Hello! I am new to Trusted House Sitters - I have three confirmed sits this summer. I have seen YouTube videos and read articles from sitters who do this full time - instead of having their own home, they travel sit to sit. This appeals to me, and I’m trying to visualize how this is done. If any…

Welcome @mmlessons ! Well done on landing your first sits. My first tip would be: First see if you actually like housesitting before jumping in full-time. It’s not for everyone, living in someone else’s home and being responsible for their most valued assets. But once you’re comfortable with that, i…

We are not doing this full time, but I agree see how you like it first before committing to that idea. It’s like a box of chocolates, you never know what you will get and living in other people’s homes comes with all kind of challenges. I find one of the hardest things for me is using a kitchen that…

[image] mmlessons: instead of having their own home You’re putting all sitters in one big pot there, a lot (like us) have their own home and rent it out to tenants or as a holiday let… and therefore have income from it too. We choose to not live-live there anymore, because pet sitting is BRI…

My husband and I have been housesitting since 2014 (we never had a residence at any point) and are from the US. From then until 2020, we would stay at my mom’s house for extended periods to visit with family and friends–a few months at a time–so we weren’t literally full-time but pretty much. Thoug…

Hi @mmlessons I don’t know where you’re from, or if you have your own home. I own my home outright and in January 2019 rented it out (bringing in an income) and spent 6 months housesitting in England until July that year when I flew to Auckland housesitting in NZ for 6 months then in Aus but retur…

[image] mmlessons: how you started I began traveling long-term in 2022 and went full-time nomadic before learning about THS. That gave me the chance to gradually build to a full-time traveling life before adding the extra layer of sitting. It also meant that I quickly connected with a communi…

Hi All! I’m brand new here. Lol where do i start? i have a idea of course. I had looked at this in the past. Seemed something I’d really like. I’m a people person, and huge animal lover!!! I recently just moved to SC from Massachusetts. So far i do like it. One of my main reasons , was to live, se…

@mmlessons My partneŕ and I have been full-time petsitting for 5 years now. I wrote an article about the emotional toll of not having a gome on my blog. Will send it to you by DM (cause not sure if I’m allowed to post links here)

oh wow that’s cool. Ok sounds good!

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