I bought a small dog carrier then returned it before we went to get our boy. It just looked toooooo small. We ended up with a medium sized dog carrier - hard shell. Although, the 5 1/2 hours were just too long to listen to Quasar crying. I had a kitten harness for him and, after about 20 minutes of the drive, we stopped and let him out into the car in his harness and with a 6' leash attached so we could be sure that he did not crawl under hubby (driver)'s feet. This worked well.
He ended up sleeping on my lap or on the back seat for most of the trip. We had a litter box available that he never used.
A bonus was that he has never had an issue with wearing a harness. He does not enjoy having it applied but, once on, he seems not to even notice it.
We still use the carrier, occasionally, when we need a secure confinement for him, such as when we are inflating our hot air balloon. Other times, we have a collapsible dog kennel for him to hang out in.
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