HOW TO GET YOUR PAWS ON A FREE HOLIDAY

CALLING all animal lovers. How do you fancy a free staycation in a luxury property of your choice in return for looking after someone else’s pet?

Many homeowners don’t want to leave their pets in kennels, so there is a growing market for responsbile house-sitters to look after a holidaymaker’s house and their animals while they are away. House-sitters don’t get paid. What you get is a lovely home from home for free in return for providing pet care for the owner.

This is a budget holiday with bells on. And some canny housesitters even manage to make money by renting out their own homes on Airbnb while they are house-sitting elsewhere. If this sounds appealing, trustedhouse sitters.com is looking for you.

The agency charge an annual fee of between £99 to £199 for sitters to join their list. This then gives you access to all the properties available, both in the UK and around the world.

Homeowners seeking someone to house-sit and look after their pets also pay a fee to join which covers the costs of vetting and getting references for all the sitters. But Daily Mail readers who want to be sitters, or who have a home they want looked after, can get an exclusive 25 per cent discount with the code JAS25THS which lasts until 9pm on July 16, 2022.

Of course, you don’t have to join an agency to do this work. If you have friends and relations looking for house-sitters to stay with their pets while they’re away, let them know that you’re available. If it goes well, they could recommend you to their friends and after a while you will have a regular clientele.