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Episode 21: How to Live Anywhere in the World, Pay No Rent, and Be Happy

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In 2012, Eden and Denny sold their US businesses and moved to Belize. Then they moved on to Nicaragua. That's where they discovered the secret that makes their world travels possible (and totally affordable). Housesitting. Housesitting has enabled them to live all over Latin America and Europe. They visited Morocco, and they're scheduled to spend some time in Egypt. They've been in Asia. . . and in more than three years, they've only paid rent for a couple of months. I talked with …

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Episode 10: How to Expand Your Travels with Housesitting

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There's a way for expats, flexpats, and digital nomads to contain their overseas cost of living while experiencing life the ways the locals live it. It's called housesitting. Basically, you arrange to stay in someone's home and care for their pets in exchange for free lodging. The owners can leave their furry, feathered, or scaly friends in the comfort of their home, knowing they're being looked after, and you get a place to lay your head. Done properly, it's a win-win all around. In …

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How to Travel the World (and not Pay Rent!)

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In 2008, Eden and Denny owned two businesses in the US. One was an ice cream shop they opened in September. Talk about bad timing! Today, they live all over the world -- with no housing expenses. I talked with Eden recently, via Skype, about their nomadic lifestyle. The Downsize Their adventures started in 2012, when they sold the ice cream shop. They had spent several years downsizing from a house with a big garage, and left the US with 12 suitcases and the dog. They knew they …

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We Trusted a Housesitter in Las Tablas, Panama: The Rest of the Story

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My husband and I have just returned to Las Tablas after a five-week jaunt in the US. We left our dogs back in Panama with a housesitter. I've written previously (this is the third installment) about our quest for the person we could trust with our pets and our home while we were away. What did we find when we returned home? Did we find our car missing, our dogs running loose, and our house stripped to the bare walls? Was our kitchen hip-deep in garbage? These are the kinds of …

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Choosing a Housesitter in Las Tablas, Panama

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A few months back, I wrote about our search for someone to stay with our dogs while we traveled back to the US this spring. After uploading our request to the Trusted Housesitters site, I was astonished to see 30 applications slam into my inbox in the same number of hours. It seems like a lot of people wanted the chance to visit Panama and Las Tablas! 48 hours later, I had to turn off the stream. I wasn't sure how I'd pick through the applications I'd already received. It was not an …

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