A bonded pair is one booking, not two birds
Pigeons mate for keeps. A bonded pair eats together, roosts pressed side by side, and takes turns on a nest, and being split up — even into neighbouring cages where they can see each other — is a genuine stressor, not a minor inconvenience. One bird may stop eating properly; both will call and pace. So the whole task of arranging their boarding is making sure everyone in the chain treats them as a single inseparable unit: one enclosure, one carrier plan, one routine, from the moment they leave your loft to the moment they come home.
Choose a keeper who understands pigeons
Look for a boarder, rescue, or experienced keeper who already houses pigeons or doves, rather than a parrot-focused facility where your pair would be an oddity wedged between loud neighbours. Ask directly how pairs are kept: the answer you want is a flight or loft section, or a large cage, where the two stay together day and night, with their own quiet corner away from hookbills. Get the stay-together arrangement confirmed in writing on the booking, including that cleaning, feeding, and any health checks happen with the pair in place or moved together, never one at a time. A short pre-visit, if the keeper allows it, lets you see the exact space your birds will occupy and how other boarded pigeons are settled there.
Send their life with them
Familiarity is what makes the strange place bearable, and for pigeons that means taste and routine more than toys. Pack enough of their exact usual seed mix for the whole stay plus a little extra, their own grit and mineral supply, and clear notes on quantities and feeding times, because a sudden feed change on top of a move invites digestive trouble. Add a perch, nest bowl, or small item from home that carries the smell of their own space, and write down their daily pattern — when they like to bathe, whether they get a daily stretch and short flight in an enclosed area, and which of the pair is the bolder eater, so the keeper notices quickly if the shyer bird is being shouldered away from the dish. Include your vet's details and a note on any ongoing needs the pair has, and make clear you want a call, not a wait-and-see, if either bird goes off its food.
Move them and settle them as one unit
Travel the pair together in a single large carrier with room for both to sit comfortably, or in two carriers secured side by side so they ride within sight and sound of each other; a dark, calm vehicle and a short journey suit pigeons best. At the boarding end, ask for the pair to go straight into their prepared enclosure together rather than being held separately while paperwork happens, and let them watch the room from the carrier for a few minutes before the door opens. Hand the keeper their full routine in one place: creating a KinsLe Care Pass for the stay gives the boarder temporary, clear access to the pair's feeding, routines, and key details, with the stay-together instruction right at the top.