Category: house sitting

Josh and I are traveling the world full-time on only $200 per week. One of the major factors to pulling off this super low budget is house sitting. Using Trusted House Sitters, we are able to live locally, anywhere in the world, for FREE.

In exchange for watching our host’s family pet and some occasional gardening, we are given free-run of the house including internet, TV, and often the car. The online service has an annual fee, but you can get 25% off using my Trusted Housesitters Promo Code RAF69430

The one year subscription to the website gets us unlimited house sitting opportunities around the world. We stayed in a huge home in Malaysia, a local community in Thailand, had a view of the bay in Melbourne, and more.

Keep scrolling down to read more about our house sitting adventures, or click the friend link above to become a house sitter or to find a traveler to come watch your home. If you use my promo code (RAF69430), you’ll get 25% off and I will get two free months added to my subscription!! I may be getting something out of it, but I can not speak highly enough of Trusted Housesitters.

The Places We Live – Chicago, Illinois

We are spending a long weekend house sitting in a hip condo in Chicago. Our neighborhood alone has enough to keep us busy the whole time, but the L Train is just a block away, connecting us to the entire city. Seems like I better stop writing and start exploring! Chicago, Illinois, USA Illinois is... Continue Reading →

September 21, 2018 0

The Places We Live: Nashville, Tennessee

Our American #vanlife road trip continues with our new home in Nashville, Tennessee. From our camping spot at The Bolo Club in Sherwood, Tennessee, we drove the 117 miles (188 km) in a little over two hours to our next house sit in Nashville. The drive was easy and involved a continuation of the lush... Continue Reading →

September 10, 2018 2

The Places We Live: Atlanta, Georgia

Day Two of #VANLIFE takes us from our goat farm overnight in Lee, Florida to a northern suburb of Atlanta, Georgia. Here, we spent five days house sitting two beautiful cats in a modern row house. We had a great time, and by the end of our first day, fell right back into our old... Continue Reading →

August 24, 2018 0

The Places We Live – Hilton Head, SC

After a long month dealing with a family emergency back in the States, we are back on the road! This time we're house sitting on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. We have a beautiful home in a world famous town where we get to enjoy the company of a very dapper young bulldog named Winston.... Continue Reading →

August 1, 2018 2

The Places We Live – McCrae, Australia

We had a wonderful time in houses sitting in central Melbourne and had far more fun adventures than I had time to write about. But now it's time to move on. We're now house sitting in a spacious home about an hour south of Melbourne with a beautiful dog named Bo. McCrae, Victoria McCrae is... Continue Reading →

May 25, 2018 2

The Places We Live: Melbourne, Australia

Our adventure around the world continues with another edition of The Places We Live: Melbourne, Australia! A seven hour, red-eye flight got us from Kuala Lumpur to Melbourne for about $150 each. We left one growing and bustling city simply to land in a new one. We were immediately struck by the familiar sounds of... Continue Reading →

May 14, 2018 2

Hua Hin – The Places We Live

Our adventure in sharing the places we live continues with our new home in Hua Hin, Thailand. Hua Hin is a beach resort town three hours South of Bangkok along the Eastern coast. It is a popular tourist destination for Thais and foreigners alike. It is even said that the King of Thailand has begun... Continue Reading →

April 15, 2018 0

House Sitting with Molly in KL

After two weeks in our hotel, we have finally moved on to our house sit in Kuala Lumpur! After such a great sit in Chengdu, I have spent every day working to get us more bookings. So far, I have a good chunk of the year booked up, and more applications still under consideration. As... Continue Reading →

March 18, 2018 2

Trusted Housesitters

elderly black lab lying down on a brown and green doggy bed with her orange and blue call

Since we've been here, we estimate that we have saved around $200 on accommodations alone. But there are other perks as well. Not only do we have lovable Lucy to hang out with, but we have a bike to use ($5 savings) and a kitchen to cook in ($50 savings). In two weeks, we have saved over $250 by staying here with Lucy.

February 25, 2018 8

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