Pet-friendly travel picks up in India as airlines, hotels feed into demand

The pandemic has further fuelled the trend as travelling with pets picked up during the period

For Riya Mittal, leaving behind her pooch while on vacation is a thought not worthy of entertaining. So, two-year-old Robin, an indie pup she adopted during the pandemic, is just back in Delhi from a holiday in Kerala. And in two weeks the duo is off again, this time to Pune, visiting Mittal’s grandmother.

“I don’t like leaving Robin behind in pet boardings and I’m also less worried about him hurting himself or some other dog or picking up an infection while staying there,” says Mittal whose trips are planned keeping in mind her companion. The destinations are not “crowded