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Welcome to the HouseSit Match Blog
Our blogs are stories shared by our housesitting team, and members who have benefited from the affordable travel, home and pet care made possible through our membership network. We hope you enjoy the blogs. Please take a moment to leave your feedback.
Long term travel and the leap of faith!
Housesitting provides the greatest opportunity to live like locals, and to savour the local atmosphere and the way of life. Here they tell us about the final practical steps to preparing to leave, getting on the road to fulfil their…
Housesitters: Keep your holiday home safe
Owning a holiday home has many homeowner benefits. One of the best things about keeping a second home in a place where you love to visit, is being able to holiday with all your home comforts in a much-loved location.…
Dog Minding Tips: Ensuring Wellbeing of Canine Companions
Dog minding the term focuses on caring for a pet dog or dogs on a temporary basis. You do this on behalf of the dog owner. There are many other ways of describing dog minding as an activity. The term…
House-sitting Enables our Travel Lifestyle – Here’s how
There are increasing numbers of people and families who try house sitting to enable their travel lifestyle. Read on to learn about Rob, Tracey and Makai’s travel lifestyle as a family of housesitters. House-sitting enables a travel lifestyle for House-sitters…
Best of Two Worlds – Alarm System and Housesitters
At Housesitmatch.com we have long been exponents for home security through the presence of housesitters keeping the home occupied. We also believe in the ideal combination of having an alarm system and housesitters together. When you leave your home for…
What is housesitting? Q&A with Founder of HouseSitMatch
Occasionally, Lamia Walker our founder is asked to take part in an interview about how and why she founded HouseSitMatch.com and to explain ‘ What is Housesitting ‘. Recently, Lamia was asked to take part in her first Twitter Q&A…
Cat minding cattery alternative for cat lovers
As every pet owner knows you grow so attached to your pets that they become like your children. One of our cat owners tells us about how she manages cat minding for her cat Milo. Over the last few years…
Preparing for a House Sitter – 5 Top tips
It makes no difference if it’s your first house sitter or your tenth. Packing for a trip abroad and preparing for a trusted house sitter to care for your home and pets while you’re away can be overwhelming. When preparing…
Top Housesitting Tips for Homeowners
From time to time we ask our Housesitmatch membership for Top Housesitting Tips. We are especially delighted when the members who step forward to volunteer are experienced and have earned their stripes in the field so to speak. Here we…