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Is it Safe? House Sitting Trust & Verification on HouseSit Match
Newcomers to housesitting tell us of their trepidation. Discover how HouseSit Match builds house sitting trust, using multi-layered background checks and ID verification to ensure secure housesits and total peace of mind. We work to eliminate fear and optimise enjoyment…
The Ultimate Housesitting Safety Guide
To the uninitiated, ‘housesitting’ is a world of unknown protocols and new people. Whether you are a homeowner or a housesitter, this ultimate housesitting safety guide will help you get confident on how to begin your wonderful new adventure in…
Top House Sitter Interview Questions: The Ultimate Homeowner Checklist
Finding the right sitter is about more than reviewing profiles and references. If you prep house sitter interview questions for your meeting it helps you to assess whether a candidate is the right fit for your home, pets, and lifestyle.…
Affordable Travel Through Housesitting
What happens when a housesit gets cancelled? Maria one of our regular housesitters shares how she embraced affordable travel through housesitting during an unexpected 7-day gap in France. Read about her exploits and survival tactics that ended happily and successfully…
7 Top Tips Housesitters Really Need to Know Before Starting a Housesit
The most important brief a homeowner needs to prep is the one telling what housesitters really need to know. Learning how to use the oven and the Wi-Fi and how often the dogs need to be walked is the obvious…
My Unforgettable Naples Housesitting Adventure
When housesitters tell you of their ‘unforgettable housesitting adventures’ you listen and it can stimulate itchy feet. In this article Tiera St Claire tells us about her fantastic time dogsitting in Naples for an adorable hound called Gatsby. She had…
Housesitting Interview Tips New Sitter
A successful house sitting often depends on the very first conversation between homeowner and housesitter. Review these housesitting interview tips to make sure you make the best first impression as the potential housesitter, and you gather all the information you…
Travel Between Sits: A Full Time Housesitter’s Race Across the World
Full-time housesitter Maria shares her chaotic, heart-warming journey between international sits — ferry mishaps, unexpected kindness, and 5 lessons every travelling sitter needs. Join Housesitmatch.
10 Housesitting Best Practices for Housesitters
Some people new to housesitting are unaware of the good protocols. In this article we offer the 10 housesitting best practices for you to succeed straight off the bat by learning from us and more experienced housesitters what works well…