r/AMA • u/Oztravels • 6h ago
In 2025 we visited 6 countries, 12 cities, travelled over 14,000km, spent 231 days house and pet sitting. AMA about the pet sitting lifestyle.
We have done AMAs before and enjoy answering your questions.
We're a retired couple in our 60s who spend much of the year travelling through Europe and further afield. Rather than paying for hotels or Airbnbs, we stay in people's homes and look after their pets while they're away.
Over the last 12 months we've estimated that we've saved more than €30,000 in accommodation costs alone. We've cared for dogs, cats, chickens and homes in multiple countries, explored places we would never have otherwise visited, and built a lifestyle around slow travel and trusted house sitting.
Ask us anything about finding sits, getting selected, the costs involved, the best and worst experiences, travelling in retirement, or whether house sitting is really as good as it sounds. AMA!
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u/ughneedausername 4h ago
How did you get started? Where did you find people looking for house/petsitters? Did you advertise somewhere or did the people looking for a sitter post somewhere?