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Housesitting trust and the kindness of strangers
What is housesitting trust and how does it vary from regular trust you have in other people? Making any kind of housesitting arrangement where you exchange services rather than money requires a degree of built-in trust. Homeowners inviting sitters into…
Improve quality of life at home – Improve air quality
It’s a little known fact that air pollution in your property can be just as harmful as it is outdoors. It certainly can affect your quality of life, health and wellbeing of the inhabitants. The average homeowner spends 88% of…
Choosing a Petsitter for Your Dogs
Choosing a petsitter is a considered process. Your pets and especially your dogs need care and companionship. They are intelligent and sometimes needy pets. Here are a number of special considerations that might influence your decision. In particular, we offer…
House-Sitting Ideas: Creative Activities for House Sitters
If you want to become a house sitter, whether a recent pursuit or you have a few years already invested in housesitting and petsitting, what do you do when you house sit? What house sitting activities do you prefer? Some…
Our pets chose us and our unusual cave home in Spain
Most pet owners choose their pets either as young vulnerable animals needing a home or rescue animals. In this case our pet owners describe to us how they were chosen by their pets when they moved into their unusual cave…
2018 A Housesitting year – Blog Competition – WINNER!
Winning entry in the 2018 Housesitting Blog Competition, run annually by HouseSitMatch, comes from Michelle McDines. Her entry is about a housesitting year travelling with her dog Eddie. Read on to discover their take on how housesitting enables authentic travel.…
2018 House sitting worldwide – Blog Competition Entry 4
Entry number 4 in the 2018 Housesitting Blog Competition, run annually by HouseSitMatch, comes from Glen and Jacqueline Lamb. As international house sitters Glen and Jacqueline travel around the world from one housesit to another. Read on to discover their…
2018 House sitting to travel – Blog Competition Entry
Entry number 3 into the 2018 Housesitting Blog Competition, run annually by HouseSitMatch, comes from Sandra Gurvis. Sandra started house sitting to travel out of necessity and now believes it surpasses conventional travel. Read on to discover how and why…
2018 House sitting travellers – Blog Competition Entry 2
This is an entry to the 2018 Housesitting Blog Competition, run annually by HouseSitMatch. The article comes from Kath Perreault one of a pair of house sitting travellers, who travel by pet and house sitting around the world. Read on…