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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…
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…
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.…
Top 10 things to do when Housesitting Algarve
Housesitting Algarve properties affords the housesitter a great opportunity to enjoy a unique European destination. The Algarve has both an ancient and modern cultural heritage which you can enjoy while paying little or nothing for accommodation if you housesit. In…
House sitting employment gap – Explain your reasons
People take time off from their jobs for different reasons: travelling, caring for sick relatives, giving birth and raising children, and going back to school. In other cases, you might take time from work because you were laid off or…
2018 Winning Housesitting Video
In 2018 HouseSitMatch.com hosted the first Housesitting video competition. We established this competition with the main goal of asking what people who enjoy and benefit from the experience of housesitting consider the main reasons why ‘Housesitting is brilliant’. We were…
VOTE – 2018 HOUSESITTING VIDEOS
VOTE FOR THE WINNER – 2018 HOUSESITTING VIDEOS We’ve had a wonderful response to our first ever HouseSitMatch Housesitting videos Competition. Thanks to everyone who entered and took time to prepare their thoughts and content for this wonderful display of…
Petsitters & Business Travel: How to connect with Pets
If you travel a great deal for either work or leisure you may already be regular user of our petsitters and housesitting service. Anna Naylor from Maiden Voyage one of our partners, a social network that makes business travel safe…