Ideal, Christmas Housesit in Kitsilano, Vancouver, Housesit opportunity through Housecarers

Once again (the 4th time for us, actually), we have found the ideal housesit opportunity through Housecarers. Feel free to use this as a reference. It was, once again, well worth the $50 to get the "preferred service" on your website.

We will be spending Christmas in Kitsilano, Vancouver, British Columbia.

The ad was posted as "kevinalove". We talked and exchanged emails over the Canadian Thanksgiving Weekend. We and they are feeling very comfortable with the match and the timing is perfect for spending Christmas with our son who lives in Vancouver.

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Thanks for a great service.
Lew & Laura, Ontario, Canada

View from Deck of House Sit Kitsilano, Vancouver, British Columbia

Hi Lew and Laura Thanks for the feedback and comments. It is always good to hear stories like yours What are your main reasons for housesitting? And where are you from?

We always housesit in the Vancouver area where our son lives. It's great because he always checks the place out and meets the owners. The owners always feel more comfortable having gained a feeling for who we are by talking to Neil. In each case they have offered Neil his own bedroom which we usually take advantage of so that we can spend more time together.

Lew And Laura, Seasoned House-sitters, from Ontario Canada

We live in a small town 2 hours west of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Perfect carer found for Beautiful Victorian house and English staffordshire doggy, in the coastal village of Thirroul

Hello House Carers, I wanted to thank you as we have just returned from a holiday, having used your site for the first time, and found a very reliable, lovely lady, PEACEHOUSESITTER , to look after our home and pets. We received several replys within a couple of days, after posting our ad, and I kept pinching myself while on holidays as i couldn't believe we had found the perfect carer with little effort! I will definitely use your site again and will recommend it to family and friends. It has opened my eyes and my husband and I are looking forward to a time when we may become house carers, whilst enjoying seeing other parts of the world. Kind Regards ....Melissa (username relax56)

Loves people and other dogs. A little boisterous and excitable if he hasn't seen you for a while. View Thirroul housesitter found ad - and happy Staffie, relax56

...Beautiful Victorian house in the coastal village of Thirroul. Close to train station, cafes, quirky shops, stunning beaches, coastal bike tracks, escarpment walks

Lovely Laydies

The many moods of HouseOverLake - free Accommodation enjoyed by Housesitters

Just wanted to tell you what a terrific site this is. We have matched with wonderful housesitters through you, and have recommended it frequently to fellow travelers (which is how we learned about it). Keep up the good work... Jay... username houseoverlake.

View housesit filled (many times) for Lakeside home, Belchertow Massachusetts, USA

....We live in a contemporary glassed-in cedar home cantilevered over a small quiet lake in Western Mass. Depending on the season, the lake can be used for swimming, non-motorized boating, water and ice fishing, skating and skiing. Great wildlife and beautiful views... HouseOverLake

You can enjoy free holiday accomodation in locations like this. Subscribe as a Housesitter and we will keep you posted of opportunities worldwide.

Announcing the NEW House Sitter Search Engine (Advanced and Easy)

The new search engine includes Filters down the left side that lets Homeowners easily match with House Sitters. Need a House Sitter who loves Dogs and Cats, is willing to do short term - and willing to travel, and likes remote areas? No worries the new search will easily find suitable candidates for this assignment - and many others.
Try the New House Sitter Search Engine out Now!

Prince Caspian III, gets eager Sitter for his KURANDA, Atherton Tablelands, QLD home

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I would like to thank you for this wonderful service. I had my house advertised on your site for a short period & was brought in touch with some very wonderful & highly suitable respondents. What a shame I couldn't accommodate them all! Kind regards & thanks again... efree21

"They both love their walks(beautiful around this rainforesty, undulating area ...

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Cat Sitter found for Victorian house, in a quiet, leafy lane in Torquay on the English Riviera in Devon, England.: close both to the sea and to beautiful countryside.

Thank you very much for this. I have found someone for my holiday in December and will use your site again next year.

Cat Sitter found for Victorian house, in a quiet, leafy lane in Torquay on the English Riviera in Devon.
... close both to the sea and to beautiful countryside.

"Foreigner, Exploring"

There is a parade of shops just around the corner and the railway station is within easy walking distance, so there is no need for a car.

View cat sitters found for Torquay on the English Riviera in Devon, England

Bendigo, VIC home and cat owner makes excellent match for her healthy 7 year old Moggie, who has a cat curfew,

Thanks for your excellent web site, I've tried others, but yours is the most helpful and was recommended to me by another member, who has used 'HouseCarers' in the past. Hope everything works out fine with my trip to Europe in March. I have suspended my 'profile' but would like to keep it for possible use in the future. Hope this will not clutter up your website... IR (username strathdale

View cat sitter found ad for Bendigo Vic, Australia

Housecarers: You are welcome to return to the website at any time to refer to information or use your membership facilities. And anytime down the track you can login and click Post Housesit button to place a new ad based on your previous one.

I am glad we could help. Enjoy your time away and I hope we can help you next time.

Two housesits /(cat and Caoodle sits), in quick succession organised with a minimum of fuss for Imelda and Graham , Engadine Sydney

Two housesits in quick succession organised with a minimum of fuss. Again the website has been invaluable. We've advised all applicants and switched off the ad, so until next time, thanks again. Regards, Imelda and Graham

View house sitter found for Engadine Sydney NSW for cat and very friendly cavoodle puppy
... We are surrounded by the beautiful bush, making walking a delight. Public transport is very easy from our street: buses close by travel in 5 minutes to Engadine train station, offering a good service to all areas of Sydney"

House and Pet Sitter found to enjoy San Francisco, 6 blocks from the ocean bordering, Golden Gate Park

We have found our house sitter. Your site is wonderful. We had 8 very qualified responses and actually had a hard time choosing. We will definitely recommend your site to everyone. Thanks again.

We have 2 great dogs (Labradoodle, Havanese), Leeloo and Molly. Leeloo would need walks every day but Molly is a house dog only

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Housesitter found to share the Halifax Experience, The Dingle, Halifax,Nova Scotia Canada

We have found a house sitter through your site. Thank you -- excellent service and a well-constructed site. The site is well thought-out. p.s. we will be needing a house sitter again next year... does our ad stay (hidden) on the site?

The Back Garden. The garden and garden shed are the envy of the neighbourhood. This is only a partial view.

Username: halifaxhomeowner.

Housecarers:

Thanks for the update and feedback. Yes your ad stays hidden . When you want to use the site again , just login and post your ad again based on your old one. You are welcome to return to the website at any time to refer to information or use your membership facilities. And anytime down the track you can login and click Post Housesit button to place a new ad based on your previous one... Ian

The Halifzx Experience

Halifax is the major centre for Canada's Maritime provinces, a vibrant city featuring cultural amenities, many universities, and a beautiful natural environment. 12 minute drive to the centre of Halifax; we are also on the bus route. It is a short walk to a convenience store as well as a beautiful oceanfront park, lakes and wooded walking trails. Helpful and friendly neighbours very close by. Two major grocery stores a three minute drive away.

Full profile for housesit: The Dingle, Halifax,Nova Scotia Canada.

Housesittingpainter sells New Zealand business and start their journey through Canada via House Sitting

Hi Ian, We have a housesit starting Nov. 4 for 5 months , so I guess this does work! Thanks.

We are from Temagami (1 hour north of North Bay) and we are selling our business and do not know where or what we want to do so we thought housesitting would be good to see some country.

The Busyretirees from Kemptville near Ottawa, Ontario Canada checked us out and thought we would be good for them.

So we are of to a good start on our new journey.

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Globetrotters find amazing Cat Sitters for Bellingham Washington Home - while they visit Europe for 4 weeks

Just wanted to let you know our housesitting has been filled in Bellingham sept 18th for 4 weeks. Thanks for the service your site supplies. The results have been amazing...

We are looking for a non-smoking house sitter to look after our house and two cats while we are in Europe. Our house is a 2 bedroom, 1 bath, Craftsman, with a study and a view over Bellingham bay. We have a garden with sitting areas, fruit trees and a small vegetable patch that we would love for you to take advantage of. Fairhaven is a short, fairly level walk away where you will find lots of ammenities. You can also take the trail into downtown Bellingham, about a 2 1/2 mile walk along the bay.

View housesitter required profile (filled) for minding two Cats - South Hill, Bellingham Whatcom,Washington United States

Book Review - The House Sitting Book, Travel the World and Your Lodging is Free

Our long time housesitter members Josie and Conrad Schneider Housecarers profile for:Josie and Contrad - (Cultureconnectors) have released an e-book jammed packed with great tips on how to land housesits and line-up house sit after housesit. It is always great to hear stories like theirs - and learn proven tips for successful housesit applications.

The House Sitting Book Travel the World and Your Lodging is Free I wrote THE HOUSE SITTING BOOK to help you succeed at winning the best assignments. Tips like how to word your profile – and its heading – so that homeowners will trust you with the care of their home. I give you real examples of good and bad profiles along with the explanation of exactly why the wording works or doesn’t. (One mistake is posting a profile with your wants and needs instead of illustrating your experience and readiness to care for someone else’s beloved home.) I also show you how to reveal truisms about yourself that make your profile pop.

And it’s essential to sign up for the daily email alerts. One tip tells you how to respond to desired house sitting posts so that yours is among the first to arrive in the homeowner’s inbox. And I show you exactly how to word your letter so that it stands out. The prime assignments can prompt a hundred or more replies, so yours needs to be stellar – and very personal. Included in THE HOUSE SITTING BOOK are two actual letters of mine that won us prime assignments in Copenhagen and near Washington D.C. in the United States. I give examples of why my letters grabbed the homeowner’s attention, (out of the nearly two hundred letters they each received), like how I commented on items in one homeowner’s photos that were near and dear to her heart.

My husband Conrad and I live the house sitting lifestyle, going from one assignment to the next, with time in between to travel and discover new countries and cultures. We are not wealthy people. Conrad is retired and I am a freelance writer and blogger. And because we have learned how to travel on a tight budget, I also present tips, including my 3-Step-Method to finding low-cost off-the-beaten-path lodging that is family-owned. These are the sweet places that we remember long after leaving because the generous owners share local lore, food and historical information as well as friendship – like the 350-year-old Gasthof Locher in the Italian Dolomites where we helped bring the cows down the hillside from the upper pasture, or the Catalan Cal Jepa apartment owned by a restaurateur who gave us a personal tour of his vineyard and fruit orchards.

THE HOUSE SITTING BOOK is a 100-page downloadable ebook packed with my inspiration, Conrad’s analytical tables and graphs, as well as fun-facts sprinkled about, (like: Norwegians drink more coffee than any other people on the planet), and 2 questionnaires which delve into your needs and motives for house sitting and traveling. There are charts for cost-of-living and transportation costs. There are tips for using public transportation and rental cars. I talk about the differences in house sitting assignments in terms of urban vs. remote, and more importantly, what that means for you. For instance, Conrad and I accepted an extremely remote house sit in Spain for an off-the-grid mountainside home. I show you photos and explain the good and the bad, so you can judge if remote house sitting is right for you.

I devote one section of the book to contracts, a very important aspect of your house sitting happiness! Among the many other subjects covered in THE HOUSE SITTING BOOK are language, visas, travel hacking and technology.

Here’s what others are saying:

“If you've considered house sitting as a vacation option or even a lifestyle, The House Sitting Book is a very comprehensive resource to get you started. Regardless of your web expertise, Josie makes the house sitting and travel lifestyle accessible with tips and tricks for finding and landing (and getting the most out of) house sitting gigs, as well as providing lots of tips for stress-free travel and experiencing new cultures. You can tell Josie is an expert, as most of the material is written from personal experience, with contextual anecdotes peppered throughout.” -Nora Dunn, The Professional Hobo

"This book is a gem! Whether you are in "the lifestyle" or merely considering it, you will find tips and facts that make this a must-read book. Not only is The House Sitting Book full of all kinds of information, it is well written and researched. It will cut your time in locating a house to sit and help you get assignments faster." -- Joan Sheridan, U.S.A.

I invite you into my world so that you too can reap the rewards – and fun – of house sitting. I wish you epic and safe travels! Click HERE to read more about THE HOUSE SITTING BOOK.

Retired house sitters from Central Victoria skip the tourist trail, enjoy the pets, and soak up the local communities

Here is a photo taken on our 48th Wedding Anniversary which was last March. We were staying on Kangaroo Island and as we both have a bit of a passion for lighthouses thought how appropriate to climb to the top of Cape Willoughby Lighthouse on our special day.

Having just completed a wonderful seven week house sit in Tasmania, we are now looking forward to a four month house sit in England later in the year. Thank you for giving us so much pleasure. We look forward to more house sits in 2013.

We live in Central Victoria.

Mike and I decided to house sit as it was a way for us to see the world and become part of the community in which we house sat.

We have travelled as tourists before, but now we like to stay in the one spot, look after the animals and absorb the atmosphere. part of the community in which we house sat.

We look forward to more of the same next year Lyn and Mike (username Serena)

View profile for Lyn and Mike: Retired country couple looking to house sit in Tasmania or England. Love animals and gardens.

Some interesting Statistics on Housesit Postings with Pets

Homeowner  Postings		Percent
Dogs only		31.63%
Dogs and Cats		17.91%
Dogs Cats and other Pets *		13.49%
Dogs + other non-cat Pets *		12.33%
Cats only		16.98%
Cats + other non-dog pets *		5.12%
Other		2.56%

* Main other pets are Horses/Ponies. Birds. Farm Animals, Livestock , Fish From Housecarers Homeowner Postings Free Regisrations Last 4 months With Pets 88.68% Without Pets 11.32% Now these different species are getting on well. So we can learn to get along with people from different cultures and (some may say from different planets) Housesitting proves that.

Home and Labrador owner & UK expats, from Beachside, Bang Sare Chon Buri Thailand finds House & Dog Sitters have restored their faith in the kindness of human beings.

Can we say a big 'thank you' to all the people that answered our advert at very short notice.

We've had quite a stressful year and the kindness of people that house-sit has restored our faith in the kindness of human beings.

I'm just off to the UK for my yearly visit to our lovely family and friends and hope that our sitters will find the place to their liking.

Many thanks to HouseCarers.com and their amazing band of 'sitters'. Keep up the good work! you're doing an amazing job! and a big 'Thank You' to all the people that replied.

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Pippa on one of her walks .

Recently widowed House Sitter, maddie40, finds House Sitting a great way to catch up with my friends without the hassle of staying with them

I have found your site very helpful and have just completed a house sit very successfully for 6 weeks in Napier New Zealand ...thank you ...I am now looking for my next house sit ...

Housecarers:

Great news about the housesit. It is always good to hear stories like yours. Where are you from? and what are your main reasons for housesitting?

I have my own house just outside of Dunedin new Zealand, and my reasons for house sitting was I list my partner in an accident and then my small dog died , so I felt without any ties, now was the time to do house sitting, and its a great way to catch up with my friends without the hassle of staying with them, so I pick places where I know people and then have a holiday without the accommodation expense. I think I will work my way to an overseas house sit away from new Zealand and Australia.......Cheers Jenni

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Rural Brisbane Dog Owners save 600.00 in kennel boarding fees on low maintenance, outdoor Cocker Spaniel Albert. Property offers housesitters:- wallabys; and a lot of bird life

Thanks for your great website. We are going overseas for a month and need a sitter. We put a free ad up on your website, and within the week we now have a sitter that we are comfortable with! Thanks again. You just saved us $600.00 in kennel boarding fees, and peace of mind having the house occupied while we are gone... bobmandy

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English Expats visit UK from their Lourmarin French Village Home and return to Doggy well and happy -- and a cooked dinner.

Megan & Marty (Happy2B1) looked after our house and dog in France for a week while we visited the UK. They were a delightful, interesting couple and made a great job of their assignment with us - the garden was tended, the house immaculate, and the dog well and happy - they even cooked dinner for us the night we returned. Anyone booking them for a similar assignment will be lucky!!

What a treat for dog-lovers ... large house, with swimming pool, on a hill 7/8 minutes walk from the village of Lourmarin, which is designated as one of the most beautiful villages in France, with a strong cafe society and many shops and galleries. Lourmarin is in the Luberon, and we are surrounded by hills and woods, with spectacular views. It is also convenient for a visit to Apt, Isle- sur-le-Sorgue, and Aix-en-Provence. The weekly market is on Friday... View ad for dog-sitter Lourmarin France

Megan & Marty - View profile for house sitters, Happy2B1

Baltimore Homeonwer finds Cat Loving House Sitter for 3rd time for Housesit near Starbucks!

This will be our third time with House Carers. Our first two sitters were excellent and we anticipate our current sitter will be too.

....Large, comfortable house in shady neighborhood on bus line and walking distance to grocery store, Starbucks, bank and library... ... view Housesit filled for Baltimore housesit new Strabucks