While new rules surrounding taking pets abroad came into effect on January 1st, caravanners travelling between the UK and Ireland should not notice any changes.
As we reported last year, the new rules were brought into place to make it easier and cheaper for European citizens to take their pets abroad with them, taking modern medical advances into consideration and reducing the quarantine period.
Under the changes, all pets need their own passport, a microchip and rabies vaccination to travel within the EU.
However, while the rule change will simplify travel, no changes should take place for holidaymakers heading across the Irish Sea.
The Caravan Club reported that because neither the Republic of Ireland nor the UK have had indigenous rabies for decades, enforcement of the new rules will not be implemented and no pet documentation will be required.
Irish Ferries have revealed that it will not be making any amendments to its procedure following the rule change, though Stena Line and P&O Irish have not yet announced their position.
