The Travelling Millburys

About this sitter

BOOKED FOR 2026. THANK-YOU!

EDIT: now booked until October, 2027, where we have only the last week of October and the month of November open.



Hello, we're Michele n cj - The Travelling Millburys!

We are retired healthcare workers and are enjoying our new chapter by travelling and house/pet-sitting. We're newer to this site, but have been on others and are experienced, having started in the summer of 2022.

Our Facebook page (The Travelling Millburys) where we blog about our experiences, now has a dedicated photo album of screenshots of our reviews, open to anyone who wants to peruse, titled "References and Reviews." We are grateful to have many.

And anyone can follow us, as well!

We've had gigs in Canada (where we started as we are Canadians), England, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, and of course, France. A number of these are now repeats as those we've sat for are satisfied and we so enjoyed them, as well. We are also in the position to pick up sits from outside of these websites as we get to meet more and more people and as word of mouth spreads.

We like long-ish sits because it helps us better learn about the area, culture, meeting people, and so on. As examples: we helped one homeowner's friend harvest olives in southern France (and the lunchtime spread!) and in southern England volunteered with harvesting and pressing apples in the community orchard.

We believe it's a more economically AND ecologically sound way to travel.

Why they want to house sit

What better way to explore the world and help people at the same time?! And, as there is usually a pet or two involved, we get to have companions!

Their experience

We are experienced pet owners, having had cats and dogs over the years. There have been bouts of poultry and swine ownership, too. In terms of pet-sitting, we've looked after geriatric cats, young cats, older dogs, young dogs, fish, pet birds and pea fowl, even. Our latest adventure had us tending sheep and poultry.

We've administered oral meds, taken a cat to the vet for an infected wound that the Dr thought was from a cat bite (cone of shame, oral antibiotics and wound care), and dressing a dog's paw post-op of a toe amputation.

In terms of housing, we've been home owners and renters, had houses with wells and septic systems, wood stoves and fireplaces, are pro-recycling, pro-composting, and can affect small repairs around the place, too.

What can they bring to the assignment

Seems to have been mostly said above.

He has a 5-yr French residency visa and she has EU citizenship. We both have our French driving permits, but don't have a vehicle. We depend on trains and ferries, and for remote sits, the owners have always been happy to pick us up or bring us back to the station, for which we are always grateful.

Et, monsieur est bilingue!