House sitting employment gap – Explain your reasons
People take time off from their jobs for different reasons: travelling, caring for sick relatives, giving birth and raising children, and going back to school. In other cases, you might take time from work because you were laid off or fired and finding a new job took time. A house sitting employment gap is a […]
Top tip for affordable travel and free accommodation – Try house-sitting!
Ellie our student intern, now graduated, reflects on her impending traveling adventure and offers some top tips for others considering a long term trip and needing affordable travel. Affordable travel and free accommodation through house-sitting Becoming a new graduate is exciting and challenging all at the same time, not only do you have to contend with […]
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. 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 who are experienced with horses, and were ready to move to […]
House-Sitters Sought By Marine Engineer To Care For Pet Dogs in Mallorca
HouseSit Match [HSM]: You’ve travelled all over the world in your professional role – Why did you choose Mallorca to settle? GOLDFINCA: Mallorca has a thriving yacht industry, its the last stop before leaving Europe for the Caribbean for large commercial and private yachts with all of the repair, equipment and provisioning facilities needed. As […]
House-Sitting Pastime: The Top Five Guide
The Top Five Gide to House-Sitting Pastimes For many of us who house-sit, it can be something of a working holiday. A change of scene and location, a break from our standard routines, and the chance to live another life, somewhere else for a few days. But house-sitting can also be a slightly alien affair, […]
TOP TIPS – Away From Home For Work or a Nice Holiday? Think House-Sitters
Away From Home for a While? Need home security? House-sitters can help! There will often come a time in our lives when we leave home for a few weeks, traveling off on holiday or on business, entrusting our houses to house sitters or simply leaving them empty. This can, understandably, be a rather stress-inducing process. […]
Sam and Pete need long-term house-sitters – But why..?
Need long term pet-sitters because you are travelling away from home or because you are volunteering abroad? Why not find registered and trustworthy house and pet-sitters to live in your home and care for your pets in your absence? Long-term house-sitters are needed for a volunteering couple – Sam and Pete From time to time […]
TOP TIPS – For Cat-sitters and Cat Owners
Cat-sitters and Cat-owners – some Top Tips from Vet Matthew Bayliss Many of our members have asked us to follow up our commentary about making a home dog friendly, with some specialist commentary on a cat related information for cat-sitters and cat owners. We have written this blog from the point of view of helping […]
Pet Friendly House-Sitters enjoy holiday in Spain
Need house-sitters? We have a large selection of experienced and trustworthy pet-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 like pet-sitting […]
TOP TIPS – Building the Homeowner & House-Sitter Relationship
Never underestimate the importance of building a relationship as early as possible between house-sitter and homeowner, even before you speak to each other. One of the things you learn when you are house-sitting or indeed seeking and recruiting house minders to help you care for pets or property is the importance of building trust between […]
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