If you want to know how to become a house sitter, look no further. In this article, we’ll tell you all the steps you need to take to go from square one to your first house sit in nine easy steps. Let’s go!
[Read more…]The 37 Most Important Questions to Ask Before House Sitting
So you’ve signed up for a house sitting website, completed your profile, and found the house sit of your dreams thanks to the ultimate house sitting guide. Now all you’ve got to do is talk to the homeowner and convince them you’re the right person for the job. Here are all the questions to ask before house sitting: questions for the first call, when you arrive at the house, during the house sit, and even after the house sit is over.
Asking these questions will make your house sitting experience easier and help you solve a lot of issues before they become problems. These questions will also help you sound more professional and help you start landing house sits right away.
[Read more…]How To Set Up Your House Sitting Profile (6 Simple Steps)
If you’ve recently signed up with a house sitting website, the first thing you need to do is set up an amazing house sitting profile.
We’ll go through the steps to build your profile from scratch, explain how to get references (even if you’ve never been a house sitter before) and share what you need to include in your profile to land the most desirable house sits out there.
[Read more…]The Best House Sitting Websites
Finding a house sit can be hard work if you don’t know where to look. Luckily, there are a lot of house sitting websites out there to help you with your search. This article is everything you need to know about the different websites for house sitting so you can find the one that best fits your needs and can help you find the house sit of your dreams.
[Read more…]The Ultimate Guide to House Sitting
Are you an animal lover looking to explore the world, live in fabulous homes, take care of adorable furry (or feathered, or scaley) companions, and pay zero rent? If that sounds great to you, house sitting is the perfect way to do all of that and more.
In this article, we’ll tell you everything you need to know about house sitting: how to start house sitting, go over your house sitting responsibilities, how to find the best house sits, and teach you how to become a house sitter, and a great one at that.
We’ll also share what you need to know as a homeowner looking for house sitters to ensure everyone is on the same page to ensure a smooth transition between you and the house sitters so you can go on your vacation with peace of mind.
[Read more…]Our Honest Trusted Housesitters Review
In this article, we’ll give you our honest Trusted Housesitters review. We’ll share what we like about using Trusted Housesitters, and what we don’t like. We’ll also explain how the Trusted Housesitters platform works so you can decide if it’s the right house sitting platform for you.
Stevo and I have been using Trusted Housesitters to find house sits since 2019. Since then, we’ve done 15 house sits in 10 countries across Asia, Europe, North America, and South America. We’ve had mostly amazing experiences, but some not-so-great ones as well.
About Trusted Housesitters
Trusted Housesitters was founded in Brighton, UK in 2010 and has one of the largest user bases of house sitting opportunities worldwide. Homeowners and house sitters pay an annual membership fee to join Trusted Housesitters and house sits are arranged and agreed to through the platform.
[Read more…]What is House Sitting? It’s How to Travel for Free(ish)!
What is house sitting? It’s how you can save hundreds or thousands of dollars on accommodation while traveling, all while making new friends, both human and furry.
Since 2019 we’ve done 15 house sits in 10 different countries. In this article, we’re going to talk about how house sitting works and how you can get started.
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