House Sitting Opportunities Rise As New House Sitting Websites Collaborate

Aug 16, 2016

The international travel trend of house sitting is once again on the rise but this time driven by house sitting community members, those who are living the lifestyle on a full time basis as nomadic international house sitters.

Vancouver, Canada - August 15, 2016 /PressCable/ —

A small group of lifestyle focused house sitters have spent many months collaborating to bring to life 3 new house sitting websites, each with a unique contribution to the travel community at large.

With the message of Inspire, Educate and Support, the creators of these 3 websites are leading the way to ensure that more fellow travelers and home and pet owners across the world learn what house sitting is, coming together in the collaborative consumption space to help each other out.

“While each of these websites are entities in their own right, it is the combination of the projects that is having the greatest impact on house sitters, home owners and travelers in general. The word is spreading exponentially about the concept of house sitting” said Nat Smith from the House Sitting Academy.

The collaboration includes Ian and Vanessa from House Sitting Magazine (inspire), Nat and Jodie from House Sitting Academy (educate) and Louise and Tim from House Sitting World (support).

“This alliance is something we are very proud of in many ways as we could potentially see our projects in competition with each other. Instead we have decided to purposely honour the co-operative nature of house sitting itself and extend it into services that will now assist all house sitters and home owners in a really positive way” adds Louise Read co-owner of House Sitting World. “It is something that has not been done before with any of the house sitting platforms and it is very exciting to see a community led team looking after their own”.

The creators revealed for the first time the key focuses of each community driven project, and clarified the roles of each.

“The purpose of the magazine is to inspire pet loving travelers, and to awaken home owners to the reality of house sitting as an option for the care of their homes and pets when they next travel” said Ian Usher, publisher of HouseSittingMagazine.com.

“Education is what’s needed after inspiration and awareness, and that’s where Nat & Jodie’s House Sitting Academy comes in” adds Vanessa Anderson, co-publisher and editor of the magazine, “Once inspired and educated, home owners and house sitters then have ongoing support and easy access to the tools and resources that Tim & Louise provide at HouseSittingWorld.com. It really is a perfect synergy.”

Each of the 3 couples met in the Facebook group called ‘House Sitting World’, originally founded in December 2013 by Nat & Jodie who recently handed over the reins to Tim & Louise. To date this group is still the largest online network for sitters and owners to seek advice and support openly.

“Some people seem to think that the scales need to be evenly balanced, that there should be the same number of assignments for the number of sitters available but that is far from the truth” says Jodie Burnham, co-creator of HouseSittingAcademy.com. “It breaks my heart to see home and pet owners scrambling to ask friends or family to take care of things at the last minute, all because there are not enough house sitters to cover every part of the globe.”

“This was the driving force of the creation of the emergency Sit Alert function” adds House Sitting World’s Louise Read, “having the ability to reach out to available sitters with a home owners urgent call for help goes beyond the usual function of the match-making platforms.”

The group identified the need for more quality, caring house sitters and their alliance aims to help more house sitters deliver a high standard of service to meet the obvious growing need.

The emergency Sit Alerts function available on the HouseSittingWorld.com website, the comprehensive education provided inside the House Sitting Academy, and the inspiring yet factual look into the reality of this lifestyle industry outlined in House Sitting – the ultimate lifestyle magazine, now provide a holistic group of resources, and represent a complete win/win for home owners and house sitters alike around the world.

Download the latest issue of the Magazine at: www.HouseSittingMagazine.com

For more information about the Academy go to: www.HouseSittingAcademy.com

To learn more about the emergency Sit Alerts go to: www.HouseSittingWorld.com

For more information, please visit http://housesittingworld.com

Contact Info:
Name: Jodie Thompson
Organization: See Into Me

Release ID: 127894

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