HOUSESITTING, A NEW WAY OF TRAVELING

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It was the last days we spent in India, Rober was about to return home for a few weeks, Lety go to Malaysia. The great adventure of going to live in New Zealand was getting closer and closer… And we without having anything scheduled, arg!

We had already heard of woofing Y workaway, some pages where you can find part-time jobs in exchange for food and accommodation, and although we find excellent travel options to reduce expenses, there was something that told us: there is something better. And there was something better, we found it by chance in Maga's blog: the housesitting.

It is about taking care of houses while their owners are on vacation / outside the country / in another house / etc.

It is not exactly like this: the moment you become a sitter and an owner leaves you his house you will have great power. And as Spiderman taught us, great responsibilities come great responsibilities! A person has left you with something super valuable: his house, and possibly a few pets ... your duty is to take care of the house as if it were yours and give a lot of love to your new furry companions.

It depends on each case: there will be owners who will simply ask you to feed the animals, others who will want you to clean and take care of the house and the garden, others who are responsible for monitoring it, others who only want their 4-legged friends not to suffer while they are not ...

No, housesitting is a volunteer job, what you earn will be a wonderful (hopefully) experience, you save on rent and you know more and better a place / country. In some cases the owners can reward the host with some money but it is the great great minority, as there are cases in which the host will have to take care of some expenses (electricity, water, etc ...) But usually neither they will pay you nor You will have to pay.

No. To find a house that you will have to register on one or more housesitting sites. Prices vary between $ 20-90 per year. For us it is an expense that compensates instantly: as soon as you find houses you will not need to pay rent / hostel.

It depends on where you want to do the housesitting, there will be some websites or others recommended. If you plan to try it in New Zealand we would definitely recommend the webkiwihousesitters. We signed up and at 2 weeks we already had a house. We had 3 houses a month and a few requests to take care of more places. The same happened to Australia and aussiehousesitters.

Although with these you limit yourself to a single country, so we always recommend creating an account on one of these other websites, if you have the idea of repeating experience in other parts of the world:

Trustedhousesitters (annual registration of € 89). The best of all.
Housecarers (annual registration of $ 50)
Mindmyhouse (annual registration of $ 20)

It is best to think about where you want to do the housesitting, check the various offers on the different pages and sign up for the one with the most (or best) offers.

We use several, but the one we recommend is www.trustedhousesitters.com that serves everyone. The price is € 89, the best invested of your trip! And if you register through this link, you have a20% discount!

100% YES! We are delighted with this new way of traveling! You have the possibility of living like a local, learn their customs and if you like animals, you will take the friendship of a few hairy!

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