Emerging from Iceland to Shine as a New house-sitter
Landing the first assignment is the hardest for every New house-sitter. This is how it was for new house sitter Bragi Jonsson. A lover of travel and the sharing economy, Bragi learned about house sitting and was very eager to try it. In the beginning, he applied for many assignments without any success. This went […]
Long-Term House-Sitters in France with Horses
In July 2014 a new client registered with us wanting some help with a rather specific brief. They wanted long term house sitters to help them in France. Never wanting to turn down a challenge we said yes, and then we asked what she needed! Her requirement was to find a couple of long-term house-sitters […]
Pet Friendly House-Sitters enjoy holiday in Spain
Need house-sitters? We have a large selection of experienced and trustworthy pet friendly house-sitters registered on HouseSitMatch, the friendly network for homeowners and housesitters. Read about one family who travel as part time pet-sitters as a way to see the world affordably on holiday… Pet-Loving House-sitters Enjoy a Family Friendly Holiday in Spain House-sitters who […]
Who’s Pet-sitting Piaf’s cats? Meet the cats and their sitter
Fancy pet-sitting for Ellie and Peace? Ellie and Peace are the pet cats of a modern day Piaf, performer Laurene Hope. Recently back on the road with her new show “Piaf – Love Conquers All” Laurene delivered a remarkable performance at the Henley Fringe Festival in July this year, and is planning to take the […]
Dog-Sitting in the Hughenden Valley
Dog-sitting student finds creative ways to save s a student I am always interested in finding new and unusual things to do and dog-sitting is a great way to earn and save money for uni next year. I liked the idea of house-sitting. As a dog owner myself I decided that I’d look for local […]
House-Sits Offer Free Accommodation and…
The great thing about House-sits is they offer Free Accommodation… …and a fresh perspective. Yes, it really is true! If you offer to house-sit for someone the house-sitting opportunity offers you free accommodation for the time that you are caring for their property and pets in their absence. So what’s the benefit apart from the obvious […]
Personal experience house-sitting in Paris!
Experienced house and pet sitters will tell you there are a number of cities where they love to go. Paris regularly comes up as a popular housesitting destination. If you experience house-sitting in Paris then you will understand. You can benefit from a visit to the City of Light, often your hosts will be happy […]
Now we are ‘HouseSitMatch house-sitting’
Fancy HouseSitMatch house-sitting..? Since starting the HouseSitMatch network I have heard some fabulous stories about people who when house-sitting with HouseSitMatch have collaborated through our site to solve their travel, as well as their pet-sit and home care challenges. The aim of this blog is to share some of those stories and describe some examples […]
Match in 24-hours Solves Pet-Sitter Emergency
Student solves professional couple’s pet-sitter emergency Here’s the meet and greet photo Story Meet Kate and Tom, they just moved to the area and needed a new house-sitter in a hurry, they were let down by a new contact and found themselves in a pet-sitter emergency. So they called up HouseSit Match to see if […]
Dog-Sitters Needed..?
Every dog owner thinks about holiday dog sitters. Sometimes the thought and planning for dog sitters needed to care for domestic pets comes before the holiday details. In this article we consider the dog-sitting options for dog owners. Dog-sitters needed One Sunday last summer HouseSit Match attended the Cranbourne Companion Dog Show, in Berkshire, UK. […]