8 Expert Tips for Landing a House Sitting Job

Here are my 8 expert tips for landing a house sitting job. If you’re looking to enhance your travel experiences, whilst saving a fortune on accommodation costs, house sitting could be the perfect solution. Knowing how to find and secure the perfect postings can be tricky. But, by following these handy tips you could very quickly be living the house sitting dream.

8 Expert Tips for Landing a House Sitting Job

I’ve been using house sitting sites like Trusted Housesitters for 5 years now and have over thirty 5-star reviews. I travel the world full time as a digital nomad using house sitting as my primary source of accommodation. I’ve learned a few things along the way, so here are my 8 expert tips for landing house sitting jobs.

1. Build Your House Sitting Reviews

It’s tricky to get accepted for a sit when you don’t have any reviews. In fact, some hosts even state in their listings that they are specifically looking for applicants with a good number. Although most house sitting sites allow for character references, many hosts are looking for verified reviews from the platform they use.

Applying for dream beach sits, or 3-month stays in a European capital may seem like the perfect place to start, but your profile may require an element of development to attain them. So, look closer to home and find quick and easy listings to obtain a handful of 5-star reviews before you start applying for the big ones.

I kicked off my profile by finding 4 easy sits in my small hometown in the East of England. They were so local in fact that I could still go to work as normal. One was even across the street from my best friend! My 5th sit was then a 6-week house sit on a ranch with a pool in Tucson, Arizona, and they said they chose me because of my great review record.

2. Write Personalized Applications

This is a big one. I’ve heard from numerous hosts that receiving a generic copy-and-paste application is an instant no-no. Some reported receiving applications with the wrong pet names, the wrong city, and even the wrong country, (big mistakes!). It shows a lack of actual interest and intent for the sit that you’re applying for.

This isn’t to say you can’t have a rough template ready to fire off quickly when you see the right listing. Just be sure to double-check the names and make sure you personalize it to the specific listing. Refer to the town, the pets, or something the host may have mentioned in their post….