Comments on: Getting to Yes with Housesitting

By: Talon Windwalker

Talon Windwalker — Sun, 22 Apr 2018 20:32:53 +0000

In reply to julie. Glad you had such a great experience!

By: julie

julie — Fri, 20 Apr 2018 12:00:27 +0000

H, great article, we’ve just finished our first pet sit, adorable dog, everything was perfect, 5* review which was lovely to receive. We are now planning more (5 in the bag) and want to travel, pet sitting in locations we want to see and after the sit, check into somewhere to explore, as you say while doing a pet sit the priority must be the pets and house care. I just have to become better at downsizing for travelling that length of time and embrace being a travelling gypsy, Julie x

By: Talon Windwalker

Talon Windwalker — Sun, 08 Mar 2015 07:21:11 +0000

In reply to Stacey. Absolutely! I cringe when I see people refer to it as free accommodation. I think that's the wrong mindset.

By: Talon Windwalker

Talon Windwalker — Sun, 08 Mar 2015 07:20:20 +0000

In reply to Michael (A Beach Blog). It has made such a huge difference for us. Not only have we had some amazing experiences, but it's enabled us to stay longer in more expensive places and has definitely gotten us through some pretty tight budget moments.

By: Michael (A Beach Blog)

Michael (A Beach Blog) — Thu, 05 Mar 2015 16:04:04 +0000

Some great advice for getting that house sit. I know that without house sitting, we would have had to return to Australia a long time ago.

By: Stacey

Stacey — Thu, 05 Mar 2015 02:08:05 +0000

Thank you for posting this!

I think it’s important to sit down and think about what you’ll be doing for that time where you’re house sitting and not just see it as “free accomodation”. Sure you don’t pay anything to stay there but you are giving them your labour looking after their home and pets and should considder that as well as the lifestyle you will be living over that period.

By: Talon Windwalker

Talon Windwalker — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 13:31:17 +0000

In reply to Dale. Thanks, Dale! I'm so glad to see that you feel the article was so helpful. House sitting is so awesome! You guys sure have had some great ones.

By: Dale

Dale — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 09:49:27 +0000

This is absolutely superb and includes so much that many won’t consider on their first, third, or thirtieth house sitting application.

I really have to thank you and Dani of Globetrottergirls too for inspiring Franca and I to start house sitting in the first place.

By: Talon Windwalker

Talon Windwalker — Thu, 26 Feb 2015 08:14:00 +0000

In reply to Sam.

I wish they would mention having to have a car earlier in the ad as well. I hate when I read through a long description and get all excited only to discover you have to have a car. LOL

I think people tend to forget they’re providing a service when they do a sit, and that you can effectively be locked into an uncomfortable situation if you didn’t make sure you got all the information you needed in advance.

By: Talon Windwalker

Talon Windwalker — Thu, 26 Feb 2015 08:12:18 +0000

In reply to Rebecca Hall (Bex). Yeah, I think WiFi is becoming more and more important to people who are doing house sits. I notice a lot of ads make sure to mention they have it. Our next sit is scheduled for the end of the year outside London. Pretty rare for us to be scheduled that far in advance, but wanted to grab it since it would mean being near London at Christmastime.