The House Sitting Summit,

About the event

The House Sitting Summit is a 72 hour online event being run over the US Thanksgiving weekend, 25th - 28th November 2016. 

It is available for anyone with any internet connection to join us for free. 

The House Sitting Summit has been created to benefit from the 100% increase in house sitting interest by travelers in just the last 18 months alone. 

We are also using it to capture the true inspiration of this Sharing Economy phenomenon by showcasing the massive range of people using it right now as means to travel, from vacations to long-term and even full-time nomadic travel. 

Thanks to our 30+ presenters, including award winning travel bloggers, TBEX speakers, Microsoft sponsored travelers, and the 2014 National Geographic travelers of the year, the Summit has a reach of over 50,000 people. Our aim is to extend this reach via media, social media and paid advertising to around 100,000 free registrants. 

House sitting has given thousands the ability to travel right now, without the stress of having to first save up huge amounts to pay for accommodation (the largest cost for most travelers). And many have even been able to enjoy more frequent and extended international travel thanks to house sitting.

Additionally, people from all walks of life are now able to travel to places they never thought they would… small local villages, remote or exotic locations, the heart of major cities of the world, many times in places that tourists never get to. House sitting enables travelers to truly have an authentic experience and contribute to the local economy as if they were actually living there, not just visiting.

The Summit will especially appeal to young baby boomers and new empty nesters which are increasingly embracing this style of travel, as well as young digital nomads looking for cheaper accommodation options. 

Really, house sitting as a concept is not a hard sell to travellers. Its benefits more than speak for themselves. 

The Summit will present 33 pre-recorded interviews covering the full gambit of topics within house sitting and house sitting travel, and allow registrants to also participate in the live panel discussions being held each day. 

Why should you sponsor?

We have a couple of places available for sponsors and we would love to partner with brands that can help international travelers have an even richer experience.

Our audience is hungry to travel and therefore want to know about the products and services that can help them prepare for, embark on, and better enjoy their travel experiences.

From luggage, footware, clothing, all the way through to technology, apps, devices, even travel aggregrate search engines and food, health & fitness tools - anything that supports a world traveler.

As a sponsor of the Summit you will benefit from:

• Our extended advertising and marketing strategy rolling out over the final weeks before the event
• Remain visible to post Summit participants as we create the Summit into a multi-media information product
• Have the chance to be involved in planned ongoing projects within this niche in 2017 and beyond.

We don't see you as just a sponsor, we are your partners and by supporting this world first event, we will ensure our media and audience reach includes your brand now and into the future.

Nat & Jodie Smith

Hi, we are Nat Smith & Jodie Burnham. Originally from Australia we now travel the world as full-time house sitters, and have enjoyed 95.5% free accommodation since we began our nomadic travels in early 2013.

The 'House Sitting Summit' is one of many World-First projects we have undertaken in the house sitting niche.

In 2013, we formed the world’s first online community for sitters called 'House Sitting World’ on Facebook, growing it to over 14000 members. Later that year we also commenced publishing the worlds first mobile app for this niche called 'House Sitting World’ Magazine for both iTunes and Android. Both projects were individually sold in early 2016. 

In 2014, we created The 'House Sitting Academy’ which became the world’s definitive course on house sitting with a complete multi-media library to get people started in this rewarding lifestyle, along with a Private House Sitting Referral Network for Academy Graduates. 

In 2015, we were published by Zero to Travel Publishing House and our book ‘International House Sitting - Travel the World & Stay for Free’ ranked number 1 in several travel categories on Amazon.

Later in 2015, we hosted the world’s first podcast on house sitting called ‘House Sitting Legends’ released on iTunes, Android and SoundCloud, where we featured interviews with house sitters from around the world. To date we have created one season of this series with more planned for 2017. 

Having now undertaken these world first projects, and with the relationships we have built along the way, we now enjoy prime position as industry leaders, helping guide the direction of the house sitting travel niche.  

We have been featured on multiple media and podcast interviews since 2013, been keynote speakers about this lifestyle in London, and in 2017 will be featured in a collaboration print publication by a major global travel brand.

The 'House Sitting Summit' brings together house sittings most influencial people for the first time ever, and really represents the culmination of our efforts over the past three years in this industry. 

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