Profile information
Travel information
We are currently
Travelling
Activities we are interested in:
Long walks and longer bike rides, yoga/pilates, playing guitar, drawing, writing, creating/ building things, cooking and exploring this beautiful planet🌍❤️
Our next destination:
Turkey - from Mar 2025 until May 2025 View all
Description
Current availability starting late August 2025. Presently have exchanges set up through August 27th 2025. Spent the fall looking after a villa in Lake Como. We came to Albania to renew our passports in November and do some house/pet sitting until March. April to May we’ll be house/pet sitting in Capadoccia, Turkey 🇹🇷. We’ll spend the summer looking after a property in Hvar Croatia. 🇭🇷
Just a long note about us so you know that we're serious and intend on helping you, not vacationing on your time.
After a regular and successful life, living in Maui Hawaii, when I was 36, my sister passed away. She passed away in 2008 at 38yrs old so I felt it my duty to start fulfilling my dreams right away. In 2009 I quit the normal life and bought a little sailing boat and sailed from the western US through the South Pacific islands and on to Asia for 10 years. Living on a yacht significantly reinforced our dedication to conservation efforts of water and electricity and everything along this journey. What a life experience! We helped out along the way in a few places. Help exchanges have been a state of mind along our journey and just mentioning the concept has enriched our lives in many ways. We helped at a few resorts and properties along our sailing voyage in Mexico, Tonga, Solomon Islands, Malaysia and Cambodia.
Serendipity struck on the shores of Koh Chang in the Gulf of Thailand when a chance encounter led to an offer to manage a Yacht Charter company, catapulting us into a fun role as Base Managers. We looked after 12 yachts and took charge of welcoming owners and international clients, imparting sailing wisdom, and crafting an exceptional cruising guide. Bill expertly navigated sailing lessons, captained private charters, and provided invaluable assistance with maintenance.
They sent us to Croatia to charter tradeshows which allowed us to meet other companies and eventually we moved to Puerto Rico with the largest yacht charter company in the world. But thier focus was making money more than making clients happy so we moved on.
Luckily at that time a friend needed to take his boat from Amsterdam to the Black Sea along the rivers and through the canals of Europe and we had bicycles to explore all the little villages we passed through, what an incredible journey. That was by far the trip of a lifetime even after sailing the 7 Seas!
We did some help exchanges after that in Turkey(2), Greece and Croatia. Restoring old furniture and creating a stone pathway, helping run a small resort, rebuilding a rooftop terrace and emptying, cleaning and painting a house. We planned to return to Croatia but would spend the winter in Mexico, then covid. When we could, we headed back to Croatia where we volunteered for an NGO, running boat trips to clean the sea of rubbish. We took people island hoping in exchange for their help cleaning the shorelines.
After that it was off to Morocco, back to Europe, off to the South Pacific for some more sailing and then got transferred to Belize.
Our professional backgrounds are as varied as our travels, encompassing hospitality, travel agent, mortgage banking, childcare, boat chartering, accounting, and caregiving of people, homes/resorts and pets. Bill also has experience in building houses and the things inside it, solar, landscaping, sailing instructor, training teams, horticulture, great cook, has a green thumb in the garden and if you have the tools, he can fix or build anything.
Riding bicycles and long walks keep us busy and we enjoy drawing, writing, cooking, playing guitar and yoga.
We're a great team and we are eager to continue our journey toward self-sustainability on land, armed with adaptability, quick learning abilities, and open minds. Together, we bring a wealth of experience, passion, and dedication, ready to embark on the next chapter of our adventure.
Interests
Writing
Charity work
Performing arts
Sustainability
History
Yoga / Wellness
Self development
Sailing / Boating
Pets
Outdoor activities
Nature
Music
Movies & TV
LGBTQ
Fitness
Hiking
Gardening
Drawing & painting
Culture
DIY & crafts
Cycling
Cooking & food
Camping
Books
Beach
Astronomy
Art & design
Architecture
Animals
Adventure sports
Languages
Languages spoken
English: FluentMore details about my language interests
We know a little bit of a lot of languages from traveling. Spanish and french are known a little. We’ve got by in Germany as well but we’re not having long conversations in other languages.
Skills and knowledge we'd like to share or learn
Some knowledge of:
Animal Care
Art Projects
Charity Work
Eco Projects
Life at a Farmstay
Helping with Computers/ Internet
Able to teach about:
Hospitality/Tourism
General Maintenance
Helping around the house
Creating/ Cooking family meals
DIY and building projects
Gardening
Being an elderly companion
More details about your skills
I have been traveling the past 15 years and have had a chance to stop and also be a helper in a few different places. Some of them happened just mentioning the idea of what help exchanging is about. We are now living in Belize looking after a property through May. From here we will pop into the USA to renew our passports and from there we will head to Europe and then winter possibly in England, Morroco or Turkey before we head back to Europe. Let’s see what we find.
We can help build things, cook, clean anything, wait tables, operate a business, care for people/animals/boats, hospitality, horticult, plumb, electrify, landscape, what ever you need, between my partner and myself we can help you. With diverse backgrounds in hospitality, travel, construction, and more, we bring a dynamic skill set, boundless enthusiasm, and a passion for sustainable living to every endeavor.
Age
52 & 65
What else ...
We’re happy in a busy place or an isolated village but we prefer to have our own accommodation if possible. Very clean and tidy with much respect for hosts and peoples property.
Some more information
Smoker
Driver's licence
Allergies
Special dietary requirements
Photos
