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House Sit in Europe: Save Money on Your European Family Vacation

Wondering how to house sit in Europe and travel affordably as a family? House sitting lets you stay in homes for free while caring for pets or maintaining the property. This article will guide you through finding opportunities, understanding responsibilities, and...

Top Free Things to Do with Kids in Glasgow, Scotland

Cities, Historical Sites, Visiting Europe

Adam Here: Glasgow, Scotland, has always felt like the home I had never visited until 2022. My grandparents immigrated to Canada from Glasgow in the late 60s, and I often heard stories of their trips ‘back home’ or stories from visiting family. We visited...

Trusted House Sitters: Switzerland Review

Petsitting, Visiting Europe

In July of 2022, our family of five, while housesitting in Europe was able to use Trusted House Sitters in Switzerland to find a house sit for two weeks in Zurich. We were really excited when the house sit in Switzerland came up since the hotspots for Trusted...

Words That Are Different in British English vs. American English (& Canadian English)

Visiting Europe

“England and America are two countries separated by a common language.” – George Bernard Shaw, 1942 (We’re going to imagine George was lumping Canada into “America” as a continent and the rest of the UK into “England”...

Our Trusted House Sitters Review: 11 Housesits in 6 Months in Europe

Petsitting, Save Money RVing, Visiting Europe

We spent six months house-sitting in Europe in the summer of 2022 with our three boys (8, 10, and 12 at the time). It was always on our bucket list to visit Europe, but the cost of hotels for that length of time was only reasonable if we stayed far outside of the...