easyJet passengers to get free pet sitters AND accommodation with flights – thanks to new partnership with TrustedHousesitters

EASYJET has teamed up with pet sitting business TrustedHousesitters to make it easier for pet owners and animal lovers to travel.

Customers will be able to choose a free house sitter for their pet or find free accommodation as a house and pet sitter when booking flights on the airline's website.

The service is due to launch early in 2018, with pet owners able to match with verified members of the TrustedHousesitters website to look after their homes.

Animal lovers will be also be able to use the new partnership to find free accommodation across Europe if they look after the pets inside the properties.

As well as every variety of cat and dog, pet sitters can find themselves looking after anything from chickens and pigs, to goats and llamas.

The accommodation is as diverse as the animals, with house sits available in everywhere from French chateaus to stylish apartments in Paris and entire Greek islands.

The move follows a survey of easyJet customers that revealed how the majority of pet owners would travel more if they had better access to pet care.

Of the customers surveyed, 58 per cent said they would travel more often if they had people to look after their pets.

Usually, potential sitters have to pay £89 in an annual subscription and then start building their profile on the TrustedHousesitters site in order to get free accommodation.

The length of sitting time on jobs ranges from a couple of nights up to a year and some animal lovers have even given up their jobs to travel the world via the site.

TrustedHousesitters Managing Director Tim Lyons said: “There are millions of pet owners in desirable locations all over the world without adequate pet care.

"We can now enable them to travel more often, boosting tourism while giving people more authentic travel experiences.

"This helps make travel easier and more affordable all round."