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[discussion] What would your solution be for long haul travel with animals? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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To explain my question, and why I'm asking it:

I've had this debate in the past with someone who was anti-car but didn't really know why other than that it was popular in his social circle.

I'm distinctly curious what a solution for unusual travel habits would be without cars.

My situation is thus; I rather frequently do cross-country, round trips. Simple enough, right? Well, it gets more complicated than that. I show dogs. I need to take myself, potentially a friend or two, and on average 4 dogs several hundred miles, along with all the equipment.

For a fun experiment, this is the details of the show that I'm currently planning this month:

4 hours from my house by car
2 humans, 4 dogs
10 36" dog crates
1 36" folding grooming table
Extra equipment that would fill a large suitcase, roughly speaking.
two small containers of clothing
cooler of dog food (frozen)
vault of dog food (kibble)

I drive a Honda CRV for reference, 31mpg average.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I realize this is the fuckcars community, but we did something kind of similar using a sprinter van. It had three rows of seats. We took the third row out and had our crates in the back. Couldn’t beat the space and plenty of room for everyone. To be more economical we would sometimes string up a hammock and sleep in the van with the animals to avoid the tedious task of trying to find a hotel that was ok with animals.

Not sure I’m really answering your question.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

You are not but your situation is what I'd like to migrate to, I think. Hotels have gotten even worse... many that I would use before are now charging $20 to $30 per night per dog with a 2 dog cap. Not feasible for me anymore 😞 😓