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House-sitting Intern Discovers Affordable Travel
House-sitting as a means of Affordable Travel I have travelled the world as a student, camping, back-packing and youth hosteling, latterly discovering house-sitting as a green and affordable way to travel.Then in my final year at Uni I joined HouseSitMatch.com…
House-Sitters Sought By Marine Engineer To Care For Pet Dogs in Mallorca
One of our earliest members on the HouseSitMatch platform came to us because he needed housesitters. He wanted someone to stay in his home while he was travelling for work as a marine engineer to ensure there was care for…
Community-based Tourism and House-sitting
Tourism Concern, our new partner, who share similar values to us regarding sustainable, green and ethical travel, explain the advantages of community-based tourism and the benefits, through many examples of their work. We hope you enjoy this article especially written…
House-Sitting or House-Swapping: The BBC Asks If You Want To Try ‘Swapping’
Live Like A Local With the BBC at A Home Away From Home … Whether you have considered or indeed tried house-sitting, pet-sitting or house swapping… you may already be a great advocate of either or both as alternative methods of…
House-Sitting Pastime: The Top Five Guide
The Top Five Gide to House-Sitting Pastimes For many of us who house-sit, it can be something of a working holiday. A change of scene and location, a break from our standard routines, and the chance to live another life,…
Sun Loving Cat-Sitter Sought by Scubababe
From time to time we like to interview our homeowners to find out about how they came to the idea of house-sitting as a solution for their home and pet care challenges. Recently we registered SCUBABABE who is looking for…
Early Bird Catches the House-Sit!
It’s that time of year again. The evenings have begun to get a little lighter, and it’s occasionally possible to venture outside without being wrapped up head to toe in layers of thermals. As the spring sunshine peeps through the…
Pet Lover SonnyB Needs Pet-Sitters in Turkey
Home-owner in Turkey seeks Pet-sitters who love Living Like Locals Have you ever been on holiday somewhere where the scenery simply took your breath away, the holiday atmosphere was authentic, fun and relaxing? So much so in fact that you…
Portable Careers & House-Sitting Webinar
Portable Careers & House-Sitting: How To Work While You Travel On Thursday 31st July we hosted our second webinar in the HSM Webinar series this time on the topic of Portable Careers and House-Sitting. Thomas Mason chaired the webinar. Together…