I’ve stayed in 13 countries for free by house sitting. Here are 3 tips for starting your own house-sitting journey.

I’ve stayed in 13 countries for free by house sitting. Here are 3 tips for starting your own house-sitting journey.

I am originally from Münster, Germany, a university town. In November 2017, I started traveling full time. I sold all my stuff at home and traveled with only two backpacks. Since then I've been traveling all the time — I don't have a home. Then COVID-19 hit, and I went back to Germany. My ex-girlfriend taught me about this thing where people house sit for other people. At first I didn't understand it. I thought, "How does that even work?" When COVID began to relax in Europe, I thought maybe I'll try house sitting out and see if I can actually do it myself. And that's how it started. I've been house sitting now for 2 . I've done 27 sits in places like Dubai, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Germany, and Bulgaria. Normally I go out and explore everyday. This life is no different than when I traveled with Airbnb. It's only housing for free. That's always the deal. Sometimes the host says you can have all of the food or sometimes a car because they don't take it with them. But there's normally no payment involved. Ninety-nine percent of the time there are animals. There's rare occasions where it's a