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Bed and Breakfast in Oxford University – Yes really!
Bed and breakfast in St Hugh’s College – Oxford’s Secret Garden Bed and breakfast in Oxford – is it something you might consider? Ever thought about visiting St Hugh’s College, Oxford? Good friends Kathy and Inka wanted a weekend city…
Cheap accommodation: a comparison of today’s options
Which type of cheap accommodation is best? In today’s online world there are lots of options when it comes to finding cheap accommodation. The internet has enabled all manner of search tools across the world, whether you are looking for…
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…
Housesitting family – Travel more, for less!
Karen and Cam King sold their home in Victoria Australia 18 months ago to start a world tour with their two children to become a housesitting family. Cam was a chef on an oil rig, and Karen ran a cake…
Travel to enjoy ‘the unexpected miracle of life’
The joy of travel can offer unexpected surprises, each destination with its own hidden secrets, some unexpectedly stunning, some unexpectedly affordable. Sometimes, there is nothing you read about your destination that can really prepare you for what you can discover…