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House Sitting Travel is the first podcast on the topic of house sitting to travel the world. In this method of house sitting, house sitters provide pet and home care in exchange for accommodation. Neither house sitter nor pet owner pays for this exchange - it's a win-win for both sides! Hosts Sam and Veren of Alternative Travelers bring the house sitting community together in podcast form for the first time, featuring inspiring interviews with globe trotting house sitters as well as tips, ad ...
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Is it our season 1 finale of House Sitting Travel already?! In this episode, we reflect back on our favorite moments, quotes, and lessons learned from our guests this season. We give some insights into what's next for the podcast and share what our summer travel and house sitting plans are looking like! Between seasons, we'll be regrouping and refl…
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13: Hecktic Travels with Dalene Heck
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Dalene Heck is one half of traveling duo Hecktic Travels, one of the OG travel bloggers and winners of National Geographic Travelers of the Year in 2014. Dalene is the Chief Storyteller, Ladyboss at Hecktic Media Inc., and slayer of Leukemia. She was schooled in business and spent her twenties as a corporate climber, before discovering her true pas…
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12: The Dreaded Bad House Sit AKA Every House Sitter's Worst Fear
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The fear of the bad house sit is one that is on every prospective house sitters mind. They're like the boogey monsters of house sitting! But never fear: with the right strategies, you can avoid bad house sits. While we have certainly experienced a spectrum of house sitting experiences, we've never experienced a true horror story in all our many yea…
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11: Let's Adventure More: House Sitting as a Family with Jess Swenson
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Jess Swenson travels full time with her family of five, including three young children! Jess and her husband Will lived a typical suburban lifestyle in the San Francisco Bay Area until 2017. That year, they left their jobs, home, and stuff behind in exchange for a trip around the world. During that year, they experienced 20 countries together with …
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"Paying for a house sitting website? That sounds like a scam!" It's a common refrain that we hear time and again. It usually happens when people ask how we house sit, and we tell them that we find all of our house sits through TrustedHousesitters, the biggest house sitting membership website. It's also one of the most common searches that land peop…
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9: House Sitting Magazine with Vanessa Anderson and Ian Usher
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Vanessa and Ian like to live differently. They enjoy a freedom lifestyle as full-time nomads and house sitters, happy to follow the twists and turns wherever life takes them. They divide their time between producing House Sitting Magazine, running a large support group for the community, helping others begin their own unique lifestyle journeys, par…
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While we usually talk about house sitting from the perspective of house sitters, in this episode we flip the script and talk to pet owners that might want to use house sitters when they go away. We talk about why using house sitters is a win-win-win for you (the pet owner), the house sitter, and most importantly, the pets themselves! We address all…
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7: From Pro Pet Sitter to Nomadic House Sitter with Tricia Kandik
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In this episode, Sam interviews Tricia Kandik is a fellow (former) full time house sitter and nomad. Originally from Ohio, she's also lived in Oregon, Missouri, and Washington D.C as well as France and the Czech Republic. By her own admission, she's not the best planner, but it's lead to an interesting life. We definitely think so! We met at a vega…
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Think of this episode as a house sitting 101! Many people ask us where to even start when getting into house sitting, so this episode is the answer to that! We go over the basics of house sitting, breaking down the house sitting process into 10 steps. This episode will give you a good overview of the process from start to finish! If you're newer to…
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5: This Job is Sh*t with Ryan Patey
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In this episode, we chat with solo house sitter Ryan Patey. So much of the discussion around solo house sitting centers on solo female house sitting (check out episode 3 with Kelsey Frey for more on that!). But what about the solo dude house sitters out there? Is it possible to house sit as a guy alone? Sam speaks with Ryan about exactly this topic…
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In this episode, we talk about common house sitting misconceptions and myths. These core myths come up again and again every time we talk about house sitting with others. These house sitting myths are so common that we'd wager a guess that you may be harboring one of them! We'll talk about why holding onto these house sitting misconceptions is hurt…
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3: Sights Better Seen with Kelsey Frey
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In our first ever interview, Sam interviews Kelsey Frey, solo female house sitter and nomadic travel blogger, Pinterest manager, online English teacher, and freelance writer who can usually be found somewhere in Europe or the USA. Before becoming nomadic, she worked in the environmental field for organizations like the conservation corps and her lo…
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In this episode, we discuss how house sitting has changed as a result of a pandemic. We share tips for approaching house sitting while the pandemic is still very present, questions to ask when arranging house sits, things to be aware of, and more. We also share how the pandemic affected us as full time house sitters and how we've adapted as a resul…
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In this episode, we share our journey as house sitters, from our first house sit to full time house sitters – and everything in between! Our book: https://www.alternativetravelers.com/house-sitting-handbook/ Connect: Instagram: @HousesittingTravel Podcast website: TheHouseSittingPodcast.com >>Click here to sign up for TrustedHousesitters with our d…
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In this quick trailer, we introduce House Sitting Travel and what you can expect from the show! House Sitting Travel is the first ever podcast dedicated to house sitting as a means to travel the world. We'll share inspiring interviews with fellow globe trotting house sitters, tips, advice, stories, and more. Connect with us: Instagram: @Housesittin…
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