Deadlines · not documents
Your pet’s flight has a start date, not just a departure date.
Most owners find out at 60 days that they needed to start at 210.
Human reading
USDA APHIS · verified 2026-08-18What you’ll get back
One date: the day you have to start by for that route. Plus the requirement count, the longest waiting period, and any blocker — free, and in full.
The order is the regulation
Six steps, and the order is the law.
- Everything starts here. A vaccination given before the chip doesn't count.
- Must come after the chip. Out of order, and the clock restarts.
- A blood test, sent to an approved lab. Japan adds a 180-day wait after it.
- This is the part that strands pets. Nothing you can pay to skip.
- A narrow window — typically 10 days before departure.
- Only an accredited vet can submit it. Then it's federal turnaround time.
- Miss this and the flight moves. That's the date we exist to give you.
- Microchip — Jun 02 — complete
- Rabies vaccination — Jun 24 — complete, then a 21 day wait
- Titer draw — Aug 14 — upcoming, then a 180 day wait
- Lab result — Sep 11 — upcoming
- Health certificate — Oct 05 — upcoming
- USDA endorsement — Oct 09 — upcoming
- Sep 03 — unrecoverable — unrecoverable date
- Microchip — Jun 02 — complete
- Rabies vaccination — Jun 24 — complete, then a 21 day wait
- Titer draw — Aug 14 — upcoming, then a 180 day wait
- Lab result — Sep 11 — upcoming
- Health certificate — Oct 05 — upcoming
- USDA endorsement — Oct 09 — upcoming
- Sep 03 — unrecoverable — unrecoverable date
Eligibility, not paperwork
Perfect documents, refused at the counter.
Breed
French Bulldogs, Persians, Pugs — embargoed in cargo by most carriers. No amount of paperwork changes it. We check the breed before you pay.
Temperature
Carriers refuse cargo when ground temperature at any stop breaches their limits. We model every station on your itinerary, for your departure month.
Cabin vs. cargo
Some destinations prohibit cabin entry outright. If you booked a cabin seat, the plan was invalid before it was written.
These strand more pets than paperwork does.
Provenance
Sources, not claims.
Every requirement carries the source it came from and the date we last checked it. A requirement whose date is stale isn’t a requirement — it’s a guess, and we mark it as one.
Government and airline sources are public. What we do is resolve them against your route, your class and your date — and re-check them on a clock.
Rabies ≥21 days before entry
Proof of current rabies
Titer + 180-day wait
Why this is different
A checklist isn’t a plan.
Most pet travel advice is a list of documents to collect. It doesn’t say what order they go in, or which date each one is chained to — so “done” can still mean “too late.”
A generic checklist
- Microchip ✓
- Rabies vaccine ✓
- Titer test ✓
- Health certificate ✓
- USDA endorsement ✓
Everything is checked off. Nothing says by when, or in what order.
Rovina’s dated sequence
Same five steps. Every one has a date, and the order is enforced.
Pricing
Check for free. Pay for the dates.
Trip Check
Free- Eligibility verdict
- Every blocker, in full
- Requirement count
- Your earliest deadline
Uncovered route or a complex itinerary? A researched plan, built by a person in 5 business days — . Additional pets, each.