I was listening to a radio programme yesterday as I drove home from doing some chores.
They were chatting about the cost of car hire at an airport vs. at a city depot. The programme had compared the same car, for the same dates and from the same hire company. They did this for, if I remember correctly, 4 different car hire companies and at a couple of different airports.
The price difference was staggering. On average it costs at least double to rent the car at the airport. In the most extreme case the fee from the city depot was £300 for a 1 week hire but the same car, from the same company if hired at the airport was a mind-blowing £1,600.
During the programme a listener got in touch from Spain saying she had discovered that she could save €400 by going to the Malaga airport, using their free Wi-Fi and booking a car as opposed to walking a few steps the desk and booking it in person.
Hire companies tried to justify the difference by talking about higher overheads etc
With Christian House Sitters we can save you a fortune by offering you rent-free accommodation all over the world and fairly often the owners allow you to use their car free of charge as long as you cover the insurance but naturally there are also a lot of houses where they can’t make a vehicle available for you so please be warned we do not control the car hire companies so check before you fly.
We would like to serve you as well
We can help you enjoy a Rent Free Vacation and we can help find someone to look after your home and pets while you are away. Free of charge.
Share this opportunity with your friends, your family, your church and be a blessing to them. Full details on our website www.Christian-housesitters.com
God bless you,
Ray
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TLC Children’s Trust
UK Charity number 1156786
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ABOUT Christian House Sitters
Christian House Sitters is a Worldwide ministry that started in order to provide holidays for Christians and sitters for owners who needed a reliable Christian to look after their home, pets and garden. House owners do not pay anything to have their property listed. House sitters are only charged £25 per year and in return for this some enjoy numerous holidays each year.
All fees from membership go to sponsor food for children at the Home of Peace Children’s Home in Kenya. This only supplies about a quarter of what is needed to feed the children so we urgently need sponsors.
All funds go via our Registered Charity TLC Children’s Trust Charity Number 1156786 website http://www.tlc-childrenstrust.org
N.B. Joining Christian House Sitters does NOT commit you to sponsoring a child or giving any support beyond your membership fee to these children. Although naturally if you want to support that would be greatly appreciated. We have some regular sponsors and other people who give an occasional gift. All are greatly appreciated.
ABOUT RAY & MARILYN
We are Marilyn & Ray White. A fun loving Christian couple who have been in Christian work for over 30 years. Marilyn was born in England but moved to Zimbabwe as a baby. At the age of 16 she moved to South Africa. Ray was born in South Africa and grew up on a farm. We met in Johannesburg and got married in 1966.
Ray worked in business for many years then he worked for YfC in South Africa then went on to Bible College and Pastored a church.
In 1982 we moved from South Africa to England.
In addition to his theological training Ray trained in Psychology and since moving to the UK he has lectured in Psychology, counselled for the NHS and opened a Christian Counselling Centre.
Marilyn is also a trained counsellor and manager.
In addition to the counselling we trained Christian counsellors both in our local area and by invitation in other areas of the UK. In total over 700 people completed the training courses. Many are serving the Lord by working in or through their local churches.
We also ran a secular Stress Management business. We are now semi-retired and focus our time and attention on Christian House Sitters and Ray also serves as a member of our Church Leadership Team.
Ray also has an active preaching ministry and runs Christian seminars on subjects such as stress management for church groups.
He has written two books.
A Christian book that is a very practical workbook on Christian commitment as applied to real life. The book looks at how we can surrender ourselves more fully to God.
This is looked at under the headings of Physical, Mental, Social and Spiritual commitment. The book is called Let’s Get Serious.
He has also written a secular book on Stress Management called Stress Overcoming this Potential Killer. (Ray was previously Chair of the International Stress Management Association UK).
News Update This book has now been released as an e-book as well
A few years ago we did a 2 month House Sit in France. Whilst there we felt the Lord leading us to set up a Christian House Sitting service. Since then we have done a number of other house sits.
We believe this site will benefit many Christians around the world.
Feel free to contact us (BUT please no spam)
NOTE: If you want a fast reply the best way to contact us is via the contact page on the Christian House Sitters website www.christian-housesitters.com
God bless you,
Ray & Marilyn
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They were chatting about the cost of car hire at an airport vs. at a city depot. The programme had compared the same car, for the same dates and from the same hire company. They did this for, if I remember correctly, 4 different car hire companies and at a couple of different airports.
Christian House Sitters 
Love the values and spirituality of your focus
Thank you Vicki.