Guide
The laws that affect you and the services available for your pet: insurance, vets, boarding, travel and more. Explained clearly, with the source for everything.
Travel and holidays
Car, Europe, transport, boarding and beaches
- Travelling around Europe with your dog, cat or ferret: passport, microchip and rabiesTo cross borders within the European Union your pet needs three things, and one of them takes time. What the European regulation asks for, so you are not caught out on the last day.
- Your pet in the car: what the rules say and how to travel safelyA loose dog in the car is a danger to everyone and can cost you a fine. What the Reglamento General de Circulación (General Traffic Regulations) says and the safest ways to carry it.
- You are going away and your pet is not: boarding, day care and sittersA dog cannot be left alone for more than 24 hours, and no animal for more than three days. The options for when you go away and how to choose well.
- Travelling with your pet: train, plane, boat and places to stayMore and more places accept animals, but every company has its own rules. What to ask before you book and how to prepare for the trip.
- Beaches, mountains and terraces: where you can go with your dogMore and more places accept dogs, but the rules change from one place to another. How to find out and how to behave so we keep being let in.
General information reviewed in November 2026 from the BOE (Spain’s official gazette) and EU law. It is not legal advice: your region and your town council may have their own rules.