How and where to find cat sitting jobs online

Posted byTaleb KabbaraPosted inBlog

You have just made the decision to become a cat sitter. Great, because I am going to show you how easy it is to find a cat sitting job almost anywhere around the world (96 countries), especially in the UK, US, Canada, and New Zealand.

All you need is to check the cat sitting house ads, see if it is suitable, get in touch with the cat owner, confirm a sit, and you are all sorted.

Cat Boarding vs Cat Sitting

My experience with cat sitting started with rescuing and fostering cats back home in Lebanon at my own flat, then I have upgraded it to open my own cat boarding place for travelling cat owners in 2018. Unfortunately, due to the COVID lockdown that happened in Spring of 2020, I had to shut down the cat hotel, and left my home country and went to the UK.

In the UK, the culture is different when it comes to holidays for cat owners. They prefer a cat sitter to stay over with their cats while they are away. This is not so common in my hometown, but turns out it is common everywhere else. I wasted no time in signing up for an account in House Sitters UK.

What actually motivated me to catsit is that the landlord where I stay in the UK does not allow pets in the flat, so I had no other option to keep a cat. This did not stop me from accompanying cats, but rather than at my own flat, I started cat sitting in houses in the UK.

Start Local

If you want to start your cat sitting experience, there’s no better place (simpler, convenient, affordable) than local. When speaking about local cat sitting, you do not have to travel and leave your home. For that I use Cat in a Flat UK, and it is a great website to earn some cash from cat sitting (I talk more about earning from cat sitting in this article).

Expand to other areas

Because I was working from home, I have managed to find cat sitting jobs outside Leicester (where I live now). I used House Sitters UK for that. When I started a full-time job, I had to plan my holidays upfront before confirming sits as it is not affordable to commute to work and it is not fair for the cats as I spent most of the day at work and traveling back and forth. I talk about planning your cat sits in this article.

Travel overseas 

Earlier this year, and now that COVID lockdowns and PCRs were lifted, I started planning my holidays outside the UK, and in 6 months, I’ve managed to tour 9 states in the US, and sat at 8 houses. I talk about how I saved on rent and other bills in this article.

Finding cat sitting jobs by country

Below I am listing down 4 different cat sitting websites in 97 countries that I have tried and been extremely happy with. I have tried other websites and apps, but honestly, I did not have a good experience due to difficulty in finding jobs that are suitable and aligned with my holidays.

United Kingdom

United States

Canada

New Zealand

Australia

Austria

Belgium

France

Germany

Ireland

Netherlands

Switzerland

Other Locations

  1. House sitting in Spain
  2. House sitting in Italy
  3. House sitting in United Arab Emirates
  4. House sitting in Portugal
  5. House sitting in Mexico
  6. House sitting in Thailand
  7. House sitting in Cyprus
  8. House sitting in Greece
  9. House sitting in Costa Rica
  10. House sitting in South Africa
  11. House sitting in Malaysia
  12. House sitting in Japan
  13. House sitting in Sweden
  14. House sitting in Denmark
  15. House sitting in Singapore
  16. House sitting in Panama
  17. House sitting in Turkey
  18. House sitting in South Korea
  19. House sitting in Norway
  20. House sitting in Luxembourg
  21. House sitting in Brazil
  22. House sitting in Puerto Rico
  23. House sitting in Malta
  24. House sitting in Czech Republic
  25. House sitting in Ecuador
  26. House sitting in Guernsey
  27. House sitting in Vietnam
  28. House sitting in Indonesia
  29. House sitting in Cambodia
  30. House sitting in Croatia
  31. House sitting in Hong Kong
  32. House sitting in Saint Kitts and Nevis
  33. House sitting in Argentina
  34. House sitting in Bulgaria
  35. House sitting in Chile
  36. House sitting in Colombia
  37. House sitting in Qatar
  38. House sitting in Romania
  39. House sitting in Finland
  40. House sitting in Hungary
  41. House sitting in Isle of Man
  42. House sitting in Nicaragua
  43. House sitting in Peru
  44. House sitting in U.S. Virgin Islands
  45. House sitting in Bahrain
  46. House sitting in Jersey
  47. House sitting in Morocco
  48. House sitting in Poland
  49. House sitting in Bahamas
  50. House sitting in Barbados
  51. House sitting in Egypt
  52. House sitting in Georgia
  53. House sitting in Gibraltar
  54. House sitting in Guatemala
  55. House sitting in Kenya
  56. House sitting in Montenegro
  57. House sitting in Saudi Arabia
  58. House sitting in Senegal
  59. House sitting in Slovenia
  60. House sitting in Venezuela
  61. House sitting in Belize
  62. House sitting in British Virgin Islands
  63. House sitting in China
  64. House sitting in Grenada
  65. House sitting in Honduras
  66. House sitting in Iceland
  67. House sitting in India
  68. House sitting in Jamaica
  69. House sitting in Oman
  70. House sitting in Taiwan
  71. House sitting in Uruguay
  72. House sitting in Andorra
  73. House sitting in Azerbaijan
  74. House sitting in Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba
  75. House sitting in Brunei
  76. House sitting in Cape Verde
  77. House sitting in Cayman Islands
  78. House sitting in Democratic Republic of the Congo
  79. House sitting in Estonia
  80. House sitting in Fiji
  81. House sitting in Jordan
  82. House sitting in Latvia
  83. House sitting in Lithuania
  84. House sitting in Mauritius
  85. House sitting in Mongolia
  86. House sitting in New Caledonia
  87. House sitting in Palestinian Territory
  88. House sitting in Philippines
  89. House sitting in Russia
  90. House sitting in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  91. House sitting in Slovakia
  92. House sitting in Sri Lanka
  93. House sitting in Tonga
  94. House sitting in Trinidad and Tobago
  95. House sitting in Tunisia
  96. House sitting in Vanuatu
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