Free Accommodation: 10 Tips For House Sitting in Europe
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Who doesn’t want free accommodation? House sitting in Europe can make it possible. But what exactly is house sitting? In most cases, house sitters sign up on a website, fill out a profile and apply for house sitting in Europe and the rest of the world. The house owners, who might be traveling for business or pleasure, are looking for dependable house sitters who will live in their house, make sure that everything is in order, and potentially take care of pets and animals.
House sitter jobs range from weekends to years in length. The quid pro quo requirements of being a house sitter need to be taken seriously. In exchange for a free place to stay, you’re being asked to take care of someone’s worldly possessions and perhaps their beloved fur (or feathered) babies.
Most of the time you’ll be able to kick back and soak up your good fortune, but there will be moments when you will have to work for it. After all, the key to getting a repeated opportunities for house sitting in Europe is to do an excellent job each time and stack up stellar references.
Following my first sit, we put together a top ten list of the things we wish we had known before we embarked on our house sitting in Europe adventure. Hopefully, our experience will make it easier for you to have a smooth house-sit.
I knew to bring a small gift from home. Paying attention to the pets on arrival was easy. We kept the homeowners updated on our schedule on the day of arrival. We knew to clean the bedrooms and bathrooms and had the linens in the dryer, if not actually in their original position before our departure.
But these ten things weren’t quite as obvious.
10 TIPS FOR HOUSE SITTING IN EUROPE
Cleaning Services
Don’t leave the house when the cleaning person is there. Knowing this at home is different than “knowing” this abroad. Instead of getting out of their way and going exploring, the cleaning person will want to share information with you and not get their work completed in a timely manner.
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