Posts Tagged ‘Pets’

If you want your dog to wear designer sunglasses and a track suit,* it’s going to cost you.

Thursday, April 14th, 2011

Most people realize this too late, but some things you buy will end up costing you a lot more than the purchase price. Cars need gas, insurance, and fuzzy dice; clothes need cleaning and bedazzling, and pets need everything from pet insurance to grooming to a collection of bad-ass spiked collars.

And let’s face it: some of those things are really impulse buys that wouldn’t be an issue if you didn’t buy the thing in the first place.

Here’s a chart that shows how much money different pets will cost you over a lifetime. Click through to see which pet is the most expensive – it’s pretty surprising.

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(click to see the whole thing)

That’s why it’s so important to have some kind of budget. Without a plan, there’s no telling where your money might end up.

Do you know where your money goes every month? Take our budget challenge to see how your predictions stack up with your actual spending!

*Dressing your dog up might also cost you friends.

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Who Let The Dogs Out?

Friday, September 25th, 2009

Pet Airways services a niche carved out by the recent social phenomenon of large expenditures for our furry friends.

  • Pet Airways was launched after an increase in the number of deaths of pets flying in the cargo hold of commercial airliners.
  • Pet Airways believes pets are not simply passengers but “pawsengers” and even allows you to track your pet along his or her flight with a feature on their website called the “Pet Tracker.”
  • The process is simple: you drop your pet off at the “Pet Lounge” and an attendant tends to your pet throughout the flight. After landing, your pet is shuttled to another Pet Lounge where you can pick it up.

Facts & Figures

  • Flights will be pet-only; no owners are allowed on board.
  • Pets can fly to and from New York, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, and Washington DC.
  • Airfare starts at $149 each way.

Best Quote

“Currently, most pets traveling by air are transported in the cargo hold and are handled as baggage. The experience is frightening to the pets, and can cause severe emotional and physical harm, even death. This is not what most pet owners want to subject their pets to, but they had no choice, until now.” – Dan Wiesel, President and CEO of Pet Airways