by Liz Deacle | Budget travel, Housesitting, Long Term Travel, Travel, Travel Tips, world travel
Why write a post on the pros and cons of housesitting?
Because I wanted to make it crystal clear that although housesitting is an incredible way to see the world for free (it is most certainly how WE afford to travel the world), it isn’t always a walk in the park.
Far from it.
Housesitting is more like one of those jogs you do when you realise your jeans no longer fit. The jog that gets you all sweaty and puffy but feels amazing afterwards.
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by Liz Deacle | Budget travel, Podcasts, Travel Tips
Brian and Liz are knackered. Whacked. They need a weekend away. Escape for a few days.
The trouble is, accommodation in New Zealand is not cheap…in fact, it’s costly. And there’s no way they can sleep on their daughter’s couch. Not with those drafty windows…
So what do Liz and Bri do when they want to travel and pay nothing?? They turn to what they love the most: Housesitting!
While to is true that there are pros and cons to housesitting, it is without a doubt how we afford to travel the world.
Sit back, relax and join us on this week’s podcast for conversations on holidaying in Wellington, food, wine, and the ongoing pursuit to make multiple streams of money online.
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by Liz Deacle | Budget travel, Housesitting, Italy Travel, Podcasts
Nothing is perfect. Without fault, peachy keen, hunky dory.
Not even housesitting.
As much as Brian and I harp on about how wonderful our housesitting experience has been here in Tuscany, Italy (we have been housesitting in Porto Santo Stefano for the summer), there have to be some downsides. Right?
Right.
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by Liz Deacle | Budget travel, Housesitting, Italy Travel, Long Term Travel, Podcasts
Today, Liz and Brian lift the lid on the one thing that (apart from wine) they love more than anything in the world.
Housesitting.
Regular followers of this blog and our podcast will know that we are no strangers to housesitting.
When we travelled the world with the kids for a year, we spent three months housesitting around Europe. In the last five years we have clocked up twenty-seven housesits.
It’s official. We are now professional housesitters.
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by Liz Deacle | Budget travel, Long Term Travel, Podcasts, world travel
If we’ve heard it once, we’ve heard it a thousand times: How do you afford to travel the world? Are you rich? How do you afford to keep taking so much time off to travel? Why haven’t you got a proper job?
I cannot wait to share this episode with you!
Never in my wildest dreams did I ever imagine that we would be a couple who could say, ‘We have location-independent jobs and get paid while travelling the world’.
Never.
Yet it seems that’s exactly what we’re doing.
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by Liz Deacle | Budget travel, world travel
Life is too short to travel to the same place as every other tourist. While I love Paris, Rome and New York as much as anyone else, there is no greater pleasure than discovering the more unique travel destinations that are hiding, (mostly undiscovered) around the world.
Those destinations that are perfect for people like you and me, who take extended vacations; those who travel on a budget but still want the full bifters when it comes to experience. (more…)
