Your Community Forum is multi faceted presenting members with many opportunities, including connecting with other TrustedHousesitters on both sides of the network, interacting with Team Trusted, giving feedback and ideas to help improve every member’s experience and having conversations important to all aspects of your pet and housesitting journey but it can also be a place where like minded people share interests, knowledge and yes … passions.
Travel: …
Every TrustedHousesitter member loves travel and within our community there is so much knowledge and first hand experiences of locations around the world not found in any travel brochure.
Gardening …
From a window box to gardens that would have impressed Capability Brown, from pruning roses to harvesting veggies
Books …
A favourite subject
Pets are the heart of who and what we are, does the Pet Category need to be more specific?
What categories would you like to see changed or added?
I think a travel category could be a great addition. Somewhere to share places you’ve been whilst housesitting or somewhere you’ve been because you’ve been able to have housesitters - I do think categories should stay focussed on pets/housesitting as that is why we are here.
Things like gardening/books should be kept to the Just for fun category - even if there is just a permanent post in there with “What are you reading right now”, or “Share what you’ve been planting in the garden”.
I quite like the categories that are here at the moment, and I think adding too many more would just spread out things too much at this stage - perhaps when the forum is opened up to more people it would be needed.
Thank you & agree about not having too many irrelevant categories.
Do you not think adding a Gardens and Gardening Category which is of interest with many members, sitters and owners alike, would encourage engagement, especially with owners? Not from a maintenance perspective but sharing knowledge, as gardening encompasses so much more. Including gardens of the world: … Butchart, Kew, Volksgarten,
Often referred to in listings and member’s stories. Many sitters without gardens enjoy “pottering” in an owner’s garden. It’s also a year round subject and may just be the catalyst for a new visitor to the forum to begin a conversation?
The forum can be a place to embrace every aspect of our amazing pet and housesitting lifestyle. A place where members come to connect, be educated, find solutions to membership issues, be encouraged and helped to achieve success, share beloved pets, share passions, interests and stories, even start or end the day with a smile.
Your feedback is great … and your amazing photos!
A travel category is high on the add to list!
Hi there. I am new to this industry and this website.
I am still understanding how it all works and it is all very exciting. Although I have a few queries that I would like to ask- I am unsure if my profile will be ‘live’ and available for home owners to reach out to me to sit their house if I do not become a subscriber? purely relating to the fact that I do not have an international bank card to pay with. When I do I would love to subscribe to the website, as I will also be subscribing to this wonderful community which I cannot wait for!!
Yes, yes, yes! I love to visit gardens. Please share some of the special gardens you have visited. Butchart is gorgeous, as is Longwood Gardens in Kennet Square, PA. Marie Selby Botanical Garden in Sarasota, FL is magnificent.
My best friend bought me a membership there with the intention of my being able to take advantage of the reciprocal admission benefit to other gardens in the US. I planned to check out gardens wherever I had a sit … but then Covid came and I never went anywhere and my membership lapsed. The Philadelphia Flower Show is also super — especially the free alcoholic beverage tasting booth. Lovely to enjoy the flowers slightly inebriated (I’m an infrequent drinker so it doesn’t takes much).
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Lovely to enjoy the flowers slightly inebriated (I’m an infrequent drinker so it doesn’t takes much).