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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.
Cat Sitting Tips: Advice for Cat Sitters and Owners
Cat sitters and Cat-owners – Top Tips from Vet Matthew Bayliss Many of our members have asked us to follow up our commentary about making a home dog friendly. Others have asked for specialist commentary on a cat related information…
Oxfordshire Housesit: A First-Hand Account
Dianne and Mike decided to travel the world one housesit at a time. An Oxfordshire housesit was their very first experience. As new home and pet owners themselves they felt fairly well prepare for the first of their house sitting…
Housesitting in our sixties – Discovering a new lifestyle
June and Mark Spindloe a semi-retired couple tell us about ‘Housesitting in our sixties’. They describe housesitting as a natural step after years of parenting, working and traveling to visit with family across the world. Becoming location independent and exchanging…
Harrogate housesitting for an Akita
Experienced house sitters Mike and Diane, known as Travelloafers, applied for a Harrogate housesitting assignment on HouseSitMatch. Little did they know that the description of a resident ‘large dog’ they’d be caring for would lead to unexpected and enjoyable adventures.…
Top 10 things to do when Housesitting Algarve
Housesitting Algarve properties affords the housesitter a great opportunity to enjoy a unique European destination. The Algarve has both an ancient and modern cultural heritage which you can enjoy while paying little or nothing for accommodation if you housesit. In…
House sitting employment gap – Explain your reasons
People take time off from their jobs for different reasons: travelling, caring for sick relatives, giving birth and raising children, and going back to school. In other cases, you might take time from work because you were laid off or…
2018 Winning Housesitting Video
In 2018 HouseSitMatch.com hosted the first Housesitting video competition. We established this competition with the main goal of asking what people who enjoy and benefit from the experience of housesitting consider the main reasons why ‘Housesitting is brilliant’. We were…
VOTE – 2018 HOUSESITTING VIDEOS
VOTE FOR THE WINNER – 2018 HOUSESITTING VIDEOS We’ve had a wonderful response to our first ever HouseSitMatch Housesitting videos Competition. Thanks to everyone who entered and took time to prepare their thoughts and content for this wonderful display of…
Montenegro travel – Insider top tips
If you have ever considered visiting a European country with charm, history, a wealth of geological and cultural heritage consider Montenegro travel doesn’t get any better. A small country often overlooked by the ‘bucket-list’ generation Montenegro travel options are remarkably…