Our Stories
Real stories from Easy and from our house sits in Europe: homes, animals, cities, surprises and lessons learned.
Two girls, a Fiat Pandaand a Golden RetrieverTwo girls, a Fiat Panda and a Golden Retriever
House sitting, travel and life experiences with Easy the Golden
We travel across Europe with Easy, living in unique homes and caring for animal friends, four-legged and otherwise.A different, authentic and possible way to travel with your dog.
Why Take It Easy exists
For people who want to travel more,
but do it with their dog.For people who want to travel more, but do it with their dog.
Some people think that once you get a dog, travelling becomes impossible.
That was our fear too: we were used to taking a plane to visit a city for the weekend, then Easy arrived and showed us another way to experience travel.Some people think that once you get a dog, travelling becomes impossible. That was our fear too: we were used to taking a plane to visit a city for the weekend, then Easy arrived and showed us another way to experience travel.
Take It Easy was created to share what travelling with a dog really feels like: honest stories, practical tips, routines, mistakes, discoveries and the little tricks we learn along the way.
What you will find here
Start House Sitting
Practical guides to understand how to start, how to apply and what to really expect.
Travel with your dog
Tips, routines and real experiences for travelling with a dog without losing your peace of mind.
Meet Easy and discover what she has to tellMeet Easy,and discover whatshe has to tell
Easy is always the first to jump into the car, she chooses the best spots to enjoy the day and manages to make any new place feel like home.
Between new four-legged friends, pools to swim in, gardens to explore and sofas to conquer, she tells Europe through her funny, sweet and slightly stubborn way of being in the world.
Coming soon: the beginner guideWhat is
What is
house sitting?
House sitting lets you travel while living in a real home: while the owners are away, you take care of their space and the animals who are part of their family.
For us, it became much more than a way to save on accommodation: it is a way to live places more slowly, step into local routines and build unique connections with animals and people.
Travelling with a dog changes everything. It changes you too.
Easy taught us to choose places more intentionally, slow down and experience every journey with more presence.
Not everything is simple: there are rules to respect, introductions with other animals to manage, homes to choose carefully and travel days to organize around her rhythm. But that is exactly what makes the journey feel more real.
The next stories
you will want to read
We are turning two years of house sitting across Europe into practical guides and real stories, starting from the questions we get asked most often.
Guide
How to start house sitting in Europe
Review
TrustedHousesitters after 2 years: what we wish we knew
Experience
House sitting with your own dog: is it possible?
Stories
Our favourite house sits in Europe
In the meantime,
the journey continues
on InstagramIn the meantime,
the journey continues on Instagram
Daily stories, arrivals in new homes, encounters with animals and the most spontaneous moments of the journey are already on Instagram.
About us
We are Sara, Fede and Easy: a small family on the move, with a Golden Retriever who is always ready to turn every stop into a story.
We travel through Europe among homes to look after, animals to meet and experiences to live. Here we share what we learn, what works and also what we wish we had known before leaving with a dog.
