I have been with Trusted HouseSitters for over 4 years now and have enjoyed house sits to break up retirement by meeting new people and their pets. Having undertaken almost 40 sits in this time, I feel reasonably confident in making a few observations since we moved into a strange world where a cor…

Nice to see someone has the same sense of humour as me :grinning: Having a wonderful time is what it’s all about. Glad you enjoyed your sit

Sorry to hear you’ve had some negative experiences. We’ve done 34 sits in the past 2 years and have felt that most householders do value what we do. They often leave a bottle of wine or some edibles which we appreciate, but don’t expect. We might leave them some flowers (usually from their garden…

Hi, I’ve both done a sit (which I loved) but mainly have offered sits. I feel it is a mutual value exchange - people get to stay in a house for free (which is a considerable benefit), and I get my house and cat looked after (which is also a considerable benefit!). Mostly it’s been a (very) good exc…

I have been with THS for over 5 years and have done over 50 sits, mainly non-local but also a fair few within an hour to an hour and a half from my home, most of which have become regular. Just today I returned from a new sit an hour away. Even though it was in a town that I had previously visited, …

I think some of you have been very lucky to have had as many sits as you have. Yes, the cost of membership has gone up and my only issue with that is that I have basically been unable to travel for most of the last 18 months. I know there are some people who have traveled in country (I guess the s…

I’ve just received the review of a week long sit I did at the end of August. In it, the HO referred to me as ‘almost like greeting a familiar auntie…’. ( It was my 4th house sit for them). I’d like to bottle that!

I agree. I’ve been treated really disrespectfully on some recent sits and I am not sure if I’ll be renewing my membership because of it

I feel the same, particularly upset about two recent sits, both of which from my point of view were a disaster.

I have been housesitting mainly through THS for a few years now, to date I have not had a bad sit or felt disrespected in any way. All of my sits have been in the USA/Canada as I am based in North America now, once travel is easier I will be heading further afield. I feel it is a privilege to look …

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