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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.
The Difference between house-sitting and house swapping
The house Swap Holiday, House Swap or House Sit? What’s the difference and what’s the best option for you? Find out in this month’s HouseSit Match blog. House-sitting and house swapping – what is the difference..? Whenever I talk about…
Need Some Travel Tips for the UK
Need some travel tips for the UK? Top 5 UK Travel Destinations When travelling in the UK there are some attractions that everybody wants to see and so you do the postcard tour, which of-course can be great fun. However,…
Travel tips Australia
Travel tips Australia – Here are mine! Looking for some travel tips Australia? Look no further. The UK and Australian HouseSit Match partners are passionate about travel so are very excited about how house-sitting and pet-sitting can open up the…
We’re Off On Holiday But Who’s Looking After The Dog?
t’s Christmas time, one of my favourite times of the year but this Christmas seems to have leapt upon me with little or no warning it seems. One minute you are tut-tutting over the shops putting out their festive wares…
Seeking Lots of Lovely People and Places to Post
o HouseSit Match is live – yay! We expect, as with any new venture, that it will take a little time for the word to get out there so we need your help to spread it. Before we go out…
A Picture Paints A Thousand Words
s the homeowner, to avoid any unpleasantness it is a good idea to do an inventory before you leave. One of the most time-efficient ways of doing this is by photographing things. You should then share these photos with your…
Pack Away While You Stay
o you’ve found a nice little sitting job and you’ve moved yourself in. The homeowners have very kindly said it is OK for you to use certain household items and even cleared a space for your groceries in the pantry.…
An Age-Old Battle for Supremacy: Vegemite Versus Marmite
No matter which way you are traversing the world, east to west or west to east, one thing that will always define your origins is your preference for Vegemite or Marmite – It’s an age-old battle for supremacy: Vegemite Versus…
I Got The Music In Me!
ere we are on the verge of HouseSit Match going live after substantial delays and I have just spent the day with my head firmly buried in Spotify (which has just been released in Australia) when instead I should be…