5 Top Reasons to Join a Housesitting Platform as a Housesitter

If you are curious about housesitting and have considered becoming a housesitter, you might want to join a housesitting platform. In this article we offer you the top five reasons to join a housesitting platform. By joining a community of housesitters and homeowners who all enjoy the practice of housesitting you learn from them, and benefit from mutual advantages. Read on to learn more.

Join a Housesitting Platform and Become a Housesitter – Our 5 Top Reasons

the dogsitter with the dog on the sofa — If you join a housesitting platform it can help you start your house and pet sitting adventure

Photo by Jenny Kaye

As the owner of a housesitting platform people often approach me with a bunch of questions. These questions are usually about why they should join a housesitting platform, and in particular why the HouseSit Match platform. Naturally, from my perspective there are so many positive reasons why that it can be hard to keep the conversation brief

Housesitting offers a wonderful way to discover new locations, enjoy the company of pets if you don’t have any, or to discover affordable travel amongst other benefits.

And the top five reasons to join a platform include helping you to get a sense of security and safety in your new adventure, to find help online if you need it, to join a community of like minded pet lovers, and to help you venture to new locations you might not otherwise be able to visit through affordable housesitting assignments.

1.Easier for Newbies –

Starting as a Housesitter is easier When You Join a Housesitting Platform

woman at a laptop with a cat next to her — When you join a housesitting platform you can find help to get you started. It is often easier for new housesitters

Photo by Sam Lion

If you are completely new to housesitting and keen to get started, joining a community like a housesitting platform will help you learn from the experiences of others, the materials make available and the documents and blogs on offer to guide you.

Some housesitting platforms are friendly and communicative, they are usually made up of collaborative like-minded pet lovers who are happy to help each other for mutual benefit.

Help for newbies is one of the features that make this house sitting platform stand out. We offer a number of support materials – From –

A housesitters checklist
Guide to pet security and well being
Expert tips to building the best housesitter profile

2. Find Support –

join a housesitting platform if you love caring for pets like this woman with a dog — Pet lovers tend to do well when they join a housesitting platform, many travel around the world by housesitting

Photo by Roberto Nickson

Help is Available with a Reputable Platform

Some online housesitting platforms provide online support with Livechat facilities, and personal support to help you get started and manage your account. You might need some support to help you build your profile and optimise your visibility.

A platform like HouseSit Match will make support available to you, if you need it. We offer a LiveChat facility and Contact Us messaging service, both of which will respond to you within a 12-24 hour cycle if not on line when you send your message.

At this house sitting website we will also attempt to call you if you leave your contact telephone number.

Build a housesitter profile with reviews –

housesitters help — Petowners find housesitters to care for their pets. Good care of the pets will earn good reviews

Housesitter Reviews –

Keeping your housesitting activities on a housesitting platform profile, all in one place, means you can build a good profile and gather powerful reviews to create a very strong profile.

Housesitting and Petsitting Photos –

By posting photos of yourself with pets and caring for homes and property will show home and pet owners looking at your profile that you are experienced in home and pet care.

3. Safety in housesitting –

Security Checking is Conducted on all Members on the Better Platform

wall mounted security camera — While you are housesitting as a housesitter you might be complimenting existing security cameras

Photo by Alan J. Hendry

Security is one of the reasons home and pet owners invite sitters into their home. However, from an equally important perspective, when y9ou join a housesitting platform it is important that there is a good security and checking of members.

Homeowners want sitters to be checked before they are invited into their home. And housesitters equally want to now that the homeowners are really who they profess to be so they feel safe to travel to that home.

At HouseSit Match we offer in depth ID check for all members and housesitters can also have police and background checking. We work with two strategic partners

Mitek for ID checking
Verifile for Police and Background checking

Both facilities are available online no matter where you are in the world for maximum convenience.

4. Join a community of like minded pet lovers keen on housesitting –

why housesit - Housesitmatch housesitters offer many compelling reasons for being housesitters — Join a housesitting website like HouseSitMatch and become part of a friendly housesit community

Photos courtesy of our HouseSitMatch members

One of the great benefits when you join a housesitting platform is that you join a community of like minded people, all of whom enjoy the practice of housesitting and petsitting.

The members enjoy collaborating, helping each other, and if you are visiting them as a housesitter likely they will show you the best local places to visit and give you a meaningful tour of their locale.

5. Affordable travel by housesitting –

house sitter Alecia house sitting in Paris snapped in front of the Eiffel Tower — House Sitter Alecia travelled to France to housesit near Paris for nearly a month

Photo courtesy of Alecia Caine, housesitter

Discover new locations by applying for housesits on a house and petsitting platform that specialises in new target destinations. A housesitting platform will have a wider reach that you working on your own and can help you discover new locations and affordable travel by housesitting.

And with a final wish for you all I wish you – Happy housesitting!

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