Comments on: How to House Sit and Travel the World for Longer

By: Love C and D

Love C and D — Sun, 07 Aug 2016 05:46:36 +0000

Hi Charlie. Have only just come across this post; thank you for such a comprehensive overview and some great tips. We are currently travelling RTW and would love to make it a longer term thing. We have discovered that longer stays in places are our preferred medium, so housesitting is definitely an attractive proposition. Will definitely refer to this when we decide to look into it more! Love C and D x

By: Charlie on Travel

Charlie on Travel — Sat, 05 Sep 2015 10:19:31 +0000

In reply to Effy. Hey Effy, that's cool, I bet that house sitting in NZ was gorgeous. Did you spend the time in between sits travelling?

By: Effy

Effy — Thu, 03 Sep 2015 17:42:00 +0000

My partner and I house sat around New Zealand, as accommodation is quite expensive. It was a great experience a little nerve wracking when we had some time between sits.

By: Brian & Lynn Moore

Brian & Lynn Moore — Sun, 05 Jul 2015 16:57:40 +0000

Great advice and really helpful for anyone considering House or Pet Sitting. My wife and I are using house and pet sitting in the UK to explore our country and also to get our ‘pet-fix’. We only started in March this year and, so far, we have looked after a Pointer puppy, hens, ducks and geese at a converted mill in Cornwall, a Bichon Frise/Shih Tzu mix in Cheltenham, a lovely long-haired cat, called Moet, in Surrey, a short-haired cat, called George, in Lancashire and are currently looking after a Wheaten Terrier in Somerset. We’re off home for a week, then looking after 2 dogs and some hens in the Chiltern Hills, followed by a Border Collie in Hampshire and a Dalmation puppy in Colchester. Fantastic fun and well worth doing. We are loving it!

By: Charlie on Travel

Charlie on Travel — Sun, 01 Mar 2015 16:19:42 +0000

In reply to Karianne.

That’s awesome! So glad to hear that it’s going well for you, Karianne :)

Did you use TrustedHousesitters, or you’re helping out friends/fam?

By: Karianne

Karianne — Sun, 01 Mar 2015 15:17:57 +0000

We’ve just started housesitting and are living it! We are currently doing it in the UK to build up references and are going to look for housesits abroad soon!

Its such a great idea and gives you such a good opportunity to meet local people. We love it.

By: Charlie on Travel

Charlie on Travel — Tue, 20 Jan 2015 22:50:13 +0000

In reply to Valerie. Glad it was helpful! Are you enjoying Costa Rica? Which area are you in? Lots of demand for house sitters, so could be a great thing to do :)

By: Valerie

Valerie — Tue, 20 Jan 2015 20:46:06 +0000

Great post with a lot of useful tips and recommendations. My husband and I are currently in Costa Rica for three months and have been considering becoming housesitters. This post has definietly helped :)

By: Charlie on Travel

Charlie on Travel — Fri, 01 Aug 2014 02:52:45 +0000

In reply to Oliver.

Thanks, Oliver! We’ve definitely had more luck from our proactive approach but I heard recently that another travel blogger got 12 house sits through using TrustedHousesitters, so I guess both can work well. Yes, there’s a lot of to and fro before anything get confirmed – which is natural, of course.

And thanks! We sure hope that;s how it works out! =)

By: Oliver

Oliver — Tue, 29 Jul 2014 23:28:09 +0000

Great tips here Charlie! Setting up a dedicated site for your housesitting might be an idea and I quite like your proactive approach via different channels other than the big platforms. I think your post indicates quite well that it might be more difficult to get a gig confirmed than actually caring for house and pets during a sit…
Best of luck for the two of you and may there be plenty of more cute four-legged companions and stunning views coming your way. :) Todo lo mejor y hasta pronto!