In 2018 HouseSitMatch.com hosted the first Housesitting video competition. We established this competition with the main goal of asking what people who enjoy and benefit from the experience of housesitting consider the main reasons why ‘Housesitting is brilliant’. We were delighted with the response we received with a range of entertaining, fascinating and original short videos sharing both house-sitting and pet-sitting stories.
Our winning entry came from Andrew and Christopher,aka The Global Wanderers full time housesitters with a sense of service and adventure. Read the blog and watch their video.
Competitions vary widely in the way the winner is nominated. In this video competition we held a two stage nomination and democratic voting selection process. We received a large number of votes from housesitters and home pet owners from all over the world. The votes cast for this winning video were significantly more than for any other video submitted.
They described the remarkable benefits of housesitting they have experienced from travel to making great friends. They also talk about the service they offer and their sense of responsibility when petsitting and caring for homes.
Live the dream and explore!
Andrew is a trained primary teacher who now runs his own IT company whilst being a full time international house sitter. He has performed in more than 50 amateur theatre productions, was an extra in a film in New Zealand and joined the cast of Calendar Girls whilst in Mexico. A keen yogi, he is currently studying to be a yoga teacher. Originally growing up on a farm before moving to Sydney, he now considers himself a global citizen and loves the travelling, nomadic lifestyle.
Christopher is a keen photographer and lover of architecture and design. He has lived and worked in many parts of Australia and has always had the travel bug. In 2005, he walked the Camino – a 750km pilgrimage across Northern Spain and considers this one of his greatest achievements. He worked as a visual merchandiser for luxury brands in Sydney, started a successful cupcake business and now builds websites and manages social media whilst being full time on the road.
Thanks Ava, and bravo to you too!