Pet shipment from France to the UK

You might want to read up on https://www.seat61.com/dogs-by-train.htm Gives a few options that might be more economical.

And check out Folkestone taxis which he recommends Under option #2 https://www.folkestonetaxi.com/Pet+travel+abroad.html

Best of luck.

Is your flight nonstop from Taiwan? If so, you are right at this moment (government changes its mind on very short notice or no notice). But if you transit in a country without the exemption (for example Dubai) you will have to.

Does FiFi have her approved chip and will you be able to get her papers 3 days before travel?

Your courier will probably need 2 days plus a hotel so the prices they quote don't sound silly to me, especially in Covid time.

But I don't have pets so I don't know...

You have already determined you can bring the dog into the UK?

https://www.gov.uk/bring-pet-to-uk/listed-and-unlisted-countries

The UK has stringent rules on how to import a pet, even before COVID and it is not necessarily economical. Here are the requirements from the government website: https://www.gov.uk/bring-pet-to-uk

Pay particular attention to the section regarding approved routes. Good luck.

I don't believe that Folkestone Taxi is an authorised channel for importing a pet. They are excellent from what I hear for carrying a pet back and forth for a UK registered pet once they have already arrived - perhaps for a holiday or moving from England to Europe.

As others have said you must use an authorised route and an authorised agent.

If you sent FiFi via Paris who would meet her out of the cargo facility and get her to your shipping agent into England?

You said that you are "about to fly". How much time have you got to organise this?

I'm sorry to say, but this plan sounds very risky to me. I would not let my pet travel without me. It appears from the website referenced by joe32F, that the UK may not allow the immigration of pets from Taiwan.

I would never send my dog as cargo. Seen and heard too many stories of injury, abuse, death, etc. And even if you don't have that experience, can you imagine how scary it would be for the dog? Without you? In a noisy plane and airport? With strangers around moving her everywhere? With all due respect, if you love your dog, I would find a family member for her to live with while you are away.

I am inclined to agree with Phil.

Looking around the UK pet importation pages, I see there are lots of conditions you have to be sure to meet in order for them to allow you in with your pet — it also seems very rare that they let pets in without being with their owner. You need to really read this all very carefully. It is no small matter.