TrustedHousesitters Reviews 

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TrustScore 4.5 out of 5

4.4

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Evaluating 8,891 reviews, reviewers overwhelmingly had a great experience with this company. Customers consistently praise the helpful staff and the smooth, well-organized service that makes planning trips completely stress-free. People note that connecting with reliable pet sitters is remarkably straightforward and gives them immense peace of mind while traveling away from home. However, some reviewers were not happy with the high annual subscription fees and additional service costs. Some people also felt that navigating certain features on the platform or dealing with the website structure could sometimes be overly complicated and frustrating. A few consumers mentioned that finding adequate support when technical problems arise is exceptionally difficult.

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Conceptually great - like Airbnb but for pet sitting. In practice the concept works brilliantly - we put our "listing" on the app, a sitter couple applied, we accepted and the sit went really well. A... See more

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

The various forms that you, as a newcomer, have to fill out are organized in an overly complicated structure. For instance, the shopping list takes forever to complete because you have to start a new... See more

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Found first sit no problem. Site has many opportunities. Only disappointment we experienced was not being able to secure lounge passes. The rules are too restrictive. Out of 5 Terminals they were only... See more

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

We had a very good first experience with Trusted Housesitters. It made us three week trip to Italy possible with little worry about our dog, Sammy. My only concern was that, when I had initial quest... See more


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  1. Pet Sitter

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TrustedHousesitters is the altruistic way to find a house and pet sitter when you're next going away. It provides a real win-win. Home and pet owners can find rated people happy to care for their home and pets in return for a retreat worldwide. If you have any questions then call or email one of our customer service agents who are all experts in house sitting, having been members of TrustedHousesitters.com themselves.


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4.4

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TrustScore 4.5 out of 5

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great First Housesit Experience

I am very happy that we found TrustedHousesitters. We just retired, and now have a modest income which equals "time and no money" for travel. TH helped us to make travel affordable. The process is also very seamless, from joining as a sitter, to applying, and communication between homeowners and us. I also joined Housesitters.com as it would be even better if we could earn money. But, that site is terrible; especially in comparison to TrustedHousesitters. With that said, it would be an improvement on TH if they offered paid sits also.

October 14, 2026
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

THS was truthful

THS was truthful, the website was easy to use, and Very helpful, the photos and location information was acurate, we booked the sit from over seas, and everything worked perfectly.

October 14, 2026
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

This is the best pet sitting

This is the best pet sitting
Service its fantastic the people I have had never a complaint.Allways love to look after my dog Sparky and take him for many walks.100% reliable in every way.

October 23, 2026
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Everything was just right except for…

Everything was just right except for the app. I learned to avoid the app and go to the website. App size is off and often would freeze (as it did repeatedly when trying to add comments to my sitter review).

October 27, 2026
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Easy to work with

I had great responses to my request for a housesitter. They were all very responsible and it was difficult to choose. I am very pleased with the first housesitter, Sage. She took care of my animals while I was gone and kept in touch. I could enjoy my vacation knowing they were in good care. trusted housesitters helps keep the communication going, reminders are helpful, they seem on top of their business. I like it that they background check the housesitters- that worried me with other pet sitters. I am planning on using them from now on when I go away.

October 8, 2026
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Trusted housesitters do exactly what they promise

Trusted housesitters do exactly what they say they will do - and very well. They were able to provide me with a number of reputable sitters to interview. The sitter I chose did a wonderful job and we are very grateful. I also appreciated the detailed information the business requested regarding our pets, so that the sitter had as much information as possible. I wonder if you could offer a template or list of important and useful information for house and pet owners to fill in and leave at the property for the sitter?? That would be extremely helpful for everyone. The only thing which pulls the business back to 4 stars is that I find your website complicated and difficult to navigate. But the actual service was really great. Thank you.

October 22, 2026
Rated 2 out of 5 stars

What am I paying this money for? AI garbage

You pay 100+ pounds and for each sit on top of that just to have some useless AI bot providing no help at all when you need it. No contact email provided, no actual human support accessible. If the chatbot can't help you (which it can't), good luck. The company replied saying you can get transferred to a human but I tried and it didn’t work after several requests and refreshes.

I hope other websites that aren't as exploitative get more popular than this one with time. What's the point in spending so much money if the company can't even pay some actual people to help its high-paying customers?

October 27, 2026
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Reply from TrustedHousesitters

Hello L,
We are sorry to hear about your experience trying to get assistance. While our automated assistant handles common initial queries, our human support team is fully available to help our members. You can connect directly with a live agent at any time simply by requesting a transfer in the chat window.
Please reach out to us there with your account details, and a member of our team will be glad to assist you directly.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

This was my first experience of this…

This was my first experience of this kind in the United States. I had done similar things before in Europe—after all, I’m from Europe myself. You know how good people tend to gravitate toward other good people? Well, I’m a good person, so I was able to easily find a wonderful family and an amazing dog. I honestly don’t know if I’ll ever get to experience something like this again; it was truly an exceptional experience—really!

October 22, 2026
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Abandoned when we needed help most

I am incredibly disappointed by the customer service we received from TrustedHousesitters following a serious incident at our home. We have been left feeling completely abandoned by a company we trusted to support us when things went wrong.

We returned home to discover that our sitter had accidentally left the shower running when they left the previous morning. There had been a burst water main in the village, and we can only assume they turned on the shower, realised there was no water and inadvertently left it running.

The shower is directly in our bedroom, and it had been running for approximately 24 hours. The resulting steam and damp caused extensive water damage to our bedroom, including the walls, paintwork, light fittings and soft furnishings. The room had only been decorated three weeks earlier. To come home and find it in this state was absolutely heartbreaking.

But the damage was only part of the problem.

We live in a rural property and rely on gas bottles for our heating. The shower had been running for so long that we had exhausted our gas supply. It was after 5pm, Storm Austen was hitting, our only bedroom was unusable, and our house had no heating. We had nowhere suitable to sleep and no easy solution. Our friends and family live approximately 250 miles away.

This is precisely the sort of situation in which you would hope a company offering home and contents protection would provide some reassurance and practical support.

Instead, trying to get help was an incredibly frustrating experience. There is no telephone number to call. You have to navigate the online chat, get past the chatbot and try to reach a real person. When we finally received a response, we were told we needed to contact our own home insurers and obtain written confirmation that they had declined our claim before TrustedHousesitters would do anything.

Think about that for a moment. We had returned to a water-damaged home, had no usable bedroom and no heating, in the middle of a storm. We were already dealing with the immediate aftermath of the damage, yet the response was effectively to send us away to deal with our insurers first, with no immediate practical assistance.

I understand that insurance and protection plans have terms and conditions, and I appreciate that the sitter did not cause this damage deliberately. Accidents happen. My disappointment is not about expecting a company to magically fix everything; it is about the complete lack of meaningful support when we genuinely needed help.

We felt abandoned at an incredibly stressful time. We trusted TrustedHousesitters with access to our home, and when something went seriously wrong, the customer service experience left us feeling that we were on our own.

If you are considering membership, I would strongly recommend looking beyond the reassuring language about protection and carefully checking exactly what happens when you need to make a claim. For us, the real test of a service is not how well it works when everything goes to plan, but how it treats its customers when things go wrong. Sadly, our experience has been deeply disappointing.

October 23, 2026
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Reply from TrustedHousesitters

Hello,
Thank you for sharing your feedback. We are genuinely sorry to hear about the distress and disruption this situation caused, especially returning to significant water damage and heating issues during severe weather.
While our Home & Contents Plan operates as secondary coverage, which requires a formal decline from a primary insurer before a claim can proceed, we fully understand that receiving standard procedural instructions during an urgent crisis can feel dismissive and stressful.
Your comments regarding emergency support and accessibility have been shared with our teams.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great experience

Sitter was very easy to work with and very responsible. Home and pet were well cared for. This was our first sit. Hoping to find sitters for holiday travel but a little worried about availability. But so far, our first sit was a great experience

October 23, 2026
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Trusted House sitters

Trusted House sitters has been a revelation. I have met so many genuine and friendly people who have stayed to look after my dog.
The booking process is easy, and to have someone staying in your house whilst you are away is very reassuring.
I have had a problem logging into my account today and the issue was resolved by the online team very quickly.

October 27, 2026
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Trusting Humanity

The community that exchanges house and pet care for free stay and use of cars is like a hidden secret door in the world where everything needs a monetary value. Love meeting people who open up thier homes and trust strangers to care for the most intimate parts of thier lives. Seeing the animals comfortable in thier home environment while thier families are away is a real treat that I wish I knew when I had my dogs.

October 26, 2026
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

A very satisfied Trusted house sitters user

We have used trusted house sitters at least 10 times, and I’ve been very pleased with the service. It means a lot to us to have somebody in the house full-time, both watching our cat, letting him in and out, which is very important to him, and watching our house as well while we are away. We used to hire a company that would send somebody to feed the cat and maybe play with it for 15 minutes, not the same thing. So we were thrilled when we found trusted house sitters and have had many successful sitters in our time, no complaints at all about the service, ease of use, and simplicity of the system

October 6, 2026
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Better than air bnb

Apprehensive to use the service but it was seamless. I easily chose a housesitter - they were as good as their reviews promised. I wish I had tried this earlier

October 14, 2026

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