Write A+ Admissions Essays – Wherever you are
Wherever you are travelling in the world, if you are considering college you need to support your applications with a college admissions essay. The internet makes this a lot easier today and gives you access, we find more digital nomads leaving school and travelling the world and several have reported to us they are applying […]
How to find a common app topic for admissions essays
Writing an essay has never been an easy task for most of the students. A common app essay is no different since it requires the student to express high writing skills for them to be able to convince the admissions panel. If you are a student either on the road as a digital nomad or […]
Travel Hacks: See The World for 70% Less Than Staying at Home
We love to share the great travel tips we hear in our housesitting community. In this blog we share some extraordinary travel hacks from long term international travellers and housesitters Nat n Jodie. Travel Hacks for Affordable Long Term Travel Every year, it seriously never ceases to amaze us, that even though we travel internationally […]
8 Home Pet Remedies to Protect Your Dogs from Fleas
Whether you are into tried and tested home pet remedies or vet prescribed remedies for fleas on dogs you should consider all the options available, whether they are anti flea sprays or edible flea treatments. One way or another, you should always treat your dogs. Here are 8 home pet remedies to consider for your […]
International Housesitting and Tourist Visas – By Gobsmacked at Gatwick (Prt 2)
Housesitters often ask us about the need for housesitting visas or tourist visas when committing to international housesit assignments. We explain that there are no such things as ‘housesitting visas’. Instead we say they must always check with their destination country visa office regarding their entry and requirements for tourist visas. There will always be […]
How to be a responsible dog owner as a Student
Being a responsible dog owner with all the benefits of a comfortable lifestyle for you and your pet is a challenge. Responsible dog ownership means that you should always find a way to ensure your pet doesn’t lose out because you are living a student lifestyle. Owning dogs is a real privilege and one that […]
Home renovation and installing cameras
Housesitting as a collaborative arrangement is based on trust, increasingly with home renovations and new constructions construction cameras and spy cameras are being introduced into a domestic environment. Housesitters and homeowners have varied feelings on the matter. We stand neutral as a housesitting platform, however, we understand the need for cameras in some instances, most […]
Protect your home in Winter
Protect Your Home Before Winter Sets In In the Northern hemisphere we are already feeling the changing seasons. It’ is definitely time to protect your home in Winter, before the cold weather really sets in. There are various ways to do this ahead of the harsh weather. We can insulate, make our windows, walls and […]
Housesitting Family – HouseSitChat Interview
Housesitting offers a range of fantastic opportunities for affordable travel and living like a local while you care for pets and property of your hosts. One housesitting family we’ve been following carefully for the five years they have been on the road kindly offered to talk to us in an interview. Tracey and Rob and […]
International Housesitting and Tourist Visas – By Gobsmacked at Gatwick (Prt 1)
We are often asked about international housesitting and the need for tourist visas as a housesitting network offering international housesits. As members will know we have always offered appropriate links to the latest in country visa requirements via our member pages. And while every case is individual, we would like to share the experience of […]