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Italy’s Stunning Abruzzo Region
What It’s Like to Housesit in Atri, Italy We spent 3 weeks of August, 2023 housesitting just outside the picturesque hilltop village of Atri. Atri lies in Italy’s stunning Abruzzo region east of Rome, across the mountains on the Adriatic coast. There is so much to see, do, and eat in this area, although we…
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Meet the Housesitters 4:
Brad & Amber of FoleyExploring Welcome to the fourth installment of Meet the Housesitters. Once a month (or so) we talk to different housesitters we have met through our travels in real life and on social media. We get to know what types of housesitters are out there and how the travel exchange concept works…
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Exploring Buckinghamshire
What it’s like to housesit in “Bucks” We spent a lot of time in England over the past two summers (2022 and 2023). As many of you know, we travel through housesitting. Purely because of the concentration of people in London and the surrounding counties, a LOT of sits pop up in Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Bedfordshire,…
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Meet the Housesitters 3:
Buddy the Traveling Monkey Welcome to the third installment of Meet the Housesitters. Once a month (or so) we talk to different housesitters we have met through our travels in real life and on social media. We get to know what types of housesitters are out there and how the travel exchange concept works for…
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Gifts for Housesitters: Our Favorite Tokens of Appreciation
Should you get gifts for housesitters? Travel exchange websites like TrustedHousesitters are based on a mutually beneficial exchange: accommodation and use of your home exchanged for care for the home and your pets. There should be absolutely no expectation of a tip or gifts from the housesitters. However, pet parents have on a few occasions,…
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Charming Suffolk
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The Chequers Inn, Beaconsfield: A Review
Sometimes, in between housesits, we need to find paid accommodation to fill the gaps. We found ourselves with a two night gap before our housesit in Buckinghamshire, and decided to treat ourselves to a real English pub/inn experience. We decided to go with The Chequers Inn which was only 15 minutes from our housesit starting…
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A More Personal Post – About Me
I was halfway through outlining a different post (What it’s like to housesit in Suffolk – still to come, I hope), when my chronic pain condition decided to activate an unwanted flare up. I decided to wait to finish my post and did some pain management self care. Then, I thought: I’ve been introducing you…
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Maximize your space and organize your bags with packing cubes
Do you have a packing system? Have you tried packing cubes? My mother swore by packing everything as absolutely flat as possible to maximize space and potentially minimize wrinkles. When I started packing for our family of four, I decided that rolling up all our clothes was a better way. Both of these systems have…
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Meet the Housesitters 2:
Nomads and Pawpads Welcome to the second installment of Meet the Housesitters. Every two weeks, we will talk to different housesitters we have met through our travels in real life and on social media. We will get to know what types of housesitters are out there and how the travel exchange concept has worked for…