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Preparing for Long-Term Travel? Top Tips for Storage
Many of our members whether housesitters or homeowners find themselves planning for long-term travel. But how should they prepare? Read on to learn our top tips for storage and finding housesitters to care for your home and possessions when you…
Local House Sitter – Why I Housesit Locally for Free – Top Tips
At HouseSit Match we love to share the many reasons our members love housesitting and how they do it. One ‘Local House Sitter‘ joined this year telling us all kinds of interesting benefits she experiences as a housesitter who chooses…
Successful House Sit and Effective Communication – 10 Top Tips
Every successful house sit depends on a number of factors and also on the effective communications between housesitters and the homeowners. Jill Shelton an experienced housesitter shares her top tips on how to achieve success when housesitting and petsitting for…
Happy Housesitter in the Cotswolds
It may surprise you to hear that Lamia the founder of HouseSit Match loves housesitting. In this article she remembers being a happy housesitter in the Cotswolds, caring for three dogs and 25 hens and chicks and a characterful cockerel.…
Great Low-Cost Vacations By House Sitting
Housesitting enables low-cost vacations whether you are a pet owner needing support to care for your pets and property or a house sitter wanting to explore new locations, take a working holiday enjoy a green holiday with the company for…
Experience Europe Like a Local by Housesitting
As a would be traveller into affordable travel you might be considering ways to experience Europe like a local. Housesitters all over the world have discovered this wonderful secret of exchanging their services as pet and house minders in exchange…
16 HouseSitMatch Members Weigh the Pros and Cons of Home Security Cameras While House Sitting
HouseSit Match blog editor Kelly Hayes-Raitt debates the pros and cons of home security cameras when she house sits. Home security is important naturally, however, the use of external and especially internal security cameras can be contentious between sitters and…
Try House Sitting – Top 13 Reasons Why
There are many reasons to try house sitting and pet sitting as a way to travel, as a way to save money, as a way to save on rent, as a way to indulge your love of pets and gardening…
Sabbatical housesitting – 7 Top Tips
People come to housesitting at different times of life. Sabbatical housesitting becomes an opportunity many people consider at a mid point or later in their career. Read on to learn more about housesitting while on sabbatical and the sabbatical homes…