Meet the couples ‘leaving everything behind’ to travel the world with TrustedHousesitters. “You can't really top waking up in the morning to see llamas on your front porch waiting for their breakfast,” says Anaïs of a recent pet-sitting experience in New Zealand. Along with her partner Steven, the Spaniard has been travelling the world with TrustedHousesitters since 2021.
The platform connects holidaying pet owners with responsible travellers looking for unique, home-away-from-home experiences. “We wanted to switch to travelling full-time, so we decided to get remote jobs and leave everything behind,” Anaïs tells Euronews Travel. “It was the best decision we've ever made, opening doors to incredible experiences worldwide.
” They’re not the only ones who made this major life change during the pandemic. “In 2020, we sold everything we had in Brazil to live a nomadic life,” says Gabryel, who has been pet-sitting full-time with his partner Vera for over 2.5 years.
Euronews Travel spoke to both couples from their current house-sits in Australia and Thailand to find out more. On first hearing of the nomadic lifestyle, “We thought, wow, and travelling at the same time, it’s like a dream!”, says Gabryel. “But it was a dream so, so far away we never imagined doing this.
” When the hit, they became determined to find a way. Giving up their jobs in F&B and administration, Gabryel, 31, and Vera, 29, used their degrees in business and financial management.