House Sitting Tips

If you have ever considered becoming a house sitter, then you’ve come to the right place. Between our team at Goats On The Road® we’ve house and pet sat for over a decade all around the world. In this section, we’ll share all of our best house sitting tips from years of experience as house and pet sitters.

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10 Reasons Why House Sitting is The Ultimate Job

We’ve spent the last year traveling the world and house sitting in some amazing locations. Imagine spending the winter Down Under in Brisbane or Melbourne, exploring the lovely countryside in Oxfordshire England, or escaping winter on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. As you’ll read below, it’s easy to see why house sitting can become addictive. ...
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10 Things To Do After You Land Your First Pet Sitting Job

So, you’ve landed your first pet sitting job… nice work! All of those emails and Skype calls finally paid off and you’re off to a new place to look after an adorable pet (or 10) for the next few weeks (or months). Now that you’ve found a job, you can relax a bit…. but not ...
Living in Grenada: House Sitting and Our Need For a Home Base

Living in Grenada: House Sitting and Our Need For a Home Base

I’m sitting here typing away on my computer, while struggling to keep my mind (and eyes) focused on the task at hand. This would be much easier if the birds would stop chirping in the trees, the waves would stop lapping at the shore, and the lizards would stop running around in the bushes. Our ...
8 Tips to Guarantee You Land The Perfect Pet-Sitting Job

8 Tips to Guarantee You Land The Perfect Pet-Sitting Job

You’ve found the perfect pet-sitting listing on TrustedHouseSitters.com and you’ve contacted the owner. After reading your profile, the owner has replied to you and wants to do a Skype interview. This is very good news and likely, if the call goes well, you’ll be heading out to your next pet sit. But the telephone interview with ...
Living in Grenada: House Sitting and Our Need For a Home Base

6 Months Of Free Accommodation | Our Upcoming Tropical Paradise Plans

As the Year of the Goat progresses, certain opportunities have been presenting themselves, while other previous plans have been totally derailed. One of the great joys of working on the road, and working for ourselves, is that we have the freedom to be able to be spontaneous and totally go with the flow when things ...
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Why House Sitters are Invaluable to Homeowners

We’ve written a few articles on the benefits of being a house sitter (free accommodation, enjoying the company of a furry friend and living like a local, to name a few) but what about homeowners, what’s in it for them? The house sitting sites aren’t just for people looking to take care of homes and ...