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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.
Housesit book review: ‘Care of Wooden Floors’ by Will Wiles
Housesit book review – ‘Care of Wooden Floors’ This housesit book review reveals how there has always been a mysterious and yet powerful link between reading and travelling and now housesitting. They all three make for a great partnership especially…
Housesitting student – benefits from an ascetic life
Housesitting student enjoys the company of Spaniels Alex, a housesitting student, finds caring for two Spaniels in a quiet English village just the escape he needs from normal distractions of home life. He was trying to finish his dissertation, so…
Enjoy housesitting? Let me count the ways!
Enjoy housesitting? Many people do. House and petsitting is a growing phenomenon. One way we like to better understand how people enjoy housesitting experience is to host a housesitting blog competition in 2016 we asked ‘what is your favourite thing…
With housesitting – you never quite know what to expect!
WINNER OF THE 2016 NEW VOICES BLOG COMPETITION Mike and Marion, a retired British couple from Tenbury Wells started housesitting only a few years ago. They thought that with their love of animals and experience of running their own small…
My favourite thing about housesitting is – creating a fun, loving, safe environment for pets
Every year we host a housesitting blog competition in 2016 we asked ‘what is your favourite thing about housesitting?’ And we were stunned by the quality of entries. Thanks so much to all who entered. It has been a hard…
New Blog Competition from HouseSitMatch
Enter our 2016 Blog Competition We love reading and sharing your housesitting and travelers’ tales. Why not tell us about your latest adventures and why you love housesitting by entering our Blog Competition. Blog Competition Prize And, if we publish…
Mrs Beeton – Tips for perfect housesitting!
Mrs Beeton – Can she teach us about house sitting? An ambitious legacy Written in 1861, Mrs Beeton ’s Book of Household Management has long been seen as a stalwart of advice for the occupation of housekeeping and homecare. Despite…
David the Dogman debates – housesitting solution or kennels
The pet-sitting and housesitting solution becomes the right solution for some pet owners in the most unexpected ways. ‘David the Dogman‘ dog trainer with some 50 years experience shares his story of Boy Boy one of his favourite dogs. David a…
New pet photo competition!
Do you have a cheeky pet, worthy of the funny pet photo competition? Enter today, it’s easy! Ever thought your beloved kitty could be the new Grumpy Cat? Think your pooch has the potential to reach super-stardom? Enter our…