Pet Transportation

[Peter Mitry]

Hi Lyndsay when you mentioned Condor from Germany to Hurghada it set me thinking. From Spain we can fly daily to most German hubs and as Luthansa are the owners of Condor it made sense to contact them. We can put our three dogs in the hold in seperate pet carriers and fly to Germany for 30€ per dog. Our cats will go in two cat carriers, two per box and have to go as hand luggage. This costs max, 25€ per cat. The prices from the German hub to Hurghada are similar and Lufthansa has a pet lounge where the animals are allowed out overnight, cleaned and put back in the boxes for the onward flight to Hurghada. All sounds very civilised. Just need to sort out any import licence; no one has mentioned this.

[lyndsay552]

Originally Posted by Peter Mitry

Hi Lyndsay when you mentioned Condor from Germany to Hurghada it set me thinking. From Spain we can fly daily to most German hubs and as Luthansa are the owners of Condor it made sense to contact them. We can put our three dogs in the hold in seperate pet carriers and fly to Germany for 30€ per dog. Our cats will go in two cat carriers, two per box and have to go as hand luggage. This costs max, 25€ per cat. The prices from the German hub to Hurghada are similar and Lufthansa has a pet lounge where the animals are allowed out overnight, cleaned and put back in the boxes for the onward flight to Hurghada. All sounds very civilised. Just need to sort out any import licence; no one has mentioned this.

One thing to watch with Lufthansa is that they charge per kg to put an animal in the hold and its the combined weight of the animal plus cage.

The is no import license as such. Your animals must have the rabies injection at least 30 days before you fly and also be microchipped. They then have a final check 96 hours before they fly by a vet. This is where we hit the big problem. This final certificate MUST be legalised by your countries government and then stamped by the Egyptian Embassy/Consulate. It doesn't give you much time, hence why I have to fly to London to have it done on time.

Lyndsay

[vix]

Originally Posted by lyndsay552

I think I'm getting somewhere

I just got an email from a girl who recently transported her dog to Hurghada from the UK and you have to get the paperwork stamped by both the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Egyptian Embassy but it can all be done in one day.

I priced a courier at it was £400 each way!!

I can get a flight for £60 return and an airport pickup/drop of service for £35 return. So I think I'll get the dogs final paperwork completed on Monday 30th June and fly to London on 1st July, get all the paperwork stamped and fly back that night.

Still working on the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs for the legalisation but I think that it's just as easy to fly to London.

Finger crossed.

Lyndsay

Have the serial no's from the vials been entered on to the certificate ? This is why my friend had to have the courier deliver to the vets, as he wouldn't, (or couldn't) do this without the appropriate paperwork having been stamped.

[lyndsay552]

Yes, that has been done already and put onto the pet passport, along with the micro-chip number. All the paperwork was sent directly to my vet from DEFRA.

[vix]

I do hope you get sorted then, it must be very worrying.

[Peter Mitry]

I am in contact with an agency here in Spain who specialise in pet transportation, they have no knowledge of the requirement for documents to be stamped by Egyptian embassy they are adamant that the only req is the chip and the vacs, the contact is Isabel on 0034 952412353 VIPET

Dont know if this will be usefull to anyone


regards

Pam Mitry

[lyndsay552]

Hi Pam

I have spoken to both the Egyptian Embassy in London and also in Dublin and both informed me that the paperwork had to be legalised in their country of origin.

The Egyptian Embassy in Spain does not have a website but their email address is info@ecros.org it might be best to speak directly to them. I had spoke to a pet transportation company a few months ago and they did not mention the legalisation, it was only once I received the paperwork from DEFRA (the government organisation for pet transportation) that I realised that it had to be done.

Lyndsay

[vix]

Originally Posted by lyndsay552

Hi Pam

I have spoken to both the Egyptian Embassy in London and also in Dublin and both informed me that the paperwork had to be legalised in their country of origin.

The Egyptian Embassy in Spain does not have a website but their email address is info@ecros.org it might be best to speak directly to them. I had spoke to a pet transportation company a few months ago and they did not mention the legalisation, it was only once I received the paperwork from DEFRA (the government organisation for pet transportation) that I realised that it had to be done.

Lyndsay

Yes this was also the case with my friends transporting to Grenada. Came as a shock re the timescale.

[M Butler]

Lindsay,

glad to hear you have managed to find a way round thoughtless beaurocracy.

We are still on target for the 1st June. UK freight has gone but we are still sorting out El Gouna stuff (and buying more).

Hope you have a safe journey to Hurghada, doggie included. I am looking forward to meeting the cause of all your anxt!!

Margaret

[Peter Mitry]

I am currently in Hurghada and having spoken to several German friends who regularly take their animals backwards and forward I am assured there is no requirements for anything other than the animal passports and the chip. I have even confirmed this with a local pet importer. We will travel with ours Malaga to Frankfurt or Munich and on to Hurghada the next day. Just to be sure we will ave the Egyptian pet importer at the airport to avoid any problems with customs.