Affordable gap year destinations
If you are a keen traveller and looking for affordable gap year destinations then read on. In this article we offer a range of fascinating places around the world where you might want to visit on your gap year between school, college and work. We offer opportunities to save money like choosing countries with a […]
HouseSitMatchs Lamia Walker Reveals 15 Fun Facts
For nearly a decade, Lamia Walker has been matching vetted house sitters with pet owners — priding herself in top-notch, hands-on customer service while running her boutique company, HouseSitMatch. HouseSitMatch’s Lamia Walker Reveals 15 fun things about herself — Including her guilty pleasure as a house sitter Where did your love of pets come from? […]
Fascinating housesitting in the Scottish Borders
As founder of Housesitmatch it has been my real pleasure to venture to new housesits in a new locations. Yet one of the greatest pleasures is venturing into Northumberland and the North East of England. Housesitting in the Scottish Borders has been one of the most surprising and delightful experiences of running this business. I […]
Housesitter in Nottingham – A great adventure
One of the benefits of running Housesitmatch is that I can hop into housesits on occasion. It’s such a treat to become a housesitter and petsitter to care for people’s homes and pets. I love to choose new places to discover, where I have never been before. Recently I became a housesitter in Nottingham, which […]
Cycling and housesitting around the world
Eric is a software engineer and latterly a digital nomad. More importantly he’s a very keen cyclist, and a housesitter with Housesitmatch. He has spent years travelling, cycling and housesitting around the world. Here are glimpses from some of his expeditions across the globe and some excerpts from an interview he gave Lamia our Founder […]
Fun holiday housesitting in Lymington
Like many housesitters and petsitters I took a little break from travelling by housesitting during the recent travel restrictions. With travel returning to normal in my own country and abroad I decided to take the plunge and get back to it. Here is a short article about my short holiday housesitting in Lymington Hampshire. Holiday […]
Housesitting retiree Bragi lives in other people’s homes
From time to time we are fortunate to secure some press exposure for our housesitting service in the media. We are delighted to share this press interview with our housesitting retiree Bragi Jónsson who has been housesitting with us for some years now. Read on to capture the spirit of the article in our translation […]
The best way to housesit – Top 10 Tips
Whether you are a traveller enjoying holiday housesitting or a professional house sitter, you should read this blog. Here we offer you some top tips on the best way to housesit to make the most of the experience. This article is written with contributions from our housesitting community about securing house sitting jobs and the […]
My first housesitting experience
In this 2022 Housesit Match Blog Competition entry by Annette Foster you will learn about the first housesitting experience of a single empty nester ready for travel. During her petsitting assignments Annette learned that she loved affordable travel by petsitting and reignited her love of animals. Read on to learn how she cared for pets […]
Fun house and pet sitting experiences
In this 2022 Housesit Match Blog Competition entry by Tiera St Claire you will learn about the experience of the fun house and pet sitting experiences of a retired pet lover. During her petsitting assignments she has drawn great pleasure from the pets and the locations where she cares for them. Read on to learn […]