With the border currently closed, how can I get from the US to Canada with a pet without flying or owning a car?

With the border currently closed, how can I get from the US to Canada with a pet without flying or owning a car?

12/21/2020 5:56:24 AM

Renting a car in the US and then returning it in Canada may not be possible, however you should have no issues driving a US-based rental in Canada and then returning it in the states. So perhaps you drive your rental car to Vancouver, drop off your cat at your new residence, drive back across the border, return the car, then find transportation back across (much easier without a cat in tow).

12/19/2020 8:53:23 PM

I checked again, and I’m fairly confident this wasn’t showing up last night, but it now seems that Avis has exactly one “Mystery Car” option to go from Seattle to Vancouver. (Maybe not anymore, as I’ve just booked it.) The issue, then, seems to be one of inventory management instead of blanket policy changes.

I also called Service BC and confirmed that it’s explicitly okay to return my rental car before starting my quarantine period.

So, for others, the answer to the question in the title is indeed find a one-way rental car as I had expected in the first place. Maybe just try not to do it with a week’s notice at Christmas. 🙃

12/19/2020 2:09:08 PM

Your best bet is to use U-Haul, although for some reason their prices are highly unreasonable if you choose Chicago rather than Seattle as the pickup location. They currently quote me $343 for a move from Seattle:

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But a whopping $2,796 for a move from Chicago:

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So the solution is to drive/fly to Seattle, hop on a UHaul truck and then drop it off in Vancouver. Alternative options I can think of:

  1. Consider asking your employer if you could just work from the US until the pandemic is over, presuming your job is going to be remote of course
  2. Get a one-way rental with drop-off in Seattle, drive to Vancouver, leave your cat, then drop off the car in Seattle and fly
  3. Arrange a pet hotel in Seattle (or possible Bellingham), fly to Vancouver, then drive a Canadian rental down to Seattle to pick up your cat

Options #2 and #3 are complicated by the 14-day quarantine requirement, but luckily you’re allowed to break quarantine to leave Canada so you would only have to do the full 14 days once.

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