Service Fees &
Payment Information

Base Search Rate

$350 – Two-Hour Minimum Search

Our standard search includes up to two hours of professional drone search operations and typically covers approximately 50–200 acres, depending on terrain, vegetation, weather, and search conditions.

Every search is unique. Our goal is never to sell additional services. Our goal is to recommend only the search tools that are most likely to improve your chances of recovering your pet. While thermal drone technology is often one of the most effective tools for locating a missing pet, many successful recoveries require a combination of aerial searches, search strategy, trail cameras, public outreach, volunteer coordination, and continued consultation.

Included with Your Initial Search

• Initial search consultation
• Review of your pet's circumstances
• Search area evaluation
• Flight planning and FAA compliance
• Professional drone search operations (up to two hours)
• Post-flight debrief and recommendations
• Recommendations for next steps if your pet is not located during the initial search

Most searches are completed within the initial two-hour search period. If additional flight time is recommended, we will discuss it with you before continuing.

Weather Delays / Standby Time

If weather conditions (fog, wind, poor visibility, etc.) temporarily prevent safe flight operations, standby time is billed at $95 per hour until operations can safely resume.

Travel Time

$95 per hour

Travel time is billed portal-to-portal (round trip) from our Vacaville, CA base.

Continued Flight Operations

$175 per hour

Applies after the initial two-hour minimum search period.

Professional Search Management & Ongoing Support

$95 per hour (optional)

Some searches require continued support long after the drone has landed. If you would like continued assistance, we can provide professional search management services, including:



• Developing an ongoing search strategy
• Reviewing new sightings, photos, and videos
• Mapping likely travel corridors
• Designing and printing flyers
• Coordinating volunteer search efforts
• Monitoring cellular trail cameras
• Consultation by phone, text, or email
• Coordination with veterinarians, shelters, and animal control
• Other search-related assistance

These services are optional and are billed only when requested or approved by the customer.

Professional Cellular Trail Camera Deployment & Monitoring

Sometimes a drone search determines that a pet is repeatedly returning to a specific location, traveling along a particular route, or is too well concealed to locate immediately. In these situations, a professionally deployed cellular trail camera can be an extremely effective search tool.

A cellular trail camera can help determine whether your pet is still using a particular area, identify when it is most active, and show the direction it is traveling—all while minimizing human activity that could push a frightened pet farther away. The information it provides helps us make search decisions based on evidence rather than guesswork.

Unlike simply providing a trail camera, we develop a deployment strategy, select the most effective camera locations, monitor the incoming images, interpret the results, and continually adjust the search strategy based on what the camera reveals.

We recommend trail camera deployment only when we believe it is likely to improve the chances of locating your pet.

Professional Deployment & Monitoring

• Initial Camera Deployment: $79 (7-day deployment)
• Additional Camera Deployments: $49 each (deployed during the same visit)
• Deployment Extensions: $49 per camera, per additional week

Some searches benefit from multiple cameras positioned along likely travel corridors, feeding stations, recent sighting locations, or suspected hiding areas. Deploying several cameras often provides a much clearer picture of your pet's movements.

Every Deployment Includes

Equipment Provided

• Professional-grade cellular trail camera
• Batteries
• Cellular data service

Professional Services Included

• Search strategy consultation
• Selection of the best deployment locations
• Professional installation and camouflage
• Remote image monitoring
• Immediate notification of significant activity
• Interpretation of camera images
• Ongoing search strategy adjustments
• Equipment retrieval (within our normal service area) 

Refundable Equipment Security Deposit

$150 per camera

o protect our equipment while it is deployed in the field, a fully refundable security deposit of $150 per camera is required.

If equipment is lost, stolen, intentionally damaged, or cannot be recovered, the security deposit will be applied toward the replacement cost. The customer is responsible for any replacement cost that exceeds the deposit amount.

Customers are responsible for protecting the equipment during the deployment period, regardless of whether it is installed by our team or temporarily in the customer's possession.

A valid government-issued photo ID is required before equipment is deployed.

Our Approach

Trail cameras are deployed only when we believe they are likely to improve the chances of recovering your pet.

We're not in the trail camera rental business.

Trail cameras are simply one of many professional search tools we use to locate missing pets.

We determine where each camera should be placed, monitor every image that comes in, interpret what the activity means, and continually adjust the search strategy as new information becomes available.

Our clients aren't paying for a camera—they're investing in professional search intelligence.

Why Not Just Buy a Trail Camera?

While anyone can purchase a trail camera, knowing where to place it, when to deploy it, and how to interpret the results is what makes it effective.

Our experience with lost pet behavior allows us to deploy cameras where they are most likely to produce useful information, monitor them remotely, recognize meaningful activity, and use that information to continually refine the search strategy.

Typical Search Cost Example*



*This example represents a typical two-hour search located approximately 1.5 hours from our Vacaville base. Actual costs vary depending on travel distance, search duration, and any optional services requested.

Consecutive-Day Searches

For multi-day searches within 30 minutes of our Vacaville, CA base, only search time is billed on subsequent days:

$175 per hour, per day

Travel fees apply to locations beyond the 30-minute service area.

Payment Information

Payment for the initial search is required prior to dispatch. Optional services may be added during the search with your approval.



Because missing pet searches are time-sensitive, we often must decline or postpone other active requests in order to respond.

Prepayment ensures availability and commitment to your search.

Accepted Payment Methods

• Venmo
• Zelle
• PayPal
• Credit Card (processing fee applies)
• Cash (receipt provided)

Refund Policy

100% refund if canceled before vehicle departure.

If a search is canceled after we are in transit but before drone operations begin, the search portion will be fully refunded. Travel charges already incurred are non-refundable.

⚠️ Important Notes

• No guarantees can be made regarding the detection or recovery of a missing pet.
• Search success depends on many factors, including weather, terrain, animal behavior, vegetation, thermal conditions, and whether the animal is still within the search area.
• Additional search management, consultation, and trail camera services are provided only upon request and with customer approval.
  

Not every search requires every service.

Every missing pet situation is different. During your consultation, we'll recommend only the search tools and services we believe will provide the greatest benefit based on your pet, the circumstances, and the environment.

Professional drone searches are just one part of our recovery program.



Depending on your situation, we may recommend thermal drone searches, cellular trail cameras, search management, flyer design, volunteer coordination, or other recovery tools. Every recommendation is based on what we believe gives your pet the best chance of coming home.