I have done house sitting with trusted house sitters. I enjoy the platform. I followed the same path as you. Built up some great reviews. I plan to take the house sitting international next year. I have one family the I house sat for 4 times. You can get to know the neighbors well that way.
Maggi, this was a great video, with a well-thought out, comprehensive list. I've house-sat (pet-sat) many times over the years... and I've been considering joining Trusted Housesitters, for when I am traveling. It's so important to ask the right questions!! Cheers ~
Really cool to hear your experience with doing this in Europe as I've been doing this in the US (Colorado specifically) for the past 6 months, but I've never really met or talked to anyone else on the pet-sitting side of this. I agree with a lot of your comments and suggestions and I think planning in your "vacation days" and "cleaning time" is very smart as especially certain housesits and pets can get quite time consuming and make it difficult to get remote work done or go site-seeing.
That is wonderful! I can't stay in ANY of my friends houses if they are dirty lol or if they don't clean after their pets...Great TIPS!!!! I hadn't thought of any of this...
As a few times a year traveler with multiple pets I am particularly excited to try out Trusted Housesitters. The annual cost is like half of what I normally pay a sitter for just a week! Thanks for all the great information!
Hi Susie! It is definitely doable. But we were also very „intimidated“ before we did it our first house sit and that‘s why I decided to do this video. Therefore, I am very happy to hear that you found it helpful. :) If you ever have any questions, feel free to reach out!
Doing it as a couple has lots of advantages in my opinion, especially because we were able to do the pet „duties“. Everson usually did the feeding in the morning, I did the „night shift“. 😂
Update: You can use my affiliate link trustedhousesitters.pxf.io/mgxgry (use Promocode MAGGI25 to get 25% off. :) Since I maxed out the free months with my referral link (thanks everyone!) I went ahead an joined their Affiliate program and asked them for a discount code. I hope that helps. :)
We are a retired couple who would like to start doing this. My question is how to you have a car in another country? Do you rent one? This is a wonderful and helpful video. You are a delightful person.
The visa issue is very tricky in my opinion. I only do housesits in the EU where I don’t need one. But I know for example that if I would do a housesit in the UK, I would require a work visa (even though I am not getting any money for it). So I am afraid I am not a big help, but I can only recommend to do a lot of research on what type of visa is required before going to avoid any problems.
So when you mean by vacation days, you are not taking care of the pets or staying at the house? Do you stay during vacation days at airbnbs and hotels? I'm just confused by how you split your time between sightseeing/traveling and taking care of the pets/house
Yes, exactly. During the housesit, we usually hang around with the pets. And in between the housesits, we travel around and do the “tourist” program and stay in hotels or airbnbs. :)
Hi Maggi, great tips and presenting. I'm currently choosing between premium and standard sitter plan, did you come across cancellations? do you think premium worth it? i read that it's quite difficult and long waiting until they recognise reimbursement. Also, for how long before do you buy flight tickets for example? Thank you
We only have the standard sitter plan, so I have no experience on how fast they act on cancellations and if they really reimburse you. But we never had any problems and no houseowner cancelled. As of now, we only went housesitting within Europe and always took the car. But I am personally someone who books flights earlier than later, so I guess I would start looking for cheap flights once the houesit is confirmed. :)
I've just joined a different site yesterday and already had four offers to sit! I'm just wondering what you do for work if you're able to work from someone's home?
Hello Maggi! Would you consider it possible to do this in Latin America, Brazil specifically? I'm from Brazil and want to start traveling like that around here, since I still don't make enough to support myself in Europe, for example. But I never heard of anything like this, it seems like the market for house sitting is just very low. I would like to know your perspective about ir
Sorry for the late reply, I have been traveling to Brazil in the last few days. ;-) I have a filter on for house sits in Brazil for the last few months and there have not been too many sits. A few short stays around the holidays in big cities like Rio, Belo Horizonte and one in Floripa. In my opinion, most offers are in English speaking countries (UK, US, Australia) or places where lots of English speaking people have vacation homes. Tons of people from England have for example second homes in Spain, so there were lots of offers for us this summer. In Portugal, there were a lot less English people, so there were less offers. In Austria, there are almost none… So I guess it depends on the destination. I hope that helps. :)
@@MaggiFuchs It does help, obrigada Maggi! I guess the route for now will be working + volunteering for accomodations until I have some savings and can take advantage of House-sitting in Europe or Australia then. Enjoy your stay in Brazil and if you ever decide on coming to São Paulo, I would love to show you and Evers around ✨🥰 abraços
Hi could you tell me what are the chance of a family of 6 being chosen to house sit , I was looking at the website and finding it hard to talk to someone on phone, I don't want to get a membership if its unlikely that we would ever get picked to house sit
I am afraid I am not a big help with this question. We are only the two of us, so I have no experience how it would be with a large family. I know that for some housesits, it says that they are not suitable for children because the animals don‘t like it or whatever… My guess would be it is probably much harder to find a sit for a family than for a couple. I hope that helps. :)
This is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you for such a detailed & thorough review & explanation of trustedhousesitters! Great suggestion to stay someplace close to home to begin with, to get a few good reviews before searching faraway destinations. Now Im going to re-watch it & take some notes!!😍📝👍 Fantastic video!! 🐈🦮🐶
I used the site for many years as a pet owner and since kitty is sadly passed on, I've got my first cat sit booked for June. Can't wait!
I have done house sitting with trusted house sitters. I enjoy the platform. I followed the same path as you. Built up some great reviews. I plan to take the house sitting international next year. I have one family the I house sat for 4 times. You can get to know the neighbors well that way.
Maggi, this was a great video, with a well-thought out, comprehensive list. I've house-sat (pet-sat) many times over the years... and I've been considering joining Trusted Housesitters, for when I am traveling. It's so important to ask the right questions!! Cheers ~
Really cool to hear your experience with doing this in Europe as I've been doing this in the US (Colorado specifically) for the past 6 months, but I've never really met or talked to anyone else on the pet-sitting side of this. I agree with a lot of your comments and suggestions and I think planning in your "vacation days" and "cleaning time" is very smart as especially certain housesits and pets can get quite time consuming and make it difficult to get remote work done or go site-seeing.
Great video. Thanks. We just signed up and got back to back sits in France almost immediately.
Enjoy! :)
That is wonderful! I can't stay in ANY of my friends houses if they are dirty lol or if they don't clean after their pets...Great TIPS!!!! I hadn't thought of any of this...
Very good video
Thank you Maggi…you’re very sweet!! Very informative..appreciate all the info!
My goodness,you seem so lovely!!! Thank you for all the info.
Thank you. :)
Very informative! Thank you for the video!
That was one of my favorite ways to travel on my fixed income and I have wonderful memories! Hmmm I've been thinking about Europe lately
We also really enjoyed it. It was a fantastic summer. :)
Great video and great tips. Thanks for posting!
As a few times a year traveler with multiple pets I am particularly excited to try out Trusted Housesitters. The annual cost is like half of what I normally pay a sitter for just a week! Thanks for all the great information!
You won't regret it!
Thanks for this Maggi. Very helpful and made it seemed a lot more doable for me
Hi Susie! It is definitely doable. But we were also very „intimidated“ before we did it our first house sit and that‘s why I decided to do this video. Therefore, I am very happy to hear that you found it helpful. :) If you ever have any questions, feel free to reach out!
@@MaggiFuchs actually it's the videos by other TH-camrs about house-sitting that had me intimidated. And thanks, I may take you up on that eventually
Very interesting and good things to think about ahead if time too. 👍🏻And fun that you did it as a couple too.
Doing it as a couple has lots of advantages in my opinion, especially because we were able to do the pet „duties“. Everson usually did the feeding in the morning, I did the „night shift“. 😂
@@MaggiFuchs 😂 The "perks" of being a night owl?? 🤪🤔🤔
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Update: You can use my affiliate link trustedhousesitters.pxf.io/mgxgry (use Promocode MAGGI25 to get 25% off. :)
Since I maxed out the free months with my referral link (thanks everyone!) I went ahead an joined their Affiliate program and asked them for a discount code. I hope that helps. :)
We are a retired couple who would like to start doing this. My question is how to you have a car in another country? Do you rent one? This is a wonderful and helpful video. You are a delightful person.
We are from Europe, so we usually travel with our own car. It’s worth the drive when we stay for longer periods of time. :)
Hi, very useful video. But what should I do with visa ? Can I ask owners to help me out with it ?
The visa issue is very tricky in my opinion. I only do housesits in the EU where I don’t need one. But I know for example that if I would do a housesit in the UK, I would require a work visa (even though I am not getting any money for it). So I am afraid I am not a big help, but I can only recommend to do a lot of research on what type of visa is required before going to avoid any problems.
Ein neues video! Na, endlich 😁
So when you mean by vacation days, you are not taking care of the pets or staying at the house? Do you stay during vacation days at airbnbs and hotels? I'm just confused by how you split your time between sightseeing/traveling and taking care of the pets/house
Yes, exactly. During the housesit, we usually hang around with the pets. And in between the housesits, we travel around and do the “tourist” program and stay in hotels or airbnbs. :)
Great ... i would love to be around pets... I just joined trustedhousesits ... Now it will be good to get my first intro and experience...
Hi Maggi, great tips and presenting. I'm currently choosing between premium and standard sitter plan, did you come across cancellations? do you think premium worth it? i read that it's quite difficult and long waiting until they recognise reimbursement. Also, for how long before do you buy flight tickets for example? Thank you
We only have the standard sitter plan, so I have no experience on how fast they act on cancellations and if they really reimburse you. But we never had any problems and no houseowner cancelled.
As of now, we only went housesitting within Europe and always took the car. But I am personally someone who books flights earlier than later, so I guess I would start looking for cheap flights once the houesit is confirmed. :)
I've just joined a different site yesterday and already had four offers to sit! I'm just wondering what you do for work if you're able to work from someone's home?
That’s a long story… 😂 I am self employed, and I talk a little bit more about what I do in my Q&A video here: th-cam.com/video/6cN2hK54LN0/w-d-xo.html
Hello Maggi! Would you consider it possible to do this in Latin America, Brazil specifically? I'm from Brazil and want to start traveling like that around here, since I still don't make enough to support myself in Europe, for example. But I never heard of anything like this, it seems like the market for house sitting is just very low. I would like to know your perspective about ir
Sorry for the late reply, I have been traveling to Brazil in the last few days. ;-) I have a filter on for house sits in Brazil for the last few months and there have not been too many sits. A few short stays around the holidays in big cities like Rio, Belo Horizonte and one in Floripa. In my opinion, most offers are in English speaking countries (UK, US, Australia) or places where lots of English speaking people have vacation homes. Tons of people from England have for example second homes in Spain, so there were lots of offers for us this summer. In Portugal, there were a lot less English people, so there were less offers. In Austria, there are almost none… So I guess it depends on the destination. I hope that helps. :)
@@MaggiFuchs It does help, obrigada Maggi! I guess the route for now will be working + volunteering for accomodations until I have some savings and can take advantage of House-sitting in Europe or Australia then.
Enjoy your stay in Brazil and if you ever decide on coming to São Paulo, I would love to show you and Evers around ✨🥰 abraços
Hi :)) Just wondering which membership did yuo sign up for?
We went with the middle tier from the sitter membership. Not sure how it’s called… 🤔
Hi could you tell me what are the chance of a family of 6 being chosen to house sit , I was looking at the website and finding it hard to talk to someone on phone, I don't want to get a membership if its unlikely that we would ever get picked to house sit
I am afraid I am not a big help with this question. We are only the two of us, so I have no experience how it would be with a large family. I know that for some housesits, it says that they are not suitable for children because the animals don‘t like it or whatever… My guess would be it is probably much harder to find a sit for a family than for a couple. I hope that helps. :)
Ok thanks I didn't want to pay for a membership and not get picked !!,thank you for replying😊
Hey lovely, what is your code? The link isn't working for me but keen to use it :)
It’s RAF536728. 🤗
How can we find paid house-sitting jobs in the fastest way possible?
If you find out, please let me know. 😅 You won‘t get paid on Trusted Housesitters.
How did you get your first review? :)
After we did our first sit, the lady left us a review. :) Actually, all of the ones we sat for left us a review.
Ah so geil das "ck"
Ich kann meine Herkunft nicht leugnen.. 😂
Hello. I tried using the refferal link, but it does not work. Can you give me a discount code?
Hi! Thanks for letting me know. I just checked the link - it was working for me. I am afraid I have no other code than this. 🤔
Do you get paid to do the house/pet sitting? I wouldn't be able to do it otherwise.
No, not on this platform. We are only volunteers.
How long can house sitters stay?
Depends on the sit, they range from a few days to a few months.
@@MaggiFuchs thank you
This is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you for such a detailed & thorough review & explanation of trustedhousesitters! Great suggestion to stay someplace close to home to begin with, to get a few good reviews before searching faraway destinations. Now Im going to re-watch it & take some notes!!😍📝👍
Fantastic video!! 🐈🦮🐶
Thanks, I am glad you found it helpful. Hope you are having an amazing trip! :)