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2018 House sitting to travel – Blog Competition Entry
Entry number 3 into the 2018 Housesitting Blog Competition, run annually by HouseSitMatch, comes from Sandra Gurvis. Sandra started house sitting to travel out of necessity and now believes it surpasses conventional travel. Read on to discover how and why…
2018 House sitting travellers – Blog Competition Entry 2
This is an entry to the 2018 Housesitting Blog Competition, run annually by HouseSitMatch. The article comes from Kath Perreault one of a pair of house sitting travellers, who travel by pet and house sitting around the world. Read on…
Marlow housesitters keep the neighbourhood and pets safe
The search for Marlow housesitters, or petsitters anywhere, is something we can help you with. From time to time we interview our members to better understand how they found us and how we help them. Recently, Martin told us about…
Winner Housesitting Blog – Petsitting in a hurricane
Each year HouseSitMatch hosts a Housesitting Blog Competition and this year our entries are better than ever, here we share with you the Winner of our Housesitting Blog by Anel and John Ryan entitled ‘Petsitting in a hurricane’. They have…
Sam and Pete’s Long Term House Sitters
Need long term house sitters and petsitters because you are travelling away from home or because you are volunteering abroad? Why not find registered and trustworthy house and pet-sitters to live in your home? They can housesit care for your…
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.…