Flying with dog as cargo

So, I am in the early stages of planning my return trip to Sweden.
I have received a quote from a pet travel agency (Jetpets) but I am yet to find out how much it will cost to organise it myself.

Does anyone else have experience with this, how much hassle is it to organise it myself with the airline directly, is it worth the extra money to get the agency to organise everything? 
There is no quarantine requirement or anything, so I am not paying any of that. 
I don't know exactly how much extra I am paying for the pet travel agency yet but considering they quoted me AUD $3,400 I think it is a fair bit more than doing it myself. HOWEVER, I am more than happy to pay it if it means less stress for both me and Max!

Anyone that knows anything about this at all?

Personally have not needed to organise this for myself however I have several friends who travel with pets regularly and organise everything themselves due to the difference in cost ... not sure about the ease though!

I've no experience either sorry Annie, but I'd imagine it will be cheaper if you were to do it yourself

Cant help sorry. Hope you sort something out.

Thanks for the replies!

I have emailed Thai Airlines to find out how much it is if i organise myself to see if it is worth it! 
Wanted to fly with Emirates since they seem to take really good care of the pets they fly, however they have staffordshire bull terriers as a banned breed

This is one I would personally for the first time let someone organise it for me, sorry not much help other than they are the experts and once you know what you are doing you can carry on XX

I think our staffy's sit so much like hoomans that they should be aloud in the cabin. 

janey wrote:This is one I would personally for the first time let someone organise it for me, sorry not much help other than they are the experts and once you know what you are doing you can carry on XX

This is what I am leaning towards doing as well, Jetpets seems to know what they are doing and I am already stressing out about it so if it means a bit less stress and worry then it is worth they extra money!

Turns out that Thai Airways also has banned Staffy's so I am left with Quantas as my only option I think!

Darcy-may wrote:I think our staffy's sit so much like hoomans that they should be aloud in the cabin. 

OMG, the money I would pay for this possibility!!!!!

Her tickets costs three times mine and she has to travel in the cargo area! Not fair at all lol