We arrived in Brighton last month and were enjoying our stay. We have been doing one long, six-week house sit that has taken us well into January. That is not to say the last month has been busy. The house we had been caring for was one we knew well having been here on not […] The post January 2024 – Brighton & Hove appeared first on House and Pet sitters & Airbnb guests ..read more

Amsterdam is my favourite city in the world. I first went to visit as a teenager in 1980 and instantly fell in love with the place. When Karyo and I first met back in 2004, our first trip outside the UK was to Amsterdam. Since then we have been many times. Usually for a weekend. […] The post November 2023 – Amsterdam appeared first on House and Pet sitters & Airbnb guests ..read more

We had been looking forward to the arrival of September since earlier in the year when we had managed to book a four-week house & pet sit for the whole of the month in Brussels, Belgium! Brussels is not a new city for us, we have visited many times before but in the past, only […] The post September 2023 – Brussels appeared first on House and Pet sitters & Airbnb guests ..read more

August 2023 in Brighton was a month of ups and downs. The ups included two lovely house sits, getting to look after some pets different than the usual cats and dogs, a visit from Karyo’s mum, a day out with friends, and the Van Gough exhibition. The downs included non-stop rain all month and a […] The post August 2023 – Brighton appeared first on House and Pet sitters & Airbnb guests ..read more

After what had been a really hectic June. In contrast, July, with only one house sit, in a city we know well, that covered the whole month, was a very quiet month indeed. House sitting for friends We often get asked by friends and friends of friends, if we can go to house-sit for them. […] The post July 2023 – Manchester appeared first on House and Pet sitters & Airbnb guests ..read more

During April, we had just one house sit that covered most of the month. We wanted to spend April in or around the Sydney region so were delighted to receive a private invitation. It was from a couple that lived in an area called Rose Bay, an eastern suberb of Sydney The home hosts told […] The post April 2023 – Sydney appeared first on House and Pet sitters & Airbnb guests ..read more

When we arrived at Napier airport, after the events of our last week in New Zealand we were both surprised and delighted to see our flight to Australia was on schedule. We flew with Air New Zealand. Napier – Auckland. / Auckland – Melbourne. Including a three-hour wait at Auckland. Within six and a half […] The post March 2023 – Goodbye New Zealand, Hello Australia! appeared first on House and Pet sitters & Airbnb guests ..read more

Our time in New Zealand was coming to an end and, sadly, February was to be our last month in this beautiful country. We arrived in Napier at the end of January and were lucky that for our final month, we were to be house-sitting for one single property. Plus, as a bonus, our responsibility […] The post February 2022 – More sightseeing and New Zealand gets hit by a cyclone! appeared first on House and Pet sitters & Airbnb guests ..read more

Happy New Year! January was our last full month in New Zealand and we had just one more house sit to do after Christchurch before we go to Australia in February. Before heading to our final sit we still had a few days left to squeeze in some final sightseeing before we leave the South […] The post January 2023 – Goodbye Christchurch, Hello Napier. appeared first on House and Pet sitters & Airbnb guests ..read more

November on the North Island was a great introduction to New Zealand for us. The time went really quickly and before we knew it, the time had come for us to leave Gisborne and head for our next destination. This time we were heading to Christchurch on the South Island. The South Island, or to […] The post December 2022 -New Zealand, The South Island appeared first on House and Pet sitters & Airbnb guests ..read more