport meeting through reunion.
“We felt genuinely cared for and supported during what was an incredibly stressful life transition.”Melissa T. · Google review ★★★★★ See Tommy & Sneakers’ journey →
Experience without equal
The most qualified cat-travel team. Period.
Cats are not one part of what we do; they are central to who we are. Cabin Companions combines national feline-lifesaving leadership, feline-focused veterinary expertise, and hundreds of thousands of miles personally accompanying cats through airports and across borders.
National feline-lifesaving leadership
Monica has spent three decades protecting cats, improving sheltering practices, and advancing feline lifesaving nationwide.
Feline-focused veterinary expertise
Natascha is a feline-focused veterinary technician, bringing hands-on knowledge to preparation, handling, and travel-day care.
Hundreds of thousands of miles with cats
Gabe has personally accompanied cats across the United States and around the world, managing long-distance journeys from start to finish.
See why it matters
Do you know who is traveling with your pet?
Cat flight nanny questions
The essentials, answered clearly.
Still deciding whether this is the right service? Start here.
What does a cat flight nanny do?
A named Cabin Companions professional personally accompanies your cat in the aircraft cabin. We plan the route, prepare for airline and airport requirements, manage travel day, provide comfort care and updates, and remain responsible through reunion.
Will my cat ever travel in cargo?
No. This service is designed around in-cabin travel with your cat under the direct care of a Cabin Companions professional.
Can you help with international cat travel?
Yes. We support domestic and international journeys, including routing, documentation review, airline requirements, connections, customs coordination, and delivery when included in the plan.
Can you travel with a nervous, senior, or medically sensitive cat?
Often, yes. Temperament, health, medication, carrier comfort, route, timing, and veterinary guidance are reviewed before we recommend whether escorted air travel is appropriate.
How much does a cat flight nanny cost?
Domestic single-cat journeys typically begin at $2,995, and international journeys typically begin around $6,500. Multi-cat, urgent, medically sensitive, and complex long-haul journeys are individually designed and quoted after review.
Start with the journey
Tell us where your cat needs to go.
We’ll review the route, timing, and your cat’s needs, then tell you candidly how we can help.