As another year draws to a close, what is your 2025 round-up?
We had another enjoyable year, which consisted of …
22 sits
3 countries(England, Greece, Cyprus)
386 Nights Pet/House sitting ( We do some overlapping)
25 nights in Airbnb/ Hotel accommodation
20 Cats
14 Dogs
4 Chickens
We are currently in Cyprus, on the same sit we started 2025 off with.
Next, we have two more Cyprus sits booked; after that, we have no idea where in the world we will be!
Oh dear @Colin … math this early in the morning? No worries. I opted to
stick to Canada only this year and had numerous repeats.
-17 sits (8 THS, 1 for family, 8 paid)
-89 nights
-9 cats
-1 dog
plus feeding many birds, squirrels, raccoons, possum, bunnies and feral cats at a favourite rural sit
36 THS sits, 3 of them repeats in the calendar year
2 non THS sits for friends/family
27 locations in Scotland
1 in England
188 nights in owners homes, no hotels or b&bs required
10 cats
59 dogs
1 parrot
40 chickens
4 ducks
5 sheep
6 Alpacas
125 animals
plus wild birds and squirrels
1I sits in the year, spanning UK and Spain. No hotels or AirBnbs.
186 days housesitting 13 dogs and 8 cats
Some sits without THS reviews as repeats, some family sits. None paid.
All solo sitting except 11 days at Christmas period. So 50% of the time not in my own properties last year.
13 sits (12 THS, 1 short repeat sit done privately)
10 in England, 2 in Wales
4 new sits, 9 repeat sits in 4 different homes
106 Nights Pet/House sitting
Our first long sit (a little over 6 weeks)
9 different dogs, 3 different cats, a few fish
Definitely a year of repeats. Less variety but some favourite pets and places. Normally we have a more even split between dogs and cats,
We have repeat sits booked during February half term and part of the Easter holidays. One of those is the same pets but in a different home! Other than that, we will see who asks us back and what else takes our fancy!
It was much easier for me this year as I kept a tally, knowing you would post this again!
5 countries - England, Scotland, Ireland, Chile (including Easter Island) and Argentina
186 nights pet/housesitting
17 nights Airbnb/hotel accommodation
23 nights staying with friends
82 nights back in my home
57 nights travelling in Chile and Argentina (aurbnbs and hotels)
15 sits (one being for the third time)
14 dogs
3 cats
8 hens
1 cockerel
I’m currently back home and have a repeat sit coming up (3rd time) February half term. Also recently signed up to a paid sitting website
16 sits (3 not THS) and the rest were repeats. I only sit fall, winter, and early spring because I’m a seasonal guide in Sitka, Alaska.
13 THS sits in total:
All were cats and one dog!
3 in California ( Santa Cruz, Mill Valley and Sonoma.
1 in Seattle ( repeat)
All the rest in Portland, Oregon ( all repeats except 1)
@Brightlight i like that one, what’s it called?
Its from the guys at Sittify and is called Wrapped. You just need your THS Id… Sittify - for the sitter
Here is my 2025.
15 sits (8 new, 6 repeats)
26 cats
10 countries visited (5 countries for sits, 5 for other travel)
Total nights sitting 278
66 nights hotels or airbnbs (14 airbnb, 52 hotels)
2 overnight flights
1 overnight ferry
18 nights visiting family
It was a great year! I’ve started 2026 with visiting 2 countries I’ve never been to (Morocco and Portugal) with my sister and my daughter!
Part-time sitter:
20 sits - 8 new, 12 repeat (6 multi-repeat)
16 England, 3 Scotland, 1 Wales
143 nights sitting, 4 nights hotel
43 cats (boosted by 1 HO with 10!), 2 guinea pigs, 1 miniature hamster, numerous indoor fish and snails, numerous sea monkeys, wild birds. Non-cats on one sit together with 2 cats.
Oh my, that takes me back to when I was a kid! I remember those being advertised on the back cover of comic books
I’d never heard of them and I couldn’t see them.
Yes, they start off very tiny and translucent so you don’t see them readily. They max out at 1/4 inch
