PadsPass, Hamilton (2025)

31/12/2024

I once had my dog taken from me at an international airport, this is how pet travel can go wrong 😭 and how you can do something about it.

I’m Lauren the founder of PadsPass. Along with my co-founder PadsPass, we took 75 flights together. We were traveling pros. But all it takes is one time to get it wrong, before you realise how easy it is to get it wrong.

It was 2022 and it was a regular flight path we’d taken many times before. Her UK pet passport was still valid, and we used the same vets and the same pre-approval processes as we always had. But hoomans make errors, and in this instance there were 3 sets of errors that resulted in Pads being taken from me.

1. In my busy scheduling of travel, I booked her vet appointment too close to our arrival time in the UK. She needed at least 24 hours from the time of her deworming at the vet to her arrival. My tired travel brain didn’t account for time zone changes.

2. Our usual vet unusually gave the wrong deworming medication. The UK only accepts specific medication with an active ingredient. I also didn’t check at the appointment it was the correct medication.

3. The airport received all of the documentation above (wrong time, wrong medication) and pre-approved and processed payment anyway after reviewing.

Pads was taken from me without clear instructions for release, timeline, or contact details. I had to call to request information from a general phone number as I received no updates, which was clear when she had been ready for release for over an hour by the time I found out.

These are the photos from that day, from her vet appointment to my shock upon separation and our reunification. I’m sharing these hoping pet parents understand travel is filled with human error and these errors are costly.

I’m building PadsPass to reduce human errors like these from happening, by using a technology based approach to make travel easier and safer for both the pet parents and agencies like governments, transportation providers, and veterinarians.

It’s the last day for our donation based crowdfunding initiative, the Furst 50. Could you please consider giving to help us build PadsPass? Donate using the link in bio

30/12/2024

Claiming the most dog friendly city in the UK 🇬🇧 is Lincoln - and it is well deserved 🎉

Furst time exploring in Lincoln and there wasn’t a single food or drink establishment we passed that didn’t clearly indicate dogs were welcome. From a roastery to pubs, independent eateries and small boutiques, your furry friend is literally welcomed everywhere in this cute historic part of the north east 🐾

The same establishments also tolerated their hoomans 🤣

One even went as far as welcoming their feline counterparts 🐈‍⬛ proving this place really is inclusive of all furry loved ones 🐾

Lincoln is a place worth traveling to 🧳

27/12/2024

✈️🐾 Layover Tips for Traveling with Your Pet In-Cabin🐾✈️

Layovers can be ruff, but with a little planning, you and your furry travel buddy can turn downtime into a pawsitive experience! Here’s how:

1. Stretch Those Paws🐕
Explore terminals where pets are allowed out of carriers. Some airports, like Chicago O’Hare, have art installations and aviation-themed exhibits to teach your pup the origins of flight (well, kind of 😉).

2. Find Relief Areas🌿
If your pet must stay in their carrier, head to an animal relief area. Spots like Terminal 5 at JFK even feature outdoor seating and greenery—perfect for both hooman and pup to recharge.

3. Lounge Like a Pro🛋️
Airport lounges like Amex Centurion now welcome pets in carriers! Enjoy family rooms or private showers, and if your pup needs to stretch, you can often occupy a private room unnoticed.

4. Grab a Bite 🍔
In pet-friendly airports like LAX, venture out with enough time to clear security. Take an Pet to the nearby for a burger—and grab a dog-friendly one from their secret menu!

5. Extra Long Layover? 🛏️
Book a room (day or night) at a pet-friendly airport hotel like Stretch it out with a game of Twister or rest up while watching the runway.

Pro Tip: Always allow enough time to get back through security and ensure you have your boarding pass and proof of pet in-cabin purchase. TSA Pre-Check helps, but even that can be busy during peak times!

Layovers are better together—make it a pawsome part of your adventure! 🌍🐾✈️

26/12/2024

Become on of the PadsPass Furst 50 members at 50% off 🥊

and get exclusive early access to our digital pet passport before it launches to the public in 2025!

🐾 Why Join?
✅ Instant access to PadsPass 2.0
✅ Closed beta testers access to our digital pet passport
✅ Plan stress-free trips with your in-cabin pets to and from Bermuda 🇧🇲
✅ Your donation makes you part of a community shaping the future of pet-friendly travel.

🔑 Use Code: BoxingDay24

⏳ Limited spots available—don’t miss out! Membership and offer ends at midnight the 31st of December.

🥊 Sign Up to the Furst 50 using our link in bio + promo code BoxingDay24 🥊

24/12/2024

PadsPass, as a leading platform for pet health, digital identity and travel extends its digital pet passport to the reindeer following the decision by the 🛂

While the digital pet passport is still in development for dogs and cats but due to be ready for Furst 50 beta testers in early 2025, it is absolutely ready for magical, holiday creatures such as flying, invisible reindeer.

It’s a trusted resource tracking health conditions, such as red noses, and its travel features are easily adaptable from in-cabin in airplane to in-sleighs.

Learn more at PadsPass.com and if you’re still looking for a present for someone who loves travel and their pet then gift a Furst 50 membership before membership closes on the 31st of December 🎁

24/12/2024

On the first stay of Christmas my true love stayed with me 🎄

Travel at Christmas can be a stress, especially when you’re traveling with four furry legs nonetheless. Upon arrival the staff gave us the glad news, our room was ready so we could have a snooze 💤 Our head of barketing was treated with .loves.it treats on top of his bed along with a pillow spray to help rest his head 🛏️

After a quick rest he went down to the lobby, to join his hoomans for a glass of wine 🍷 and be jolly.

Back up to his room resting quite soundly arose such a clatter. He sprang from his bed to see what was the matter. In front of his (big puppy dog) wandering eyes should appear, but a chef made burger 🍔 made of beef not reindeer!

The next morning he rose to a better gift than you’d find under the tree, his hoomans were to have breakfast included for free 🧇 he could join them as well, making this a truly special trip to Amsterdam for him and his furmily, all three 👩🏻🐶🧔🏻‍♂️

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22/12/2024

‼️ if your furry loved one wants to go back to Bermuda for the pawlidays, tomorrow morning is the cut off to submit an import permit application 🎄

You must receive the import permit and print it out prior to traveling to Bermuda. There is no quarantine facility in Bermuda, so any pets arriving without the import permit, regardless of whether the application was submitted, will be immediately returned on the flight it arrived on.

So pets, remind your hoomans to plan to submit the import permits with enough time. Their heads can get really busy when traveling 😵‍💫🧳

20/12/2024

On the 3rd stay of Christmas my true love stayed with me 🎄

Connected to pink beach 🏝️ where the sand is actually pink between the paws 🐾 the Loren was the pawfect place to have a Christmas staycation. Pads stayed there for Christmas 2020 and had a warm Bermuda welcome back - she stayed at the Loren for four months during the pandemic.

Five months later, the staff remembered every detail of how the room was kept to keep it dog furiendly - an extra bath mat at the door for when she’d come back in from exploring the garden. They did also remember the details of the hoomans, like the way they made their morning coffee ☕️

Being able to bring Pads down from the room for meals, walks or beach runs, and to enjoy the warm Christmas sunshine by the pool made this one of the best hotel stays of Christmas 🎄

19/12/2024

Travelling without a magical reindeer?Then read our article on 3 things to watch out for this winter ❄

We attempted to share this article yesterday in our newsletter, but the hoomans were being hooman and forgot to put the correct link to it 🙄

Pets are pawfect 🐈‍⬛ hoomans are fallible.

Read our furst article written by our CXO on 3 Winter Holiday 2024 Travel Tips for Pet Parents in PadsPress 📰 here 👉🏽https://www.padspass.com/post/3-winter-holiday-2024-travel-tips-for-pet-parents

18/12/2024

On the fifth stay of Christmas my true love stayed with me at

The pink palace, a historic Bermuda icon where you and your pet basically live in a museum surrounded by art by and .

The rooms vary, our furvorite ones had a balcony overlooking sunset which was also an ideal spot for our cedar Christmas tree 🎄 despite our founder’s whining the rooms are very snoozable 💤 as evidenced in this post!

When you don’t want room service there’s the cafe that has good coffee and food, where you can pop in with your pup to grab something. It can get busy, so if the weather allows having food al fresco is recommended for you and your four legged furiend.

It’s impawtant to note while dogs are allowed on all beaches between November and to the end of March, they aren’t permitted on the Hamilton Princess Beach Club beach. You could take the jitney bus to their beach and walk over to Horseshoe Bay Beach, which has a lovely walk connecting it to Warwick Long Bay that’s worth exploring. Dogs also aren’t allowed on public buses, so be sure to coordinate times with the jitney or grab a taxi.

During Christmas time the hotel really comes alive with a gingerbread moongate. Moongates are all over Bermuda, and act as a place to make a wish especially if you’re a honeymooner.

Our head of barketing wished for our summer intern Alex to come back and seems he’s got his Christmas wish! We’re excited to have her back helping us change pet travel furever 🐾 🧳

17/12/2024

On the 6th stay of Christmas my true love stayed with me 🎄 🎲

This was back in 2016, back in the Wild West days of dog travel and The Delano was one of the few that offured dogs to stay with their humans - and did it in style.

With a bow wow burger brought to her as room service, Pads was quite content to be catered to while the humans enjoyed the pool and music by Sir Elton 🎶

Something to keep in mind is Las Vegas is hot 🥵 even in April! Pads walked the strip like a queen down to the and was carried back like a cleopatra in her carry bag.

It’s always reassuring to know dogs can stay in a room to leave humans to enjoy a destination while they enjoy a snooze 💤

That was 8 years ago and the dog travel landscape has changed entirely! If you’ve traveled to Vegas or are thinking about it with your 🐶 where are your furvorite spots??

13/12/2024

See you there furiends!

13/12/2024

On the 7th day of Christmas my true love stayed with me at ✈️ 🎄

Don’t be fooled by the frowning fawn, she was pawfectly content with her hooman opting to stay at TWA.

If you didn’t know, this historic gem of an airport reopened from what was once a small airport terminal for the airline TWA. Now it holds JFK’s only airport within the grounds and it has style.

Often boosting tunes from the terminal’s heyday, the period touches go throughout the whole property to make you feel like you’re back in time and on time for a flight.

If you want to fly back with your pup via Europe to keep them in-cabin, then this is the easiest way to do that. All you have to do is add your pup when you make your booking for a fee and you both get to enjoy the lux layover together.

If your flying times allow, the cocktails, restaurant and coffee are all worthy of New York standards you can experience without leaving the airport or your four legged loved one by your side 🍸 🐾

12/12/2024

On the 7th stay of Christmas my true love stayed with me at 🎄

New Orleans is most famous for Mardi Gras ⚜️ but did you know that’s just ONE parade of many that take place leading up to and after it?

In 2016 our founders wanted to attend the first parade, the Krewe de Vieux. In the old tradition, it is noted for wild satirical and adult themes, as well as for showcasing some of the best brass and traditional jazz bands in New Orleans. The parade goes through the Marigny and French Quarter, which is not really a convenient place for a pup and a human who doesn’t always do well in crowds.

Behold the Bienville balcony ✨ providing the pawfect view of the parade from a place they were both comfortable. It couldn’t be easier to travel and stay in New Orleans with your dog!

They have a pet policy of $100 per stay with an additional $25 per night. A pet fee can feel frustrating but in this reasonably priced boutique hotel steeped in history with a prime location for your pup 🐶 you just can’t beat it.

A short walk is with their pet friendly table made it an easy decision for a daily coffee ☕️

It was on this trip they learned about the Barkus Parade, a parade entirely of dogs and with yearly themes. This later inspired the which take place again next year in Bermuda 🇧🇲

And in case you were wondering no they do not put plastic babies in dog treats - that’s actually for the hoomans and it’s called King Cake, a New Orleans Mardi Gras tradition 👶 🍰

11/12/2024

Be your dog’s Santa Paws and grab your ticket 🎟️ to the Paws in the Park 🐾

📍 Botanical Gardens
🗓️ Sunday, December 15 9am-12pm

We’ll be offering free entry to our microchip database and one lucky registrant will be gifted a Furst 50 membership!

Get your ticket right meow on the website 📲 spca.bm

10/12/2024

On the 8th stay of Christmas my true love stayed with me at the 🎄

When a hotel is so good you can hardly write about the surrounding area, you’re likely at the Copley in Boston. It’s beautiful, stunning, with impeccable service - for treats 🦴

We’re talking about resident dog of course 🐾

But yes the hotel is all of that too. In fact we loved it so much we ordered in pizza and enjoyed the suite life. We did explore Boston a little outside when we could bring ourselves to leave the room and found nearby for every pet need pawsible 🐶

15/10 will return for the beauty and stay for the treats!

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