The question was never “how do we accept leaving our pets behind?”
It’s “why are we still making people choose?

I came across a piece from Kinship that framed pet travel as a problem to manage, and I think that’s the wrong lens entirely.

Top pet travel trends (2025)
→ ~ 2 million pets fly each year commercially
→ 6% of pets in the US board a plane every year
→ 53% of travellers go on holidays with their pets
→ 52% exclusively book pet friendly accommodation
→ 78% are travelling together (by car and plane) more than ever
→ 37% skip trips entirely to stay home with their dog

That last number says it all.

Millions of people are turning down travel, not because they want to, but because the infrastructure isn’t there.

What they’re asking for is simple:

→ More pet friendly hotels
→ More pet friendly beaches
→ More pet friendly holiday parks
→ More pet friendly restaurants and public spaces

And pet friendly has to be a bold, honest statement, not what we still get these days.

The demand is there. The gap is in supply 🧡

Source: Partners + Napier