Vacationers Home Check-List: Everything You Should Know Before You Leave

Written by Ian White


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It is important that you make adequate arrangements in regards to any pets that you may own. You can board them at a shelter, if need be, thoughrepparttar comfort and care of your pet should always be kept in mind. It will be unsettling to your pet to be separated from you, make sure that their temporary home is as loving and comfortable as possible. No family pet should be kept in a cage for an extended amount of time. Make sure that you are leaving your pet with someone who is an animal lover, and not inrepparttar 136401 business of kenneling for greed. You should never forgetrepparttar 136402 goldfish inrepparttar 136403 tank, orrepparttar 136404 plants in your home. It would be sad to come home to a floating fish and dead house plants. You may want to make prior arrangements to have someone come into your home to take care of these other special family members.

Prior to leaving it is important that you go throughrepparttar 136405 refrigerator and dispose of any products that will have spoiled before you come home. You need to reducerepparttar 136406 temperature onrepparttar 136407 hot water heater to a lower temperature, as well asrepparttar 136408 thermostat on any central heat and air units that you may have. Make sure that all outside water hoses are disconnected if it isrepparttar 136409 winter season, it will help to keep your pipes from bursting in extreme cold weather. It is also important that you check all smoke detectors to verify that they are in working order.

An option that you may want to check into that will give you peace of mind is a house sitter. This is a person that comes in and takes care of allrepparttar 136410 above listed things and stays at your home while you are away. Your pets will be able to stay in their own environment,repparttar 136411 plants will be watered,repparttar 136412 pool cleaned,repparttar 136413 mail checked,repparttar 136414 lawn will be mowed, etc. The house sitter’s voice will be heard onrepparttar 136415 end ofrepparttar 136416 telephone line when a future burglar calls to check to see if someone is home. It will berepparttar 136417 house sitter that they see coming and going from your home on a regular basis if your house is under surveillance by a future burglar. The presence ofrepparttar 136418 house sitter isrepparttar 136419 number one burglar deterrent.

A house sitter can also provide invaluable services like forwarding faxes to you if you run a home business and an urgent matter needs to be dealt with. They can also provide immediate attention to your home if there is ever an emergency. House sitters arerepparttar 136420 best thing you can do in regards to your pets. They can take your furry friends for their scheduled checkups, and tend to them if they get sick or hurt. They can also bathe them, feed them and love them until you get home. You can also leave a grocery list with your house sitter. When you return home, you will have a pantry and refrigerator stocked full of food, and you will not have to worry about that dreaded chore upon your return. A house sitter can also be in charge of getting any needed prearranged servicing done on your vehicles, or your home, while you are away. Above all else,repparttar 136421 main service that a house sitter provides is that you can call home and see how your home is doing.

There is no greater feeling than to have peace of mind and to be able to enjoy your time away from home. The only feeling that can match that is coming home and finding that your home is still intact, your pets are well, and that your valuable are where you left them. You cannot leave home without having someone watch over your home. The day of everyone leaving their front doors unlocked are over. Make sure that you do everything you can to assure that your home, pets and possessions are well-protected while you are away.

Author Ian L. White specializes in helping people who are interested in finding a house sitter in their town, or for more information about the benefits of house sitting. To find out about these services, visit http://www.housecarers.com today.

Registration is free for homeowners and a free trial is offered to housesitters.


Santo Domingo – The ‘First’ City A Lasting Impression

Written by Al Smith & Ruth Ramos


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This atmospheric enclave is alive withrepparttar sounds for whichrepparttar 136363 Dominican Republic is justly renowned:repparttar 136364 mesmerising rythms of marvellous 'merengue' merge with those of brash and bawdy 'bachata' andrepparttar 136365 strains of scintillating Cuban 'son'. This mellifluous melee of spirit-quickening, soul-enhancing, sun-filled music almost seems to illuminaterepparttar 136366 humid Dominican nights as it pumps insistently untilrepparttar 136367 early hours, fromrepparttar 136368 hive of hot and 'steamy' clubs that insinuate themselves intorepparttar 136369 City's myriad of alleyways.

Byrepparttar 136370 cold light of day, however,repparttar 136371 transient visitor torepparttar 136372 Dominican capital will soon become aware of an alternative reality as they absorbrepparttar 136373 'bigger picture' of Santo Domingo.

It is a sad fact that 80 percent of Dominicans live belowrepparttar 136374 poverty level. Inevitably, attracted byrepparttar 136375 merest possiblity of scraping a meagre living from some form of activity inrepparttar 136376 thronging capital, destitute families live in desperate hovels cobbled from bric-a-brac and other junk. Such shantytowns formrepparttar 136377 basis ofrepparttar 136378 City's suburbs as you travel further fromrepparttar 136379 Sea.

Long beforerepparttar 136380 itinerant tourist may even become aware of these unfortunate favelas, though, their lungs and eyes will already be testifying torepparttar 136381 insidious incidence of airborne pollution that furiously fogsrepparttar 136382 Santo Domingo air. Petro-chemical emissions endlessly emanate fromrepparttar 136383 slothful streams of teeming traffic that tediously transitrepparttar 136384 Cities streets in a constant state of imminent grid-lock. Standing out amongstrepparttar 136385 tumult of trafficrepparttar 136386 manifold three spoke logos of innumerable Mercedes (Santo Domingo hasrepparttar 136387 highest proportion per capita ownership ofrepparttar 136388 marque inrepparttar 136389 world!) may jar their senses asrepparttar 136390 dramatic contrast betweenrepparttar 136391 city's Dominican denizens dawns upon them.

The Dominican Republic,repparttar 136392 country often referred to as Santo Domingo by Dominican themselves, hosts a truly amazing capital city. So, for anyone visitingrepparttar 136393 DR forrepparttar 136394 first time (which is no small place by comparison to most other Caribbean venues) if proximity allows, a visit to Santo Domingo,repparttar 136395 City, is undoubtedly manadatory! Ruth and Esther Ramos provide some useful insights torepparttar 136396 numerous culturally and historically significant sights, and sites, that may be found aroundrepparttar 136397 city via their increasingly useful Dominican Republic travel information resource at www.visiting-the-dominican-republic.com. You will soon realize that it is little wonder that some visitors torepparttar 136398 Dominican Republic never find time to stray beyondrepparttar 136399 bounds of this enthralling City during their whole stay!

All in all, as a total experience, it is guaranteed that for anyone with a 'true' travelers spiritrepparttar 136400 Dominican capital, Santo Domingo, will make its indelible mark upon their heart. Like so many before them, they will discover that it is unlikely that one visit will ever be enough!

Ruth and Esther Ramos, www.visiting-the-dominican-republic.com © Copyright 2005, All rights reserved.

Article must be published as is (unedited) and withrepparttar 136401 author's bio paragraph (resource box) and copyright information included.

Ruth Ramos and her sister Esther are native Dominicans who publish and maintain www.visiting-the-dominican-republic.com a wide ranging Dominican Republic travel and tourist information resource . They also provide website consultancy, sales and design services. They may be contacted through the site


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