HI we are Tom and Sue
I am English and my husband Tom is Scottish we emigrated to Australia 11 years ago. Having sold our business and taken early retirement, we spent time renovating our family home. We, sadly, lost own dog Nessie (aged 16 and a half) and one of our closest friends to cancer in 2010. We decided that now was the time to do something we had always wanted to do and travel the world (well life is just too short!).
So, In 2011 we decided to rent out our home, put our furniture in storage and headed off into the wide blue yonder to follow our dreams (and the sun). We spent a year or so travelling around Europe and then headed over to the Caribbean (we have a son over there, so this was a great excuse to explore the islands). However, we soon came to realise that the costs of this lifestyle were mounting. To continue exploring the world, we would need to look at other options to achieve this . The financial constraints of living in hotels and the impersonal aspect of travelling this way had really started to wain. We really missed having the comforts of home and having animals in our lives. Rather than just be tourists, we wanted to experience, actually, living in the various areas, meeting and striking up new friendships with the local people.
That's when we discovered the fantastic world of House/Pet Sitting!