During this difficult time it seems that we all have to pay attention to how much we spend, what for and maybe we’d better forget about holidays too.

But to help you out I’d like to suggest another way of going on holidays without being ‘crippled by the crisis weight’.

Have you ever heard about house sitting?

“I have decided to be a house sitter. I have found that there are many folk who wish to leave their home and pets for periods whilst they travel, and they seek people like me to care for their house, their garden and their animals. For me it provides a place of peace, and plenty of time to write” . (Source: Diary of a House Sitter, http://housesitdiary.blogspot.com).

Yes, you understood correctly: also houses need to be taken care of, like dogs, plants, babies…

Many well-to-do families with equally comfortable houses often leave their house to some concierges. Now it seems quite trendy the habit of leaving the house (garden and animals included) to a person who will take care of it -precisely the house sitter- in return for a “change of place and air” or the possibility of living in a different, beautiful, maybe bigger, maybe luxury house or, whatever, to be able to go on even short holidays in another place, different from one’s own house. You can also earn some money in some cases.

However, apart from the house sitting news, if this is not your solution because you are a family or a couple –and this can be a more suitable solution for singles- you can always re-consider the home exchange option and start now to plan your economic, easy and comfortable house swap holidays!