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- Airbnb has changed a lot since its introduction in 2009 and people are not happy. There is a feeling that costs are escalating and some hosts are not fulfilling the promise of what they offer. If you think differently, for many, there is already a platform out there that could well be the death of Airbnb for them.
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Housesitting is not for me. When I'm on holiday, I don't want to be responsible for other people's pets or homes. Nor do I want to have to do tasks. I want to enjoy my time not worrying about what might happen.
We’re DEFINITELY interested in more info on your experience with Trusted Housesitters! We too are a bit fed up with Airbnb. We’ve done 53 stays with Airbnb and there’s been a negative trend in our satisfaction over the years as you mentioned in your previous video. We will be departing on our next trip in Nov for 5-6 months and I will refrain from signing up for Trusted Housesitters until we see if any future affiliation with your channel offers some sort of discount on a subscription. Thanks for doing this. Happy travels.
Another option is house swapping. We did this for 10 years ( on and off) and traveled all over the world. We met interesting people and stayed in some amazing homes.
House swapping sounds very intriguing to us. Did you use a website? Thanks ;)
The site we used seems to have closed. If you google “ home exchange” you will find sites but I don’t know anything about them, it worked really well for us but since the Covid shutdowns we are just holidaying locally.
Thank you for sharing the videos about Airbnb and trusted house-sitters. I have found AirBnB so expensive as a couple with all the extras. One of my pet hates is booking two bedroom accommodation and being told that I have to pay extra for using the second bedroom (when I went away with my sister). Surely that should be factored in the whole cost. Heyho! Personally prefer booking B&B guest houses or hotels as a couple, but I like the idea of trusted housesitters, or House swap or even a workaway!
Yes, please share your experiences with Trusted Housesitters. We have not had the best success with AirBnB from our personal experience so we use a different platform that we have had great success! We actually had a home we stayed in Scarborough and it was like a housesitting situation. Thank you, both, for always sharing your experiences....your videos get better each time, they are VERY informative.
😂 Neil/Sara - what torture! Showing me a cruise ship while talking about ABB/housesitting!? My brain wants to explode!!! Sooooo looking forward to the CRUISE video! ❤🙏🏽
I think you'll find many interested in house sitting info videos, especially for those who've never done it. Great info again - Anne
Have been doing THS for at 15 yrs plus another similar site but smaller, we like because your accommodation is free, and you don’t feel the need to be out everyday looking at the sites, which is always on your mind when booking with ABB or hotels or other options. Have made permanent friends with many people we have house sat for and the biggest plus is you live like a local shopping at their supermarkets etc. We always try to get long sits as we come from the furthest distance, so 3 mths are perfect, then try to get a follow on from there, so normally are away for 6 mths each year. Wish we had started earlier in our life.
Hi Neil. We are currently funding a trip to Canada by housesitting part of the trip. We have had a fantastic experience with all our sits so far. It seems more popular in English speaking countries (USA Canada Australia and UK) but these countries are also more expensive for accomodation in so Housesitting’s allows us to offset some of the cost.
I’ve always wondered about this service. I’ve hired pet sitters before and felt very comfortable with the service. It would be interesting to hear more since I’m in the middle of planning my 1st year of slow travel.
YES! In fact, we have some friends who have been doing this for a few years now and have encouraged us to do it as well. My wife just retired and we are ready to roll. We'll be out travelling to Argentina, Chile, and Hawaii, L'A, Seattle and Toronto until November. We're looking to slow down in 2024 and would love to participate in this program.
Thank you Neil and Sarah. I appreciate your review of this model! Yes… I would consider this option. Cheers! Karl
My husband and I have used this service as pet sitters. We loved the relationships but didn't always love the pets.
Thank you for sharing this opportunity. Another gem. Would very much like to learn more. It’s good to have options in our repertoire.
I did a pet sit from a facebook group, looked into Trusted HS but chose a totally free version. Video chat is a must!
Great Vlog ! Based on your review of trusted house sitters we signed up !! We’ve now secured three sits so interesting times ahead ! I do think our genre fits well be retired and very flexible… so fingers crossed all goes well .. good luck on your ongoing travels, and thanks again … great recommendation and so far great platform!! 👍👍
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Very interesting! Thanks for another great video 😊. Have a great day Sarah and Neil, and 2GoRoam viewers 😊.
We would definitely like to hear more about your house sitting experiences and where you have stayed.
Great video!
Love your content, it is honest and real.
Thanks for all your effort.
Would love to know more 🙏
We use home exchange as we have investment properties which we can swap. It’s amazing and no fees as well as super considerate guests!
I'd like to know the exchange site. I also have investment properties.
Okay Neil...you've had a good experience with them. But you need to do a deeper dive into the complaints against them. I'm not a pet person so I did some internet searching. A lot of issues with insurance, demanding irrational pet owners, filthy locations. But the biggest issue is lack of customer service response, complained about over and over.
All things online start out gung-ho, brilliant, and promising. Then reality sets in...the app/site gets overwhelmed or butts up against issues they didn't realize would be issues...and things go south. But then you have the providers and consumers who learn to game the system....and make it the pits for everyone
Use their services yourselves...enjoy...save on accommodations while you enjoy the animals.....but I would be very wary about associating your brand with a site that has such significant issues. Would you associate your brand with AirBNB? Exactly.
Hi guys. Usually you put out a video a week. Hopefully there is one this Saturday 😊.
We will!
Great video. I'm very interested in learning more about this. Especially interested in how to vet potential places we're interested in staying to make sure it really is a great fit for both them and us.
Hope that tomorrow's video might help with this 👍
Yes very interested, thank you for this!
Another big problem I have with Air BnB is only one 'house' key. this means you have to be together all the time or coordinate exchanging the key. One place in France you couldn't get into the building and then the apartment with out 2 keys, also the apartment door didn't lock/unlock from the inside, needless to say if one took the key the other was either locked into the apartment or the door was open! No early morning dash to the bakery while my partner slept in.
Great video guys!! And greetings from your friends in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
Great info! Definitely interested in learning more about house sits! Thank you
Very interested in Trusted Housesitters. We spent way too much on accommodation last year and this year. Excited to hear about your cruise too 😀
Love your vids and the insight you bring to all of them.
Yes! We’d love to hear more about your experiences housesitting! Great video. Thank you!
Yes please, seriously interested
Definitely interested in more info - great idea!
I enjoy your videos and information!
As a member of TrustedHousesitters for over 8 years, and having looked after many pets and homes….I have to say: it’s NOT a vacation for the sitter.
It’s a responsibility that the sitter has to be aware of.
I have had to sort out sick pets, pets that have died, unruly pets and challenging situations…. It’s not a stress fee life, that’s for sure.
I love the opportunities it provides , and have had some wonderful sits….but to focus on the cost only without the awareness that it’s not a vacation, but a responsibility is important.
Good job Neil. I'll take a look. Looking forward to your cruise videos
Totally interested!. Thank you for sharing your experiences with TH. Look forward to more videos. We are taking the leap with your style of traveling.
Very interesting and interested to hear more
This is a very interesting idea for us. Never heard of it until earlier this year. Thanks for the walk through of the website, really useful as always. Btw Norway looks outstanding 😍
I love it! I have cats, and I live in a beachside city. I would love to try this to travel to interesting places I’ve never been, or to places I want to return to for longer. Anywhere between 2 to 60 days. Thanks for your video.
Very interested.
I have yet to do a Princess cruise. It's on the bucket list. One of my friends (I met through Couchsurfing) did pet sitting and he said his favorite was a turtle! I'm looking in to it! Thank you
Great concept
Very interesting. Thanks for sharing
Trusted House Sitters seems to be pretty much on top of their game. We investigated it for Mexico. Great way to try out of location for an extended time if you can. Bravo! Bill
Yes! Tell me more!
This is very interesting to me. I'm already looking up more info on this =)
Great information on house sitting, we were just having this conversation last Friday night with a group of friends, and some of them have done house sitting. I'm definitely interested in learning more 🙂
What no Family Fortunes font in the title? We’re a little cruise obsessed, having done three already this year. We just were in Alaska. Norway is on our upcoming bookings for 2024, can’t wait. Looking forward to your cruise content.
Hello, very interested in THS, thank you for discussing this!
You made me remember my time as a crew member at Princess 😢. I used to get off almost every port as a representative of the ship on every tour and shoppie, which is a shop clerk.
Thank you Neil, for sharing the information on your experience and knowledge of the house sitting system. We are retired as well and travel. We hope to find a house swapping site that your viewers have used.
Im planning to try house sitting as part of my slow travel in a few years. I’d love to hear more about your experiences, good and bad. Look forward to hearing about the cruises too and interested to see if it could work out as a cheaper way to see an expensive destination like Norway. Happy travels 😊
So interesting. Hadn’t heard about this topic before. Sounds like a great opportunity for retired travellers that are very reliable. Can’t wait to hear more about cruising
Thanks for the video. House sitting is a topic I am interested in. PS, you're missing your video linked at about the 9 min mark. Keep it up and be safe.
Ive done house sits many years ago and they're great! Next week my daughter is housesitting and looking after livestock, but she actually gets paid. Thanks for the tips and info. Looking forward to next weeks video.
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We just scheduled our first international sit. Wales next July. It will be interesting to see how it works while traveling vs all of the local sits we have done.
Great video and yes we’d love more information on this please. We signed up with them about 6 mos ago just to start dipping our toes into it and haven’t yet had a chance to receive any sits or do one ourselves. We like the idea of sitting for a local as a way to start earning trust. Thanks for that suggestion. We just sold our business on Sept 1 and are beginning our plans for a 4-6 mo travel next year. Housesitting is top on our list. Thanks for all your hard work on the videos and keep up the awesome work! Take care
I’m definitely interested in housesitting as we travel as a way to save money since we will be in partial to full retirement. I’m not sure if my partner is interested though. Doing lots of research right now and looking forward to more of your content on this
Thanks for bringing this option up. We recently considered it on a trip to London but was worried about signing up and not finding or being chosen for a sit. Would really like to know more. Always looking forward to your next vlog! Have really benefited from your content- Queretaro and also used the Chinese Hospital in Kuala Lumpur- got an MRI as a walk-in $300.
Yes please share more content on this subject, I will retire in the near future and think this would be a good option to mix with other travel adventures.
I am definitely interested in hearing more about your experience with Trusted Housesitters.
Very interesting, I have heard of it before, we're early retired and are considering this, as we can get a bit bored in our mountain village in Spain . Thanks for the video.
Yes I would be interested in house sitting in Australia. Tips would be great!
Not sure a small discount would make me sign up, we are FIRE.
We are in Florida sitting for 3 months with no pets. 3000 s/f home on a golf course with pool. Damm I have too cut the grass :) Slow moving around the world and off too Argentina next.
Love Trusted Housesitters both as a sitter and sittee. Intrigued by your cruising as well.
Hi Neil! Hi Sarah! Love this concept and the tip to do this locally to develop a stellar reputation. 👍🏻 I wonder about two things. Do the responsibilities tether you to the property, so limited opportunity to explore? If it’s mostly pet sitting, then yes, makes sense. Also, is this global or is it more popular in certain countries? I suppose I could go to their website and check it out for myself ;) Thanks for another excellent video!
We have had many housesitters through another platform specific to Mexico. Very happy with most if them. We are still friends with several. We have also been housesitters for a friend of a friend and it was food. Although with two dogs, quite restrictive. We have moved to Colombia and will be needing a new platform for house sitters. We would definitely be interested in house swaps as well. We are fed up with Airbnb. Looking forward to your cruise stories. We do a lot of repositioning cruises to avoid long flights and see some obscure places.
Interested 👍🏻
Hi Both, Very interested in this, we have been using AirBNB and hotels, guest houses etc over the world, this might just be what we are looking for to add into any of our travels. We also love animals and house cleaning, sad I know 😂
we’ve been a member of Trusted Housesitters for a couple of years but have yet to do a house sit via the platform and we do a good amount of house sits and pet watching 😊. It’s just that we’ve done this for friends, family and friends of friends for awhile and they aren’t on TS website. We hope to do more long house sits next year once we move back to US. There is also a cool platform called People like US and it is a free house swap application. We hosted a family from France a few years ago and we really enjoyed it!
Looking forward to the cruise video
I looked into this but it all feels too "competitive" it's like applying for a job which I hate. Also...two huge drawbacks,
if you haven't got a permanent address you can't really be flexible you have to plan ahead as best you can.
And...what happens when they cancel look at the recent mess with all flights cancelled when the system went down, you have to scramble to find somewhere then.
Good luck but I prefer to be footloose and free to live things my way..that's why I retired early.
We are interested in trying slow travel next year and would love to hear more about your experiences with Trusted Housesitters.
Cities are changing the rules, making it more difficult for airbnb. In NYC, you must rent for a minimum of 30 days.
Definitely interested in your future affiliation with Trusted Housesitters. I’m a few years off before I nomad full-time, but I’d like to build up some local short references in the meantime.
We are living our nomadic life and are currently doing Airbnb, Agoda and similar platforms. We would love to house sit for a dog owner but I feel with a dog you probably cannot leave the place for more than a couple hours and therefore you won't be able to really enjoy or see the destination where you are at. Maybe this is different with cats, which I don't have any experience with. We would like to see more information on this at some point if possible. Thank you!
Curious to know how many sits are available without pets (hubby is highly allergic). We would be very interested in utilizing this platform if there were enough sits available without animals to justify the cost.
Interested. We’ve heard of this but to see how it works from your perspective is great. We have animals and would like to travel with trustworthy people taking care of beloved pets.
Hi Neil, Sarah 😊 I enjoyed this esp as I have 5 cats 😅 I usually ask a neighbour to come in and feed them, or pay a friend to come stay. My concern is a) someone who will be kind and loving and responsible to my girls and b) not become a squatter. Seriously. Toronto is in a housing crisis at the moment and I am genuinely concerned a stranger could just decide not to leave my home. This is why I pay a neighbour - they already have a home. May sound cold but this is my home and I don't let anyone in I don't trust. 🤷🏼♀️
We love to travel abroad and this would be a great way to save on hotels. I would be interested in learning more about this platform.
I am interested! I have been looking into having someone come into my home!
I'm interested and open to see what's going on with it.
I would love more info on the trusted sitters.
Yes I am interested in trusted house sitters
An add on to my previous comment, a big disappointment is when you go to lots of trouble to apply for a sit, but they never reply, much like job applications, I find this very rude, a simple reply to all applicants would only take a minute.
Interesting, I am curious about it. I wonder if your required to clean the house. Taking care of plants and animals are fine but I am not sure I want to clean a house. It irritates me that we get a list of things we must do to check out of an Airbnb.
Definitely interested in more info on Trusted House Sitters, sounds like an ideal arrangement, especially if there are furry friends to look after. Also getting a bit fed up with airbnb sometimes ridiculous "service/cleaning" fees. Loving the videos. By the way I live in York so thanks for the shout out.
I wouldn’t stay in anyone’s home. If I can’t afford a hotel I’m not going. Double that for house sitting.
Interested
AIRBNB just joined the S&P 500. This typically means explosive growth and investment now. I totally disagree with your opinion but love your channel.
Airbnb is sucks. They are taking every place without checking out. Lot of places that are not like on the pictures. I had one with mold other one was not cleaned no bedding sheets changed. Landlord text me apology that the cleaning lady is on vacation. With all evidences such as pictures text messages submitted Airbnb didn’t give refund. I have to contact my credit card company who handled within 7 days a refund.
Hi S + N, l have sent you 2 emails re subject not dissimilar to this alternative to Airbnb
Airbnb already banned in Penang.
Not for me
I’ve just today signed up to Trustedhousesitters and already have a confirmed booking plus one that’s pending a video call this week. These are both in my locality so that I can get some 5* reviews before applying for international sits where my son lives in Perth Australia.
Doing a video focusing on a company that you hope to work with is a bit like making an audition video. I respect that you guys try to be honest in everything you talk about but it becomes impossible to be objective when there is a business relationship involved. For me, future videos that address accommodations will have less value. On a different note, many of the listings on trusted home sitters are for one to two weeks. It seems to me that a hybrid system may be more workable, that is, home sitting when possible and B&B to fill in the gaps.
Photos is fake. Not what you wanted. Service is not good by host