After discovering a common passion for travel and animals when they met during confinement, an American couple has since been travelling around the world where they are housed for free in exchange for their animal care services. They follow their incredible daily life on their TikTok account.
They dreamed of doing it and they finally realized their project. Austin Andrews and Jori Kerr planned their first international trip last January. They had been saving for a year to travel the world and stay with the locals.
Eight months ago, Jori and Austin left their native Oregon to become travellers and pet sitters. The two lovers left everything behind to fly to Grenada, in the Caribbean, for two weeks at the start of the year. There, Jori and Austin took care of Pickle, a dog, and Carib and One Ear, two cats, when the owners were away during the day or for a certain period.
Added to this are the free accommodation and meals paid for by the owners in exchange for the care and attention given to the animals the travellers take care of. A really good deal that travelling lovers have discovered via the TrustedHouseSitters site, established all over the world (nearly 100 countries), and allowing the meeting of pet owners looking for people they can trust to take care of their pets.
After receiving the solicitations of a family in Granada, the couple resigned and packed their bags where their life of vagabonds now takes place. This first successful experience in Granada, Jori and Austin flew to Germany where they were able to visit Berlin. But also the territory of Gibraltar and a large part of the United States.
Jori and Austin are always on the lookout for a new pet-sitting experiences around the world. While they strongly hope to be able to do pet sitting in Paris, Hawaii or London, they concede however that these destinations are enormously popular with backpackers registered on the TrustedHouseSitters site.
However, the two traveling companions do not lose hope since they wish to gain experience to manage to build a solid profile on the site allowing them to be chosen by future owners. On their Tik Tok account @nomadsandpawpads , we can see that Jori and Austin have finally managed to reach one of their dream destinations in the French capital.
The two young people are full of praise for their new daily life, punctuated by trips to several countries, cultural discoveries, animal care and returning to their Oregon home when the offers are not flowing. » We love this way of life so much that we hope we can make it permanent ,» Jori confessed.