Normally when people talk about house sitting, they rave about the fact that the accommodations are free. “House sitting is such a great way to travel the world…for free!” We hate to break it to you, but it isn’t free. Nothing is. Here are some of the costs of house sitting you may not have thought about.
The Travel Day series is an attempt to shift our collective focus from the beautiful travel photos we are constantly bathed in thanks to the ubiquity of Instagram and from the endless slew of inspiring travel quotes that distract us from what travel really is - an hours and days long process of actually getting to our destination.
We know a fair number of travelers who are terrified of eating street food, and get shivers just reading about bugs in Cambodia or buckets of live frogs and eels found all over Asia. And it totally makes sense. Nobody wants to get sick. But you are really missing out if you don’t take advantage of the street food, and here are some reasons why.
We were quite surprised when we had an email in our inbox from Trusted House Sitters telling us that we had won their House Sitter of the Year award of 2018! What does that mean exactly? Find out!
Normally when people talk about house sitting, they rave about the fact that the accommodations are free. “House sitting is such a great way to travel the world…for free!” We hate to break it to you, but it isn’t free. Nothing is. Here are some of the costs of house sitting you may not have thought about.
There is a knack to weeding out what could be a good house sit versus a bad house sit. If you are like us, you’ll first be tickled pink just to get an email back saying the homeowner wants to chat. In the beginning we would have said yes to nearly any house sit. We’ve had amazing experiences in each location, but have learned a few things along the way.
