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Is Trusted Housesitters Still Worth It With The NEW £9 Booking Fee?
As of January 2026, Trusted Housesitters has introduced a £9 booking fee that both the sitter and the pet owner have to pay when a sit is confirmed. This is paid per sit confirmation and is on top of the annual membership. With this additional cost in mind, it begs the question… is Trusted Housesitters still worth it? Let’s deep dive! Disclaimer – this post contains affiliate links which means I may earn a commission if you follow any of the links. This comes at no extra cost to you and helps support the site. Thanks! What is Trusted Housesitters? Trusted Housesitters is a membership website which connects housesitters with…
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Wowcher Mystery Holiday Review – Is it worth it? Where to?
Disclosure: Please keep in mind that some of the links in this post are affiliate links. If you go through them to make a purchase I will earn a commission. I link to these companies and their products because of their quality and not because of the commission I receive from your purchases. The decision is yours. £99 for a week in Bali, New York or even Dubai!! This deal is a budget travellers dream… or is it? Here is my full Wowcher mystery holiday review. When I saw this deal going around on social media, I thought it was a scam. It sounds far too good to be true… the…
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Sleeping At Heathrow Terminal 5: Everything You Need To Know
As I am writing this at 6.35am from one of London Heathrow airport many bougie airport lounges (thank you Trusted Housesitters for including lounge passes in your membership!) in terminal 5, it is safe to say that I survived. Want to know how it went sleeping at heathrow terminal 5? Keep on reading! I had a nights gap between a housesit ending and my flight to New York City so I initially looked into airport hotels. Wow they are so so expensive! We’re talking over £150 for a room at an airport hotel. One that I would have had to vacate at around 5am the next morning anyway because of…
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The Frugal Explorer’s Guide To Antigua, Guatemala
Last fall, I spent 2 weeks on a Spanish Immersion program in Antigua, Guatemala. This looked like living with a local host family and attending daily Spanish classes! I wished I booked longer as I had the best experience in Antigua and have been planning a return trip since I left. I spent my two weeks in Antigua hopping around coffee shops, immersing myself in the culture and I just so happened to be visiting during Independence Weekend which was an amazing thing to get to see. Here’s everything you need to know before you visit Antigua, whether just for a quick visit or on a Spanish Immersion program like…
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I’ve Saved Over £11k On Flights Using Avios Points – Here’s How To Get Started
In the past four years, I’ve saved over eleven thousand pounds on flights using avios points! And it is super easy to get started! I fell down the travel hacking rabbit hole over 4 years ago now and I haven’t looked back. Since taking out that first credit card through a AMEX refer a friend offer, I’ve collected over 100k Avios, have redeemed 4 reward flights and still have a balance of over 50k. 2025 Update: I hit 75k avios and decided to splurge on my first ever FIRST CLASS flight later on this year! Keep reading to find out more about the fab deal I snagged! No joke, it…
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Is The Central House Marrakech Medina Worth It?
Not going to lie, we originally chose to stay at The Central House because the pictures were gorgeous! Super Instagramable! But it ended up being a great place to stay (in a fab location) with lots going on so really it all worked out. {Disclaimer – I paid full price for this stay and all the opinions in this post are my own however it does contain affiliate links. This means that I may make a small commission if you follow a link and make a purchase. This comes at no extra cost to you and helps support the site – thank you!} We stayed here in mid March and…
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The Frugal Explorer’s Ultimate Marrakech Travel Guide
I’ve just got back from a 5 day trip to Marrakech, the fourth-largest city in Morocco and it was brilliant. And I just had to share my Marrakech travel guide. We managed to fit so much into the five days and eat some amazing food! I shared daily snippets from this trip over on my instagram and got a tonne of messages about all the things we got up to so I thought I would put it all together in one post. In this post, I’m going to share the basics (where we stayed and how we got from the airport) plus all our favourite places to eat and activities…
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HI NYC Hostel Review: One of the Cheapest Places to Stay in New York
Looking for somewhere affordable to stay in Manhattan? Keep reading for my HI NYC hostel Review! I came across the HI New York City when I was searching on Booking.com for accommodation for a weekend away in NYC. The only other time I’d been to NYC was on a school trip and I remember our hotel being hundreds of dollars a night so you can imagine my surprise when this came in at under $50 per night! I immediately imagined the worse hostel but the photos didn’t look too bad and the location was fab so I booked it. And spoiler alert – it was actually a really nice hostel!…
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Is Antigua Really The Cheapest Place To Learn Spanish?
I spent two weeks attempting to learn Spanish in Antigua Guatemala on a Spanish immersion program. But how much did it actually cost and is it really the cheapest place to learn Spanish? I picked Antigua, Guatemala because it was so cheap but when all added up, the grand total was more than I thought it was going to be. Let’s break it down… The Immersion Program = $490/£374.30 I knew I wanted to do a Spanish Immersion program somewhere in the world so I googled “cheapest place to learn Spanish” and Antigua came up, so into a research hole I went! In the end I chose a school called…
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Three Years of Housesitting and These Are My Top 6!
I will forever be grateful for the random youtube advert I saw years ago about Trusted Housesitters! Housesitting is hands down my favourite budget travel hack and one of the best ways to visit a new place. Not only do you get “free” accommodation and get to play with super cute pets but you get a true local experience of a place. An all round win! I have been housesitting since September 2022 and since then I’ve done 25+ sits in 5 different countries. Truly putting my £149 membership fee to good use. {Disclaimer: This post may contain affiliate links which means I may earn a small commission if you…
