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Membership Type

Limited Unpaid membership (Guest)

You can run with an Unpaid membership to receive House Sit opportunities in your email. Then to apply Full/ Paid membership is required.

• You will be Notified by Email of House sit opportunities.
• Browse House sit opportunities.
• Your profile will be Displayed, with possible Contact by Homeonwers through Housecarer‘s Messages
• Full/ Paid Membership is required to Apply for House Sits.
• You may read the Summary of Home Owner Messages.
• Full Paid Membership is required to Read Full Messages, and Respond to Homeowners‘ Messages.

You may Upgrade to Full/ Paid membership at any time following registration to receive maximum exposure and quicker results. Much of the revenue from paid memberships is used to run and maintain two dedicated servers, database and promote the service. Membership Fee Revenue helps us match over 10,000 sitters with homeowners each year worldwide.

Full / Paid House Sitter Membership

US$50.00 for up to 12 months advertising.

• Respond instantly to messages from Home Owners, and Apply for unlimited Posted Housesits.
• You may display your direct contact numbers to Logged on home owners you have communicated with, so they can contact you directly.
• Your Private Reference Library will link from your profile (displays to logged on homeowners you have communicated with). Load up to 14 references in a wide variety of formats to your private reference library.
• Your Photo Gallery will link from your profile. (up to 14 pictures, Plus up to 250 words for each picture.) Profiles with photos get clicked more often.
• Display your personal House sitting calender with record of past housesits and future bookings
• Display: YouTube Video on your profile, And OR link to external websites such as Blogs or Facebook page
• Priority Appearance in Search Results
• Appear as Featured House Sitter (Random rotation, matching on location of visitor)
• Add Private Notes to Homeowner Profiles
• Display a Verification badge and Verification Points for: Mobile/ Cell, Passport Photo Id , License Photo ID
• Participate in the Referral Rewards Program

You may Upgrade to Full/ Paid membership at any time following registration to receive maximum exposure and quicker results. Much of the revenue from paid memberships is used to run and maintain two dedicated servers, database, and promote the service. Membership Fee Revenue helps us match over 10,000 sitters with homeowners each year worldwide.

Membership Type

Full / Paid House Sitter Membership

US$50.00 for up to 12 months advertising, plus a Bonus 1 Month.

• Respond instantly to messages from Home Owners, and Apply for unlimited Posted Housesits.
• You may display your direct contact numbers to Logged on home owners you have communicated with, so they can contact you directly.
• Your Private Reference Library will link from your profile (displays to logged on homeowners you have communicated with). Load up to 14 references in a wide variety of formats to your private reference library.
• Your Photo Gallery will link from your profile. (up to 14 pictures, Plus up to 250 words for each picture.) Profiles with photos get clicked more often.
• Display your personal House sitting calender with record of past housesits and future bookings
• Display: YouTube Video on your profile, And OR link to external websites such as Blogs or Facebook page
• Priority Appearance in Search Results
• Appear as Featured House Sitter (Random rotation, matching on location of visitor)
• Add Private Notes to Homeowner Profiles
• Display a Verification badge and Verification Points for: Mobile/ Cell, Passport Photo Id , License Photo ID
• Participate in the Referral Rewards Program

You may Upgrade to Full/ Paid membership at any time following registration to receive maximum exposure and quicker results. Much of the revenue from paid memberships is used to run and maintain two dedicated servers, database, and promote the service. Membership Fee Revenue helps us match over 10,000 sitters with homeowners each year worldwide.

Limited Unpaid membership (Guest)

You can run with an Unpaid membership to receive House Sit opportunities in your email. Then to apply Full/ Paid membership is required.

• You will be Notified by Email of House sit opportunities.
• Browse House sit opportunities.
• Your profile will be Displayed, with possible Contact by Homeonwers through Housecarer‘s Messages
• Full/ Paid Membership is required to Apply for House Sits.
• You may read the Summary of Home Owner Messages.
• Full Paid Membership is required to Read Full Messages, and Respond to Homeowners‘ Messages.

You may Upgrade to Full/ Paid membership at any time following registration to receive maximum exposure and quicker results. Much of the revenue from paid memberships is used to run and maintain two dedicated servers, database and promote the service. Membership Fee Revenue helps us match over 10,000 sitters with homeowners each year worldwide.

Privacy Policy

Introduction

This Privacy Policy is subject to the Terms and Conditions of Use (the "TCU") posted on the Site. This Privacy Policy is part of, and incorporated into, the TCU.

We have updated our privacy policy to meet the requirements of the new European privacy law called General Data Protection Regulation (or GDPR) which goes into effect on May 25th 2018 Housecarers.com is focused on helping you protect your online accounts, and we believe that protecting your privacy is an essential part of that work Our updated privacy policy gives more detail about the information we collect, how we use it, and how we comply with GDPR

HouseCarers.com understands and respects your concerns about privacy. At the same time, we do ask that you provide information about yourself in order for us to understand your needs better and make your experience at HouseCarers.com more valuable to you. We created this Privacy Policy to provide you with notice of what information HouseCarers.com may collect, how such information may be used, and how such information relates to the operation of the Site.

The Site is not intended for use by persons under the age of eighteen.Individuals who are under the age of eighteen are expressly prohibited from submitting to HouseCarers.com or posting to the Site any personally identifiable information about themselves.

By providing any personal information to this Site, you fully understand and unambiguously consent to the collection and processing of such information in Australia, the United States, Europe  and/or any other country.

This Privacy Policy explains

What personally identifiable information HouseCarers.com collects from you, and how HouseCarers.com uses the information;
With whom your information may be shared;
What choices you have regarding the collection, use and distribution of your information;
What cookies are, and how HouseCarers.com uses them;
How HouseCarers.com protects your personal information;
How you can access, update or delete your information;
What else you should know about your online privacy; and
how you can contact us
 

1. What personally identifiable information HouseCarers.com collects from you, and how HouseCarers.com uses the information.

HouseCarers.com collects and stores personal information in several ways at different parts of our Site. This information may include your legal name, email address, age, gender, User ID, User Password. We collect this information in order to provide you with our services more easily, and in a more personalized manner. HouseCarers will not individually identify any user to a third part except when required to do so under the law and under the special circumstances specified under With whom your information may be shared;.

We do not display on the public side of the site the Identifiable personal infomation, including Real Name, Email Address, Phone Numbers, except in the controlled cases below.

House Sitter Members

House sitters may choose to supply contact phone numbers, and skype and whatsapp address.

These direct contact details will only be displayed to Logged on Homeowner members who the House sitter has first communicated with through the secure, internal Housecarers message System.

Identity Verification Information.

To help create and maintain a trusted environment, you may elect to provide identity verification information (such as images of your Passport, or driving license, as permitted by applicable laws) or other authentication information. To learn more, see our Help FAQ about providing identification at Housecarers.com.

Homeowner members may choose to have their Mobile or Cell Numbers validated to obtain a verification rating on their public profile.

House Sitters may choose to upload references from Home Owners to their private Reference Library.

These references will only be displayed to Logged on Homeowner members who the House sitter has first communicated with through the secure, internal Housecarers message System.

House Sitters may choose to upload Photos.

These photos will be displayed on the members public profile.

House Sitters may choose embed YouTube Videos on their public profile.

The YouTube video will play in their public profile or at the members YouTube site.

Home Owner Members

Homeowners may choose to supply contact phone numbers and Address.

These contact details are for Housecarers Internal Verificaton purposes only.

House Sitters may choose to upload Photos.

These photos will be displayed on the members public profile.

Financial / Payment information

Housecarers does not process or store financial details such as credit and debit cards. All subscription payments are handled securely, on our behalf by Paypal, Clickbank and Pinpayments.

We do not do auto-renewals or recurring payments. Invitations to renew are sent out one month prior to expiry.

The payment processors send us receipts which we securely retain for verification. The receipts do not contain credit or debit card Numbers

2. With whom your information may be shared.

HouseCarers.com will not sell, rent or barter your personal information. However, we may from time to time aggregate statistical information regarding our customers, traffic patterns and site usage. Such aggregate information will not individually identify any user.

We reserve the right to disclose any information if such action is necessary (a) to conform to the requirements of the law or to comply with legal process or subpoena served on HouseCarers.com, (b) to protect and defend the legal rights or property of HouseCarers.com, the Site, or its users, or (c) in an emergency, to protect the health and safety of its users or the general public. We further reserve the right to release any information concerning any user if that user participates (or is reasonably suspected of participating) in any illegal activity, even without a subpoena, warrant, or other court order. We cooperate with law enforcement agencies in identifying those who may be using our servers or services for illegal activities. We also reserve the right to report any suspected illegal activity to law enforcement for investigation or prosecution. 
 

The information you provide is used to facilitate secure matching between Homeowners /Pet Owners and House Sitters.

3. What choices you have regarding the collection, use and distribution of your information.

You may occasionally receive information about HouseCarers.com services. HouseCarers.com believes that these updates are interesting and informative You may subsequently contact us to request to be removed from this list. In every update that we send, we will include an option to discontinue receipt of future updates. HouseCarers.com reserves the right to limit any registrations on our Site to those who will accept our information and to those who will provide the requested information.

4. What cookies are, and how HouseCarers.com uses them.

As part of offering and providing customizable and personalized services, HouseCarers.com uses cookies to store and sometimes track information about you. A cookie is a small amount of data that is transferred to your computer's hard drive. All portions of the Site that prompt you to log in or that are customizable require that you accept cookies. No other company has access to cookies placed on your computer by HouseCarers.com. We may use cookies technology to reduce the time required for you to submit your requests and for HouseCarers.com to respond to such requests. Cookies will not be used by us to retrieve any information about you, or from your computer,that you have not voluntarily given to us. Cookies placed on your computer by third parties by or through the Site, if any, are not the responsibility of HouseCarers.com and are not subject to the TCU. Please contact the third party placing these cookies to find out what information is collected and how it is used. You can usually edit your browser not to accept cookies, but the features of our Site may not function properly if you do not accept cookies.

5. How HouseCarers.com protects your personal information.

For all our transactions, we employ reasonable and current Internet security methods and technologies. When you set a password for your housecarers account, we use technology that masks it so no one at the company can see it. We mask passwords through a process called hashing, which replaces the actual password with a random set of numbers and letters that are stored in Housecarers's system. This allows our systems to validate your account credentials without revealing your password. This is an industry standard. Where appropriate, we password protect, use encryption techniques and install firewalls. We strive to protect you. We encourage our participating service providers to adopt and honor their own consumer privacy policies. Once we receive your information, we use reasonable efforts to ensure its security on our systems.

Passwords Must be a minimum of 8 characters and may contain up to 20 characters. We recommend you use:- A mix of lower and upper case Letters; Numbers; and any special characters such as %,&@!$ to make your password unique and hard to crack. Passwords should not be duplicated at other sites, and we recommend the use of a password manager.

We keep a record of your log-ins to accounts. We use the information we gather from you to monitor for unusual or suspicious activity in your account, to communicate with you about your account, and as additional information that can be used to validate who you are if you need to recover your account or your account has been or may be compromised. For your protection we lock accounts after 10 failed login attempts.

Photo ID Verification

If you elect to upload verification Photo Id: The Images are encrypted on upload, and encrypted at rest. The images are used Internally for Identity Verification only.

6. How you can access, update or delete your information.

As part of your use of the Site, you are responsible for maintaining and updating, as applicable, your membership Registration Data with current, accurate and complete information. You may view, update and/or edit the membership Data you have provided to HouseCarers.com by logging in to your account and following the appropriate instructions.

You may request deletion of all your data by sending a request through the Housecarers Contact form.

7. What else you should know about your online privacy.

The Site may also contain links to other web sites and advertising. The privacy policies of those web sites and advertisers may significantly differ from that of our Site. It is your responsibility to contact such web site operator or advertiser directly to determine their privacy policy.

8. How you can contact us.

Any questions about our Privacy Policy, the practices of the Site, or your dealings with the Site should be directed through the Housecarers   Contact Form

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Do House Sitters Get Paid?

We are a Community for House Sitters to advertise and match up with homeowners. Most House Sitters will Housesit for no charge - just rent free accommodation. They include travelers, retirees, and people looking to save a deposit for a home. This is a great benefit especially for long term Housesits.

Some countries have more Professional Sitters (especially UK). Unfortunately when Sitters start charging all sorts of laws kick-in. It is no longer just fellow citizens helping each other, with the sitter as a guest in the home. This is the main spirit of our site and We don't want to turn it into a job site.

Non-charging house sitters are a guest in their home, and there are no Visa or Business regulations issues. Once we charge for House Sitting we are now a business and need to have all our bases covered for operating a business in that location.

Many Sitters Housesit Internationally to save on travel costs. They are often prohibited by immigration laws to charge for House Sitting on a tourist visa. They are a guests in the foreign home. Some countries will even view House Sitting as non-paid work. That is why many sitter state on immigration forms, that they are visiting friends - which is true as they have established a friendship before they leave.

Travel expenses are normally covered by the sitter as the Homeowner can always choose a local.

For more information please select Guide at our home page.

Also bear in mind: Again:- if you are House Sitting in another country, on a travel visa your are prohibited to accept money. You must say you are a guest in the home when visiting the country - not house sitting.

Terms & Conditions

Introduction

The sites Privacy Policy is subject to the Terms and Conditions of Use (the "TCU") posted on the Site. The Privacy Policy is part of, and incorporated into, the TCU.

Homeowners and House Sitters

Indemnity

You agree to indemnify and hold HouseCarers.com, its associated companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, co-branders, and other partners and employees, harmless from any loss, liability, claim or demand, including attorney's fees, due to or arising out of Information you submit, post to, read from, or transmit through the Site, your violation of any applicable laws or the rights of another, your use of the Site, including

For Home Owner members:
Your use of the Site to contact registered HouseCarers members, to search for House Sitters, or to use content or other information on the site (including the House Sitters agreement)

for Housesitter members
Your use of the Site to contact registered HouseCarers members, to communicate with House Owner members, or to use content or other information on the site (including the House Sitters agreement)

All members and site visitors.
The Site provides search results of registered Housesitter Members, and Rgistered Homeowner Member Postings. HouseCarers.com endeavours through our internal systems to verify the integrity of information posted. However, we cannot guarantee the integrity of information submitted by Members and you acknowledge and agree that HouseCarers.com is not responsible for the content or information contained therein. HouseCarers.com cannot and does not guarantee, represent, or warrant that the content or information supplied by Housecarers members is accurate, legal and/or inoffensive.

By using the Site to search for Housesitters or send messages to HouseCarers Members (Home Owners or House Sitters and you agree and understand that HouseCarers.com shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damages or loss caused or alleged to be caused by or in connection with your use of, or reliance on, the Site to obtain search results and/or send messages to other members. However, if you have a problem with information on the Site, please let us know via our Contact form

Your Registration Obligations

In consideration of your use of the Site, you agree to:

(a) provide true, accurate, current and complete information about yourself as prompted by the Site's registration form (such information being the "Registration Data") and
(b) maintain and promptly update the Registration Data to keep it true, accurate, current and complete. If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, or HouseCarers.com has reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, HouseCarers.com has the right to suspend, terminate, or refuse any and all current or future use of the Site (or any portion thereof)

Disclaimer of Warranties

You expressly understand and agree that:
Your use of the Site is at your sole risk. The Site, and its content, are delivered on an "as is" and "as available" basis. HouseCarers.com expressly disclaims all warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. HouseCarers.com makes no warranty that the Site or any related services, such as message links, or searches offered on the Site will be error-free, uninterrupted, timely, secure, or that it will provide specific results from use of the Site or any content, search or link therein.

Any material viewed, downloaded, or otherwise obtained through the use of the Site is done solely at your own discretion and risk, and HouseCarers.com will not be liable for any damages of any kind arising from the use of the Site, including, without limitation, direct, indirect, incidental, punitive, or consequential damages.

No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained by you from HouseCarers.com or through or from the Site shall create any warranty.   Neither HouseCarers.com nor any of its data or content providers shall be liable for any errors or delays in the content, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon.

Limitation of Liability

You expressly understand and agree that HouseCarers.com shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential or exemplary damages, including but not limited to, damages to property resulting from a House Sitting assignment, use, data or other intangible losses (even if HouseCarers.com has been advised of the possibility of such damages), resulting from: (i) the use or the inability to use the Site; (ii) the cost of procurement of substitute services resulting from any, data, information or services purchased or obtained, or messages received or transactions entered into through or from the Site; (iii) unauthorized access to or alteration of your transmissions or data; (iv) statements or conduct of any third party on the Site; or (v) any other matter relating to the Site or the content thereon, including without limitation any member content posted thereon. In no event will HouseCarers.com be liable for any damages.

Member Conduct

The Service is provided to individuals only. Any unauthorized commercial use of the Service, or the resale of its services except under an HouseCarers.com affiliate agreement, is expressly prohibited. You agree to abide by all applicable local, state, national and international laws and regulations and are solely responsible for all acts or omissions that occur under your account or password, including the content of your transmissions through the Service. By way of example, and not as a limitation, you agree not to:

Use the Service in connection with chain letters, junk messages, spamming or any duplicative or unsolicited messages (commercial or otherwise);

Harvest or otherwise collect information about others, including e-mail addresses, without their consent; transmit through the Service unlawful, harassing, libelous, abusive, threatening, harmful, vulgar, obscene or otherwise objectionable material of any kind or nature;

Transmit any material that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots, or any other harmful or deleterious programs;

Interfere with or disrupt networks connected to the Service or violate the regulations, policies or procedures of such networks;

Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Service, other accounts, computer systems or networks connected to the Service, through password mining or any other means; or

Interfere with another member's use and enjoyment of the Service or another entity's use and enjoyment of similar services.

Subscription Payments

Some membership upgrades provided by HouseCarers.com  will be sold through clicbank.com paypal.com and pinpayments.com

We do not guarantee you will get a housesit as the choice is the homeowners. There are no refunds for un-used advertising, or pro-rata refunds.

Privacy of Referees

Please do not post names and details of referees on your public ad. This page is indexed in google and your referees will not like showing up in google. We provide a private references library for uploading references - click tools references in the left menu after login. Posting references in your ad is impacting the privacy of your referees, and we do not allow this under the terms of use of our site.

Posting of private personal details of referees‘ public profiles can result in suspension of ad or cancellation of membership without refunds.

Misuse of the Site

Housesitting is a mutual arrangement, directly between House Sitter members on this site and Homeowner members of this site only. The site may not be used to propose House Sitters who are not members of this site.

House sitter members may not use this site for deceptive business practices and your profile must be accurate and true representation.

If you are unable to fulfil your commitment to the Homeowner you must give the homeowner notice and use all possible means to contact the Homeowner. Many Homeowners have already committed to airfares, and dates and cannot be let down. When you make a commitment with the homeowner you should swap all alternate contact methods, so communications can be kept open at all times.

Violations of the conditions of the site can result in suspension of your ad and/ or cancellation of membership without refunds.

House Sitters must take their agreed responsibilites and commitments seriously. This include home, pet and Garden care.

We strongly recommend the supplied housesitting agreement is signed by both sides. A tempate is provided in the members dashboard help area. This can be customised to fit the indidual House Sit.

Homeowner Housesit Postings

Home owners may only post Housesits for your own home. Postings of behalf of other Homeowners are not permitted.

Home owners must give full disclosure of the condition of their home, number of pets, requirements, and any other factors that impact the decision of the House Sitter to commit to the housesit. In other words the House Sitters should not be surprised to find things are not as expected when they arrive. It is strongly recommended that the homeowner supplies photos of the inside of the home and surrounds to the housesitter.

House Sitting Complaints

House sitting complaints (from House Sitter or Home Owner) should be submitted via the Contact form. The complaint should be objective and in point from with evidence.

Housecarers takes all complaints seriously. We receive responses from both sides. Housecarers may terminate the membership of Homeowner or Housesitter where it is evident either side is unreasonable, unfair or negligent.

Housecarers cannot provide legal advise and will not arbitrate on complex cases. In these cases the parties should seek independent legal Advise.

Violations of the Terms and Conditions of the site

Can result in suspension of your ad and/ or cancellation of membership without refund.

Sample House Sitting Headlines

Active retired couple wishing to see more of the country. Flexible on location and duration - Short or Long term

Professional Couple looking to save for house - love pets and gardening, will take great care of your home and pets.

Retired country couple looking for housesit in western suburbs to visit grand children and go to Easter show.

Will care for your home and pets on the Gold Coast while you take a vacation.

We are renovating our home in suburb x and willing to care for your home within 10 miles during this period.

I am currently writing a novel and am willing to care for your house and pets at any location within California.

 

Sample House Sitting Advertisements

About Us

Kelly is a retired Navy Chief and is a Manager for a high-tech company in Portland, OR. If you asked his employees what they would say about him, they would say that he is fair, consistent and sets clear expectations. Kelly is handy around the house and yard, so no worries about any surprises that may come up; he can handle it.

Dawn has been a nurse for 35 years. If you asked her employees what they would say about her, they would say that she is fair, honest, and a great communicator. She supervised Day Surgery at a hospital so she is well organized, can handle emergencies, and is dedicated.

As a couple, we are non-smoking, non-drinking, non-partiers, and love life. I don't want to say that we are homebodies, but we like to stay in a routine of getting up early, do chores (we also make extra money typing from home), and then settle in for the day by later afternoon. We enjoy each other's company, so we don't need to go out in the evenings to go to events or socialize.

Since we are retiring early, we are looking to book up our calendar so that we can have a place to lay our head each night. We love animals and would love having them be part of lives. We also like to run, walk, and go on hikes to stay active and welcome dogs to go with us.

Why We Want to House Sit

We are looking to travel around the United States to go to different areas to house sit and see the sites along the way. This will provide us opportunities to do some camping and hiking while we go from place to place.

We would like the houses that we care for to definitely be a non-smoking house. We also prefer it to have Wi-Fi, queen-size bed, and air conditioning.

Our Experience

We don't have any house sitting experience other than for ourselves.  We have owned our own homes for over 25 years and have had to do the obvious yard and garden maintenance along with interior upkeep and maintenance.

We are very clean people and you will be very pleased coming home to a nice clean house and upon request a pot a homemade chicken and bean soup (I make it weekly because we love it so much).

What Can We Bring to the Assignment?

As stated above, we can bring a lot of life experience. Kelly grew up with dogs, cats, chickens, and horses and then had his own dogs as an adult. I grew up with dogs and then had my own dogs as an adult. I had Cocker Spaniels and Miniature Schnauzers. My Cocker Spaniel had epilepsy, so I had to give him daily medication and when he had grand mal seizures, I had to start an IV and give him medication. One of my miniature schnauzers had cancer, so I had to give him IV fluids daily.

On a final note, if Kelly can run a manufacturing plant and I can run a hospital unit, we can take care of your house, pets, and yard.

Thank you for reading this,

Kelly and Dawn

We are a active, non-smoking professional couple.  I am a company director and my partner is a teacher.  We have owned properties and understand the value of caring for a home. We would like to housesit in the areaX area before buying in the area.

We love dogs and cats and have previously maintained a pool and garden.  We are willing to provide reference and bond when required.

I am a cheerful, independent and responsible single person that would be the perfect candidate to mind your house, pets and gardens in your absence. 

I recently relocated from Cityx to CityY and would love the responsibility of caring for your pets while I establish myself in CityY. I am extremely experienced at caring for house and garden and have had previous positions houseminding both short and long term.

I would be delighted to hear from you. References available.

We are a married, healthy retired couple both non smokers and are very keen gardeners.

We are keen to housesit in the AreaX of CityX to be close to family.

We have many personal references.  Being retired gives us lots of time to look after your home, garden and pets.

We are available now and look forward to discussing your requirements.

We are a couple with a young baby.

We are experienced with animals having always been brought up with pets.  I am currently on maternity leave and our drop in income has made it impossible for us to stay where we are. 

We are responsible people and are conscious of the care and security required to maintain a property. I will be able to give added security as I will be home during the day. I housesat extensively in CityX and can provide references.