Bananas Mode On

Hi everyone 🖤

Right now we’re sitting in a cozy mountain house somewhere in Colorado. Snow is falling quietly outside, the fireplace is on, the baby is finally sleeping in a real crib, and our 3-year-old is playing as if he’s lived here forever.
And in the last 4 months we have paid for accommodation exactly two nights. The rest of the time — completely free.

So many of you write asking the same thing: “Seriously… how are you doing this?”
Here’s the calm, detailed, and 100 % honest answer.

The whole “secret” in three lines

1. We use TrustedHousesitters
2. Homeowners travel and need someone to leave their pets and house in good hands
3. We move in, take care of the animals and the house → we live there for free

That’s literally it. No money changes hands (except the annual membership to the platform — we pay the regular price, no special codes or sponsorship).

Our route so far (4 months on the road)

• Southern California → ocean views and the sweetest dog you’ve ever met
• Oregon → real farmhouse with horses and total silence at night
• Idaho →mountain house, constant rain and incredibly happy cat and dog
• Current sit → mountain house in Colorado, snow everywhere

We usually stay 2–4 weeks in each place, sometimes longer. We cook normal meals, wash clothes in a normal washing machine, and live the way we would at home — only the landscape outside the window changes.

How the kids are doing (the question I get most often)

Better than the adults, honestly 😂

• The little one was 4 months when we left — now 8 months — and he just sleeps and eats wherever there’s a crib.
• The 3-year-old had been asking for a “big adventure” for a whole year, so for him every new dog, cat, or horse it’s Christmas morning.

Is it really (almost) free?

Yes.
We paid the TrustedHousesitters membership once (standard price) and that’s it.
In 4 months we spent exactly 2 nights in a paid hotel — small gaps between sits. Everything else — $0 on accommodation.

How we started (you can repeat tomorrow)

1. Registered on trustedhousesitters.com
2. Passed verification (ID + quick background check)
3. Wrote a simple honest profile + added photos with friends’ pets
4. Sent 15–20 personalized applications
5. Got the first sit in 10 days

If you’ve ever thought “we’d love to travel the States longer, but it’s insanely expensive with kids” — this is exactly the way hundreds of ordinary families (including us) are doing it right now.

Website (plain link, no referral or discount):
https://www.trustedhousesitters.com

Next post: the exact list of what we packed for the kids (one suitcase total) + how we survive long driving days without losing our minds.

Big snowy hugs from Colorado 🏔️❄️

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