Once again London is the city to visit this summer with the expectation of HRH, the Duchess of Cambridge, due to give birth in just a couple of weeks. Predicting the exact date can be a difficult task (the Palace has given the official due date as July 13), which if paying out in hotel costs could rack up the bill. House sitting offers a way to stay in London with no accommodation costs, while waiting for the biggest news of the decade and sharing in the celebrations of the Coronation Festival too.
Trustedhousesitters.com, the world's largest house sitting website, has seen an influx of London homeowners looking for house sitters this summer, meaning you could enjoy staying in a trendy Shoreditch apartment, a Victorian home in Camden or a family house next to the Royal park of Richmond, to name just a few examples of house sits available this summer.
House sitting means you stay rent free in return for caring for the owner's home and often pets while they are away. The duration of a house sit varies from a long weekend to several weeks in London - literally saving thousands in accommodation costs.
The birth due date falls in the middle of the Coronation Festival, a four-day celebration to mark 60 years since the Queen was crowned. The festival, expected to rival last year's jubilee revelries, runs from July 11 to July 14, so London will be THE city to be, once again this year.
Kit Whelan from Boston, USA previously enjoyed a three-week stint house sitting in London, "I enjoyed free rent in one of the most exciting - and expensive - cities in the world! Caring for the cats only took about 10% of the day, which we loved, so we were able to spend the majority of our time out - going to the British Museum, having traditional afternoon tea at a swanky hotel, walking along the Thames, shopping at Harrods-house sitting is an amazing way to visit London."
Angela Laws from N. America visited London last year during the Olympics and house sat a multi-million pound home for the duration, "House sitting in London during a big event is perfect, I've saved a fortune and not only that, when the weather was bad it meant I had a lovely home to stay in and not some small pokey London hotel room!"
Trustedhousesitters.com has seen an influx of house sitters from the US looking for London homes during the Royal celebrations, as a way to be part of the festivities without breaking the bank and living like a local in one of the most vibrant cities in the world.
To apply for London house sits and enjoy staying in the capital during another celebratory summer, simply register with Trustedhousesitters.com from just $49 and apply to the many homes looking for sitters this summer.
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