Travel in Egypt: dangerous hotspot or a great place to housesit? 12 things you need to know
Egypt is not on everyone’s tourist map, but it’s an experience not to be missed.
Pet sitting blue heelers
House sitting blue heelers: How descendants of the Australian dingo became intelligent, loyal — and cuddly — working dogs.
Nashville
Nashville – explore country music’s epicentre, crammed with bars and honky tonks where live music is pumped out 17 hours a day.
Destinations in Brittany 2019: 8 unspoiled gems
Discover 8 unspoiled destinations in Brittany, France. See the best Brittany has to offer and avoid the crowd and over-the-top prices.
House sitting the deaf and diabetic doesn’t have to be difficult
Horribly abused rescue dogs, diabetic cats, shy guinea pigs – we’ve cared for them all. House sitting the deaf and diabetic doesn’t have to be difficult.
Life as a housesitting traveller can be a wild ride
Three ways to see the sights while housesitting.
Nottingham Jack
MEET Jack. Like most rescue animals, he has quite a story and he’s a great survivor. Jack is about 16 and has more than a few gray hairs. He lived wild in a car park for about a year before being given a home by Lindsay, our housesitting host in Nottingham. Lindsay was hoping to […]
Border collies
BORDER collies are most closely associated with being working dogs, especially around sheep. Highly intelligent, obedient, loyal and swift moving, they were bred on the Scottish Borders specifically for that purpose. But they can also make great pets, although the few we’ve cared for seem to have needed plenty of “work” — that is, a […]
How we turned financial obligations into housesitting dreams
Like the sound of the housesitting lifestyle but think you can’t afford it? Think again.
Your next 7 moves when housesitting travel plans go wrong
Recently, after a break in Lisbon, we flew to Madrid to pick up a flight to our next housesit, in Tenerife. What could possibly go wrong?
Tonkinese
WHAT do you get if you cross a siamese cat with a burmese? A tonkinese, an often lively and “talkative” cat long recognised as their own natural breed. Their appearance can vary (long or the more common shorthair, and different colours) and they can be deceptively heavy despite their long, slender build. It has been […]
A host of reasons housesitting is a two-way street
HOUSESIT only on two-way streets. When you accept a sit it becomes an agreement between two or more parties.