As of 13 August 2026, AI can only partly check the pet travel requirements for your trip.

What to actually do

1. Hand it to a person

   The route this page recommends

   A person who owns the outcome does this end to end, worth it when the failure is dear.

2. Use a tool built for this

   Second choice

3. Do it yourself

   The distant third

   A chat interface, chat-fluent skill, and roughly 1 hour until you can act on the result.

   How to actually do it

   1. Open the GOV.UK pet travel guidance and the official authority website for the destination country.
   2. Gather the departure and arrival locations, every transit point, the planned travel date, the return route and the carrier or carriers.
   3. Gather your pet's species, age, residence, microchip information, vaccination and treatment records, and any passport or health certificate.
   4. Paste those details into the prompt, leaving unknown fields marked as unknown rather than guessing.
   5. Open the carrier's current pet travel conditions and ask the AI to compare them with the official government requirements, separating confirmed facts from questions.
   6. Compare each checklist item and link with GOV.UK, the destination authority and the carrier, then contact the carrier or relevant authority about every unresolved condition before booking or travelling.

   Prompt

   Check the pet travel requirements for this trip using current official sources. Do not guess, fill gaps with assumptions or treat an old rule as current.
   
   Trip:
   - Departure country and location: [departure]
   - Destination country and location: [destination]
   - Transit countries or changes of transport: [transit details or none]
   - Planned departure date: [date]
   - Airline, ferry, train operator or other carrier: [carrier]
   - Return trip details, if relevant: [return details or none]
   
   Pet:
   - Species: [species]
   - Number of pets: [number]
   - Age: [age]
   - Country where the pet is currently resident: [country]
   - Microchip details and date, if known: [details]
   - Vaccination and treatment records, if known: [details]
   - Existing passport, health certificate or other documents: [details]
   
   Give me:
   1. A dated, ordered checklist of everything I need to do before departure.
   2. Every document, treatment, timing condition and carrier requirement that applies, separating confirmed requirements from items that need confirmation.
   3. Separate sections for departure, transit, arrival and return.
   4. A list of missing facts that could change the answer.
   5. A source link for every important requirement, prioritising GOV.UK, the destination government or official authority, and the carrier.
   6. A final list of questions I must ask the carrier or an official authority.
   
   If the official sources disagree or the route is unclear, say so and explain exactly what I need to confirm. Do not tell me that the trip is safe to book or that entry is guaranteed.

   Open it prefilled in ChatGPT or Claude, or copy it into Gemini, which takes no prefill link.