Significant Increase in Millenial Pet Owners Using Volunteer Home Sitters
People from all corners of the globe will always need to have their house and pets looked after, the garden maintained and plants watered while they are away. In the 90’s this activity become known as House Sitting and usually involves no exchange of money.
France – March 30, 2015 /MarketersMedia/ —
Before the accessibility of the internet, the only way for a Home & Pet Owner to find a reliable non-family house sitter was through specialized agencies. Home-sitting agencies were very few and operated in a confidential closed market. The main work for agencies would be to find retired volunteers and check identity documents, then send listings to them. All by postal mail. The agencies charged substantial fees for putting people in contact and it was a slow, meticulous process that was not affordable for all home and pet owners.
However the recent digital progress and the emergence of P2P house sitting platforms allows supply and demand to meet more easily. It is a fast growing trend that is completely in the spirit of collaborative consumption, therefore attracting a new range of user demographics.
“The changes that have occurred over the last 15 years are just huge” says Mariannig Ferrari, founder of Nomador.com “The evolution of the Internet, the increase of mobile devices and now the philosophy of the sharing economy itself has made a significant impact.”
Today the international house sitting community is multi-faceted: retirees as well as younger singles and couples, solo parents and families all willing to travel in a more savvy way. These travellers are in search of alternative and eco-friendly experiences, discovering local life with the desire to create links and be of service.
“Basically the 2015 house-sitter is someone who is a traveller with a global consciousness, an explorer of other cultures, other habits. Not the one who has the mind of a pure tourist. And he is necessarily a pet lover!” says Mariannig “Because pets are at the heart of home-sitting. “
Of course the economic aspect remains important as saving money allows people to stay in a place longer, or go away more often, or spend the budget saved on rewarding activities (cultural visits, local gastronomy, etc ..). But saving money is definitely not the main driver of most housesitters who are fuelled by the pleasure of discovery, the love of animals, the desire to help and curiosity to open up to the world.
This new generation of house-sitters master the use of platforms and social networks quickly. They search the internet to find tips and advice through various resources like Ebooks from National Geographic travellers of the year, Hecktic Travels, life stories on blogs like those of Anglo Italian Follow Us or Nomadic Matt, Suitcase Stories or Mapping Megan etc, online training courses such as the House Sitting Academy and community forums like House Sitting World. They learn how to build trusted profiles, introduce themselves and connect authentically with owners.
As far as homeowners are concerned, a P2P platform offering a free option like Nomador.com does, opens the solution to younger owners, often more familiar with the internet and more ready to trust strangers. “Their profile is closer to home exchangers and they consult Profiles and the community endorsements before they answer candidates” Mariannig adds, “and the purpose of Nomador is to bring together all pet-loving travellers, whether they are homeowners needing a solution to travel away, or travellers happy to find free accommodation, discover an alternative, closer-to-local-life responsible tourism.”
Discover more about house sitting and the sharing economy community by visiting the Nomador.com blog and following on Facebook and Twitter.
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Name: Mariannig Ferrari
Email: contact@nomador.com
Organization: Nomador
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