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[Helgamobil]

Probably a daft question, but do any motorhomers do house/pet sitting while on their travels, between campsites?
We are in rural Cornwall, not everyone’s cup of tea, but just wondered if it is a “done thing”?

 

[Brains]

Probably a daft question, but do any motorhomers do house/pet sitting while on their travels, between campsites?
We are in rural Cornwall, not everyone’s cup of tea, but just wondered if it is a “done thing”?

About 15 years ago, my parents who lived near Wadebridge, with 2 dogs and a large garden (and a big drive with EHU) had a couple park up whilst they were on a 6 week cruise.

They looked after the dogs, mowed the lawn, picked the vegetables, and generally made themselves useful.
I think my Mum paid them a bit, and they got free run of the house and it's facilities for 6 weeks.

 

[LittleGreyCat]

Does it have to be a motor homer?
Plenty of people would house/pet sit for a week or so in Cornwall.

 

[bobandjanie]

We are members of trusted house sitters, and Janie is admin on a Spanish sitter site, we tend to do our regular sits these day's and they range from over 3 million property to an off grid place 10 minutes walk from the beach.
When we applied for pet / house sitting we always mentioned we have a small dog and 6 meter campervan, we think they prefer that making you much more reliable, than say someone flying or without transport that have got back to back bookings, one thing we never do or need to do having our own accommodation.
Here is our link for a 25% discount on Trusted Housesitters, we get 2 free months if you use it. It's accepted on any plan they offer.
Bob & Janie

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[MisterB]

There's a section on this forum where you can either offer yourself as a sitter or ask for someone to sit for you at your property.

We've had a few people look after our home while we have been away. They've stayed in their motorhome in the drive and had free ehu, water and black waste aswell as use of washing machine. In exchange they have kept the garden tidy and the lawns cut.

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[Helgamobil]

We are members of trusted house sitters, and Janie is admin on a Spanish sitter site, we tend to do our regular sits these day's and they range from over 3 million property to an off grid place 10 minutes walk from the beach.
When we applied for pet / house sitting we always mentioned we have a small dog and 6 meter campervan, we think they prefer that making you much more reliable, than say someone flying or without transport that have got back to back bookings, one thing we never do or need to do having our own accommodation.
Here is our link for a 25% discount on Trusted Housesitters, we get 2 free months if you use it. It's accepted on any plan they offer.
Bob & Janie

Pet care that takes you places | TrustedHousesitters

Use this link to join with 25% off

www.trustedhousesitters.com

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[Widge]

Probably a daft question, but do any motorhomers do house/pet sitting while on their travels, between campsites?
We are in rural Cornwall, not everyone’s cup of tea, but just wondered if it is a “done thing”?

We are in southern france, we have used "mind my house" several times, 2016 4 weeks in US, we had a retired new zealand couple, 2018, 5 weeks in Australia that time we had a retired Australian couple from perth, in fact we stayed in their house the last 2 days of our holiday, we are still friends with both couples, in fact the Australian couple did another sit for us for 3 weeks in 2022, when we went to spain in the camper, finaly last time was again an Australian couple who live in france, in 2024

It does depend on the time of year, we were looking for someone for several weeks in march, but no takers, some uk people would have been interested, but due to other sits, couldn't becouse of the 90/180 day rule.

We have been very lucky, but have always chosen older retired couples, we usualy do video calls before we make a final decision, there is also a feedback system on the site.

A lor of these people country hop for a few months, doing sits in various countries en route.