OK, so this is not entirely a trip, but Nicola's cats (and soon to be mine as well) are very important to us. I recently bought an electronic pet feeder from petfeeder.co.za on which you can record a 10 second clip of a tune or your voice, just as it dispenses the food, thereby calling them from wherever they are. This way we won't have to frantically look for somebody to look after them when we want to go away for a weekend.