by Liz Deacle | Housesitting, Podcasts
Brian and Liz, husband and wife, are in British Columbia, CANADA.
They have packed their bags and, along with their two young adult kids, have embarked on a huge adventure: Housesitting for 3 months in British Columbia, CANADA.
Join them today as they share their first impressions of returning to Canada with their kids and take you on a stroll through their very beautiful BC neighbourhood to spill the beans on:
The surprise of Calgary
Their kids spending the night with a homeless person
Being locked out in the cold
Driving in Canada and feeling out of control
The importance of TRUST
Fearing death constantly.
Why two Canadians are letting us stay in their million-dollar house for free
Tess feeling homesick for a home we don’t have
Thank you so very much for joining us. We appreciate you more than you can imagine.
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by Liz Deacle | Housesitting, New Zealand Travel
Housesitting in New Zealand. I honestly can’t think of a better way to see the country.
Regular followers of my newsletter and podcast will know that we (my husband, Brian and our kids, Sonny and Tessa) are no strangers to housesitting.
As well as trotting around New Zealand, staying in beautiful kiwi houses, we have spent months housesitting around Europe when we travelled the world with the kids for a year.
In the last seven years, Brian and I have clocked up twenty-seven house-sits worldwide.
It’s official.
We are now professional house-sitters. At last. An accolade.
At last, Bri! Something to brag about!!
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by Liz Deacle | Housesitting, Travel, Travel Tips, world travel
We started using TrustedHousesitters when we travelled as a family five years ago. We have stayed in gorgeous houses all over the world, including
house-sitting in New Zealand.
Now, after twenty-seven house sits and a wealth of wonderful travel memories, (we are currently housesitting in Canada for three months!) I thought it was finally time to share an honest review of Trusted Housesitters.
It’d be rude not to.
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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, 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
Housesitting. In Italy. Magnifico!
Regular followers of this blog and our podcast will know we are no strangers to housesitting.
We spent three months housesitting around Europe when we travelled the world with the kids for a year.
From there, we were hooked, and in the last five years (both as a family and as a couple), we have clocked up twenty-seven housesits worldwide.
It’s official.
We are now professional housesitters.
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