The Travelling House Sitters
House sitting has been a wonderful journey for us, it has allowed to stay in some of the most beautiful homes in the UK and Ireland. However our favourite part has been looking after some of the most wonderful animals and spending time exploring our new surroundings with them.
We are The Travelling House Sitters or other known as Jayden & Brittnay, a New Zealand & Aussie couple. We begun our house sitting journey in London where we were living at time. We both had dreamt of driving across Europe in a van while house sitting along the way. House sitting in London was our first step to relisingg this dream.
After two exciting years in London, we moved across the pond to Dublin. Wanting to build upon our references we secured some two month long house sits. This was a lovely way to integrate ourselves in a community quickly. Before we moved over what we didn't realise was that these house sitters were in the most affluent areas of Dublin, so having a castle on side and Bono around the corner quickly became the norm.
After three months later and four house sits done and dusted, we set off from Ireland, destined for Thailand. We have pieced together some of our most memorable moments. We have also included some tips from our guide how to become a housesitter.
You will also see that house sitting is not only about the money you can save, it's the locals you meet, the knowledge you gain and the relationships you build.
Jayden & Brittnay Sharman
Joy in the Journey
We have been worldschooling our daughter and traveling for several years. It happened with a single choice, slipping through the window of opportunity to celebrate our 30th anniversary while putting our household goods into storage rather than getting another house and job. We have volunteered all over and it has included longer stays while our growing girl went to a school she was interested in and we managed a BnB in Hawaii. As we returned to the Mainland after 18 months, we housesat through this website and met strangers that became like family.
We appreciate the value of being able to make our family larger through those we meet and serve. We love it when folks list a need for a sitter several months in advance and for a longer than a week. We like becoming part of the community which is easier with the longer stays. We have done petsitting at most places and this has been enriching for all of us. We have gotten to love on horses, goats, chickens, turkeys, dogs, kittycats, and even a rabbit.
We are grateful for the people who made the website and those who are hosts and sitters, willing to make the world a connected place to live in. It is a great life- and we love living it!
The Hamner Family
It has been a privilege to be part of Luxury House Sitting!
We have always enjoyed traveling, learning and doing new things. Luxury House Sitting has enabled us to fulfill that desire while serving others. Some of our adventures included:
staying in lovely homes across the USA having fun with pets (and even learning how to play soccer with one dog!) buying maple syrup from a Vermont farmer enjoying a 4th of July celebration in a small town taking a boat ride in an alligator infested swamp staying on an island in the middle of the Columbia river by a scenic marina walking civil war battlefields in Virginia going to a HUGE flea market in Connecticut hearing the Mormon Tabernacle Choir in concert in an outdoor amphitheater in New York enjoying a beautiful view of Pikes Peak in Colorado from our host home, and reconnecting with many friends as we were driving to our housesitting jobs.
We often housesit in our home area. We find the homeowners appreciate our service and will recommend us to their friends. Also, they ask us back!
Shirley & Don VanDeraa
Hello to our Community of Housesitters and Hosts!
What a joy and privilege for us to be a part. We were afforded the most memorable experience house/pet sitting for 3 old dogs and 1 old cat in Maui for 1 month last year. Our host was so welcoming and so kind and generous of spirit and treated his family of critters with utmost love and respect. We had our private apartment downstairs and while our time overlapped, we were welcomed to use his kitchen for any and all meals and he made his truck readily available for us to explore the island. We got involved in the community, feeding the homeless and organizing food in the major food bank on the island. The climate was ideal and the aloha spirit remains deep within our hearts. We await another opportunity in Hawaii enthusiastically.
We are soon off to the south of France to house sit and take care of a little dog, Chico for 2 weeks. We are so grateful for this opportunity and are anxious to explore as we have never been to the south of France before but have heard how beautiful it is.
We wish you all peace and blessings. We have great flexibility in travel and so hope that our paths will cross one day with YOU.
Marge & David Schneider
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