Train travel and housesitting – Best value travel
Have you been thinking about affordable ways to travel? Have you considered the combination of train travel and housesitting? It is a wonderful way to save large sums on your travel budget, and to enjoy new locations from the security and comfort of an established home. Read on to learn more about why this might […]
City dog adjusts to countryside
If you are a pet owner moving from city to country, consider how to help as your city dog adjusts to countryside living. In this article, our petsitter, Gretelle, shares her personal experience of dogsitting with her dog. In particular, she describes how she helped her Spaniel adjust to country living in the mountains of […]
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 […]
Property finder can help you move – here’s how
If you are moving home to a new area it can be really challenging to decide where exactly to locate yourself. You don’t know the area and sometimes if you are moving abroad for work you don’t even know the country. That’s where a property finder can help you. As a homeowner you will know […]
HouseSitChat with Kemkem
Recently, one of our home and pet owners KemKem author of the travel blog Nextbiteoflife.com joined in our Twitter series #HouseSitChat. #HouseSitChat is a Twitter chat about housesitting that takes place on a weekly basis. By answering some of our Questions on housesitting from a homeowner perspective she helps us understand her worries as a […]
Cat minding cattery alternative for cat lovers
As every pet owner knows you grow so attached to your pets that they become like your children. One of our cat owners tells us about how she manages cat minding for her cat Milo. Over the last few years circumstances led to the family moving to Spain to live. And Milo came too. Having […]
Top 10 things to do in Malaga when housesitting and traveling
Top 10 things to do in Malaga when housesitting and traveling The opportunity for traveling or housesitting in Malaga affords the visitor a great opportunity to enjoy a unique European destination with a rich ancient and modern cultural heritage. In recent years, Malaga has received significant investment toward the city’s infrastructure redevelopment, enabling the city […]
Housesitting family – Travel more, for less!
Karen and Cam King sold their home in Victoria Australia 18 months ago to start a world tour with their two children to become a housesitting family. Cam was a chef on an oil rig, and Karen ran a cake baking and decorating business. They were living a comfortable life, working hard but frustrated by […]
House-Sitters Sought By Marine Engineer To Care For Pet Dogs in Mallorca
One of our earliest members on the HouseSitMatch platform came to us because he needed housesitters. He wanted someone to stay in his home while he was travelling for work as a marine engineer to ensure there was care for pet dogs while he was away. Read our interview with ‘Goldfinca’ our marine engineer homeowner […]