Up until 2001 my parents would come stay with Disney and Ripley whenever we went somewhere but then my parents health got bad and they couldn't do it. I started boarding Disney at a kennel about a mile away and I'd leave Ripley home (we were never gone more than 4 days). Then when we got Jazz we took at trip and I boarded Jazz and Disney because I was afraid to leave Jazz alone with Ripley since she was still so young.

Now that we have Scout we tried leaving all three cats at home with my sister in law coming once a day to feed, play with them and clean litter boxes. It worked okay but our trip was cut short so we were only gone a few days.

Actually I would rather just stay home. I hate to travel, sleep in strange beds and be away from them too much.

As for boarding, it's fine for Disney because she's not active and sleeps most the time but I think my cats would go insane and I'd hate to cause a personality change because of it.