House Sitting Around the World & How To Do It | Charlie on Travel https://charlieontravel.com/category/house-sitting/ UK Travel Blog Sun, 30 Jun 2024 11:11:15 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://charlieontravel.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/cropped-Charlie-on-Travel-Favicon-32x32.png House Sitting Around the World & How To Do It | Charlie on Travel https://charlieontravel.com/category/house-sitting/ 32 32 How to House Sit and Travel the World for Longer https://charlieontravel.com/how-to-become-house-sitter/ https://charlieontravel.com/how-to-become-house-sitter/#comments Fri, 18 Oct 2019 09:50:02 +0000 http://charlieontravel.com/?p=1619 House sitting is when you look after other people’s homes and/or pets while they’re away. In this house sitting guide, we explain how to find your first house sit and travel the world for longer. We’ve been house sitting and taking care of other people’s homes and pets for over five years. We’ve had many […]

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]]> https://charlieontravel.com/how-to-become-house-sitter/feed/ 18 11 Tips To Find Your First House Sit https://charlieontravel.com/first-house-sit-tips/ https://charlieontravel.com/first-house-sit-tips/#respond Thu, 10 Jan 2019 15:00:12 +0000 https://charlieontravel.com/?p=11493 You’ve read about how to become a house sitter and now you’re ready to find your first house sit and make sure it’s a success? We’re here to help. Luke and I have been house sitting abroad for more than five years. We’ve house sat in wonderful locations including Mexico, Costa Rica and Guatemala. We’ve […]

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]]> https://charlieontravel.com/first-house-sit-tips/feed/ 0 Eco-Friendly Accommodation Options and How to Find Them https://charlieontravel.com/eco-friendly-accommodation-options-and-how-to-find-them/ https://charlieontravel.com/eco-friendly-accommodation-options-and-how-to-find-them/#comments Mon, 13 Jul 2015 22:53:00 +0000 http://charlieontravel.com/?p=4146 If like me you are feverish with wanderlust but also keen to be as eco-friendly as possible while travelling, then you might want to look into making eco-friendly accommodation choices. You don’t need to spend a fortune to be an eco-friendly traveller, but making eco-conscious choices often takes a reasonable amount of research. Unfortunately, it […]

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]]> https://charlieontravel.com/eco-friendly-accommodation-options-and-how-to-find-them/feed/ 12 What is House Sitting in Costa Rica Really Like? https://charlieontravel.com/house-sitting-in-costa-rica/ https://charlieontravel.com/house-sitting-in-costa-rica/#comments Tue, 28 Apr 2015 13:40:24 +0000 http://charlieontravel.com/?p=3155 We travelled Central America for one year and a large portion of that time was spent in Costa Rica. Why? Not just because Costa Rica is beautiful, but because there’s a lot of house sitting work out there. Though it’s true that we house sat in Panama, Nicaragua and Guatemala too, finding assignments house sitting […]

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]]> https://charlieontravel.com/house-sitting-in-costa-rica/feed/ 20 How We Went from Rookies to Long-Term Travellers https://charlieontravel.com/how-to-be-long-term-traveller/ https://charlieontravel.com/how-to-be-long-term-traveller/#comments Tue, 03 Feb 2015 10:41:32 +0000 http://charlieontravel.com/?p=3150 When we set off on our indefinite travel adventure to Costa Rica, we didn’t know what to expect. Eight months later and we’re long-term travellers. So how did it happen? When we left the UK in May last year, we didn’t have all that much. We had a little money saved from our year teaching in Taiwan, […]

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]]> https://charlieontravel.com/how-to-be-long-term-traveller/feed/ 6 Why Quepos is the Ideal Place to House Sit for Travellers https://charlieontravel.com/quepos-house-sit-travellers/ https://charlieontravel.com/quepos-house-sit-travellers/#comments Sun, 21 Sep 2014 08:00:50 +0000 http://charlieontravel.com/?p=2102 We had an inkling that Quepos would be an ideal house sitting location for travellers, and it turns out we were right. During our first house sit in Costa Rica, we were living well for less up in a small mountain town called Pursical. The house sit was completely incredible, however we weren’t able to […]

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]]> https://charlieontravel.com/quepos-house-sit-travellers/feed/ 12 6 Cute Pets that Will Make You Want to House Sit https://charlieontravel.com/cute-pets-house-sit/ https://charlieontravel.com/cute-pets-house-sit/#comments Sun, 27 Jul 2014 16:49:35 +0000 http://charlieontravel.com/?p=1816 We’ve been living well for less in Costa Rica, house sitting in the mountains surrounding San Jose. One of the best things about this house sit has been the animals: 10 dogs and a cat. It sure is a lot of animals to look after, but we’ve loved it. If you follow me on Facebook, you […]

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]]> https://charlieontravel.com/cute-pets-house-sit/feed/ 8 Living Well for Less in Costa Rica https://charlieontravel.com/living-costa-rica-rich-for-less/ https://charlieontravel.com/living-costa-rica-rich-for-less/#comments Wed, 11 Jun 2014 23:06:06 +0000 http://charlieontravel.com/?p=1484 We came to Costa Rica by chance. Open to house sitting anywhere in the world, Luke and I were fortunate enough to find a temporary home in the mountains overlooking San José. We don’t have much – a close to empty bank account, a backpack each, and just a couple of ideas between us. After 10 days […]

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