With over 50 years of airline and customs industry knowledge, and a certified pet relocation team, Worldwide Animal Travel has established itself as a leader in pet transportation in Canada, so you can trust your furry, scaly, or feathered family members’ well-being with pet relocation services that exceed expectations.
Why choose us
Worldwide Animal Travel is a full-service pet relocation company based in Vancouver, BC, and Toronto, ON. We are here to provide your pet with a truly comfortable and exceptional travel experience! We love what we do, and we understand how important your pets are to you. We treat your pets as if they are our own!
Services
International Travel
Moving to a new country is an exciting adventure, but it also comes with unique challenges, especially when it comes to ensuring the well-being and comfort of your furry friends. Our travel coordinators have access to a network of reputable and experienced agents worldwide and are ready to simplify the process for you.
Canadian Travel
We offer door-to-door service between any two points within Canada. We can provide reliable pickup and delivery services in all major Canadian cities to ensure your pet has a comfortable and safe travel experience.
Comfort Stops
If your pet is passing through Vancouver on their travels, we can provide a much-needed rest stop for feeding, exercise, and bathing at our Canada Customs bonded cat and dog kennel.
Corporate Travel
Relocating for work with your pet? We’re committed to making your corporate move a seamless experience for both you and your pet whether internationally or domestically.
Canadian Import Brokerage Services
We can help you simplify the process of filling out the necessary paperwork to import your pet. We offer import handling services, including Canada customs clearance, pet collection upon arrival, boarding, and delivery to your door To simplify your pet.
The Pet Relocation Process
Step 1
You request a quote
Step 2
We assign your pet a travel coordinator
Step 3
Permits are obtained while we
book the flight
Step 4
We’ll provide a journey plan, pet carrier, and regular updates on onboarding, flight check-ins, and delivery/pick-up to keep you informed throughout your pet’s journey
Step 5
Your local and federal vet approve
your pet for travel
Step 6
We arrange your pet’s drop off or
pick up
Step 7
We prepare the carrier to ensure
your pet is cozy
Step 8
Your pet is checked in and gets
cleared for take-off
Step 9
If your pet requires a comfort
stop, we make the arrangements
Step 10
After a government inspection you
get reunited with your pet!
Contact us to get your pet ready for their next big adventure!
Achievements
First Company in Canada to receive BOAS certification (Brachycephalic Obstructive Airway Syndrome) snub nose
IPATA Industry Partner Award
IPATA Millie Woolf Memorial
Leadership Award- Bruno
Mansueto
Member of ATA
35 staff speaking 15 languages
Monthly Spotlight
Hold onto your leashes, folks! We’ve got a tale to share about a Labrador who’s traded in his raincoat for a sunhat and his canine couch for a Costa Rican beach.
Meet Gunner, the adventurous 9-year-old who embarked on a journey from Vancouver Island to the land of Pura Vida!
When Gunner’s family decided to take a leap of faith and move to Costa Rica, they knew they needed a team of experts to handle their furry sidekick’s relocation. That’s where we came in.
Our resident pet whisperer, Lisa, stopped at nothing to care for Gunner and guide his family through the process. With her personalized touch, Lisa answered every question, provided reassuring updates, and worked closely with their vet, making Gunner’s humans feel like a part of his exciting adventure from start to finish.
From explaining the entire process to handling paperwork and providing door-to-door service, we made Gunner’s journey smooth and calm. His family received regular updates and photos, always sporting a happy smile, throughout his trip from Canada to Costa Rica.
“The whole process was unbelievably seamless.”
Now, Gunner chases waves and frolics in the Costa Rican sand, and we couldn’t be happier to have played a part in uniting him with his family in their new paradise.
Reviews
Joanna Luc2024-07-15We moved ourselves to Dubai. I have two dogs, ones a Cockapoo and one is a Bedlington Terrier X Poodle. Probably like most dog parents I was trying to look at multiple different companies for their relocation services to make the process go smoother. I looked at WWAT’s reviews and their Google reviews were actually very good, that is why I went with them. And since I was in Vancouver, it made sense to go with them since their office location is in Richmond. I ended up getting paired with Monica Chou as my Pet Travel Coordinator, and I just want to say that she did an absolutely amazing job with everything and I couldn’t have been more pleased. Her communication was timely and thorough. She paid attention to all the tiny details to make sure all the forms and documents were in order. She gave me step by step what I needed to complete. She also got in touch with the multiple vets I was using to make sure everything had the correct information. Moving is stressful and expensive but having Monica’s help just made everything go very smoothly. I was really worried about how the dogs were going to do because Teddy has really bad separation anxiety, but him and Geo both made it! They did a flight from Vancouver to Amsterdam, did a night at the pet hotel there, then flew again from Amsterdam to Dubai. Going with a relocation company just takes care of the hard work so that you can have less headaches yourself. I can’t imagine doing something like this without the help from WWAT. I hope my review helps other pet parents consider travelling with WWAT. Monica Chou, you’re the best! She even took time to make a collage of my dogs which is super cute. Thanks so much!! P.s. some other helpful info: if you don’t want to mess up buying the wrong crate for your dogs I suggest bringing your dog to their office to get a crate fitting. I had two crates for my dogs but they were not acceptable because they were too small even though i felt like they fit, so I ended up just going with the crates WWAT recommended. They had them at the office so it made it easy to have my brother drop them off at the office without having to worry about how to bring the crates from home.. they are too big to fit in a regular car.
Gerardo Welter2024-07-12They were great at guiding me through all the process and always treated my pet with love.
Roy Butler2024-07-11Could not recommend this company enough, you are paying for a premium service, peace of mind and zero stress. They know their stuff and are experts, Jacqueline is amazing
Fafa Hui2024-07-09I’m so glad that I have chosen Worldwide Animal Travel to help arranging the return of my little boy. Sahar and her team take care of all the documents to ensure a smooth process and their staffs took good care of him prior check in. Thank you so much once again!!!
Toto Mojo2024-07-08I can't thank Monica from Worldwide Animal Travel enough for helping us arranging our dog's relocation from Toronto to HK. We came to her 2 business days before the intended travel and she arranged everything for us, which I could only call it a miracle! Her whole Team from Vancouver to Toronto are all very professional. We are very grateful to have chosen Worldwide Animal Travel for our pet's relocation.
Richard Harding2024-06-26We had a great experience using Worldwide Animal Travel and their partner Sky Pets when moving our two Labradors from Calgary to London Heathrow. The communication throughout was excellent from initial contact on all the requirements, through step by step support, to the day of depture and arrival. I have to give a special shout out to Monica our Coordinator and Jennifer who supported our check-in with Air Canada in Calgary. We felt very well supported and informed and that our pets well-being was a priority.
Alexandra Harvey2024-06-25Worldwide Animal Travel helped get our beloved mini dachshund, Walter, from Toronto to Hong Kong safely! He has now settled in well to his new life and we are so happy to have him with us.
Shae Lynn2024-06-24Just moved my Cat from Vancouver to London UK, huge thank you to Jaqueline with worldwide animal travel for making this process so incredibly easy and very easy to understand the steps involved! Would not have been possible as soon as I needed to leave without you guys!! Thank you so much from both Sativa and I!!
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