Free house sitting websites or free housesitters – Which is best?
If you find the use of a petsitting and housesitting website a fab addition to your holiday planning read on. It is likely you take holidays, and perhaps have pets and maybe you even have a second home. You will likely ask these trusted house sitters and petsitters to care for your property and pets […]
Why keep pets at home with petsitters?
As every pet owner knows minding your pets yourself is a joy. However, when you have to find pet care for your pet friends when you go away that opens a set of challenges. The questions most people worry about are around whether or not to keep pets at home, or to find an alternative […]
Travelling and housesitting in Spain – Here’s what I love
From time to time we invite one of our housesitters to offer a blog about their experience of housesitting and travel. Tiera St Claire has been a housesitter with Housesitmatch for a few years how and always seems to deliver a wonderful blog enriched by her love of the location. In this article there is […]
What is a housesit? Read on to learn more
A housesit is an arrangement between two parties, homeowner and housesitter. The arrangement is usually made to ensure the home and also perhaps pets, of one, are cared for by the other. At Housesit Match we facilitate the housesitting arrangements between two such parties. We operate through the internet and so we can connect people […]
House sitters in Cornwall? Yes there are!
There are some places in the world that attract a lot of visitors, regularly. None more so in the UK than Cornwall. And yet homeowners in Cornwall are always worried in case they fail to find house sitters in Cornwall. Well, from personal experience I can tell you that if you post a housesit for […]
Student housesitting – Why this is a good idea
If you are a student or you know a student housesitting is something to consider. As the homeowner you may hesitate at first to have a student housesitting in your home. However, from our experience at Housesitmatch.com we know that students make very good housesitters. They usually love animals and have lots of energy to […]
HouseSit Match Listed in Top 101 Internet Start-ups
A few years ago now an Australian friend and I were having dinner and she was telling me a fabulous housesitting adventure she had enjoyed. For a whole year she cared for a dog in Perth W Australia who had been posted abroad for work. The dog was elderly and unable to travel, and they […]
Housesitting Cleaning Protocols from HouseSitMatch
At HouseSitMatch we have long advocated good cleaning protocols for all involved in housesitting. We ask both our housesitters and our homeowners that you prepare the home environment to a high standard. Maintaining good housesitting cleaning protocols have never been more important. As travel increases enabling more housesitting opportunities we offer a new set of housesitting […]
Housesitting and Brexit – HouseSitChat
Occasionally, Lamia Walker our founder is asked to take part in an interview about how and why she founded HouseSitMatch.com and to explain ‘What is Housesitting’. Recently, Lamia was asked to take part in a Twitter Q&A which was a fun and rapid fire set of interactions. She talked about why she loves housesitting and Brexit, […]
HouseSit Builds Trust – by Lamia Walker
Recently, Lamia Walker our founder was asked to launch the first #HouseSitChat on Twitter. It was an interview about housesitting and petsitting for affordable travel, and how HouseSitMatch.com builds trust in the housesitting industry. The Twitter Q&A which was a fun and rapid fire set of interactions with some great people keen to learn more […]