A Fulfilling Way to use your LOVE OF ANIMALS to STAY for FREE while TRAVELING the WORLD!
International housesitting is primarily an exchange (Not paid), part of the booming sharing economy.
Keeping Pets out of Boarding Kennels, Safeguarding Homes, Fulfilling Travel Dreams, and Facilitating Friendships since October 2000
History and Vision
HouseCarers Launched the first World-Wide Houses Sitting Membership Site, in October 2000.
After 22 years we are even more Passionate about promoting this opportunity, changing lives worldwide.
Join fellow Global Citizens, Fulfilling their travel Dreams, OR free yourself, from the burden and responsibilities of home, and pet ownership for a while for your well-earned trip away. This unbelievable opportunity, unheard by many, seems “too good to be true” – but it is!
Housecarers Founder Ian White Shares with Long time housecarers.com member Dr. Maureen Murphy, who spends 95 percent of her time staying in other people’s houses.
We listen to our Members (22 years of “I hear you”), to constantly improve the matching experience, making Housecarers a Friendly and Safe place to explore both sides of the House-Sitting equation. We have not arrived. We recognise there is always, room for Improvement.
We believe in
Fairness, Compassion, Courtesy, Integrity, Excitement, Openness, Friendship, Community, and Fun.
We will never lose the personal touch and, are eager to guide you along the way. Helping each other out is a welcome change to self-interest. Our members lives are enriched as Sitters and Homeowners make the fair exchange in the HouseCarers Community.
An occupied home is a safer home when you are away. And your pets are happier at home with their environment and routines intact.
They can stay and Play when you’re away. Founder Ian White, house sitting in Jewells, NSW, Australia
Safely find a match you can Trust, and Exchange Free Accommodation with House Sitters in the thriving sharing economy. Pet owners eliminate expensive Pet Boarding fees and avoid the stress on your precious family members.
Why Housecarers?
We may not be the largest (we can claim to be the first!), but we have loyal Homeowners returning year after year. We have low overheads, and a worldwide network of Instigators, Partners and Helpers who get things done. We are not pressured in outlaying big marketing budgets to sign up more-and-more House sitters, or impress with fancy expensive office space. We are proud to be debt free!
We keep the balance right, so Homeowners are not inundated by applications. Quality not volume!
Our House Sitters tell us, they have Good Success by following our Guides. They find a whole new world of travel experiences, that they may not have been able to afford. We are more like a Housesitting Family than a Corporation.
