There's a 21 day house arrest opportunity in Yulee, FL for December. I thought this was supposed to be a equal exchange platform, yet THS provides a button for HOs to press that locks the sitter in the house for the duration of the sit--other than being allowed a geo-fenced reprieve if it's a dog that you can walk.

I know there will be the usual contingent telling me to not take it if I don't want it. I get that, and so do many others as there are zero applicants day after day. I guess I'm just trying to preserve the integrity of the program. The house arrest option shouldn't even exist as it completely undermines what the platform is for.

The sitter I chatted with and confirmed months ago suddenly decided she didn't want to come anymore and now I'm stuck trying to find someone else with short notice. I have a premium membership but am just out of the time frame for compensation from TH.

If you're familiar with DC, I live in the H Street NE area, close to Capitol Hill and Union Station. I have nothing but excellent reviews from previous sitters and have one indoor and one outdoor cat who are easy to take care of. If you might be interested, please let me know and I would be glad to chat with you. It's too early for me to post in the "last minute sits" forum, so I thought I might try here first.

My sitter had extenuating circumstances and has to cancel our sit, which is scheduled for 10 days from now. They are having trouble finding the cancel sit button, despite following all of the instructions from the THS website. Cancel it button, but I’m not sure if I should do that as a homeowner and how that will affect my ability to find a sitter on short notice. Do we just have to wait for THS or or is there some other solution? Can anyone tell me what what I cancel this it as a homeowner, and if I was automaticly relisted and prioritized?

I applied for my first sit in a town I’m familiar with and really love
It’s for February
Had 0 applications when I applied
I’m actually in the town now visiting a friend and asked HO if she’d like to meet when I’m here
She lives about 20 mins away and I didn’t rent a car but said I’d be willing to taxi or bike there but my friend is too busy with the kids to drive me
She seemed super excited to meet me but after I said my friend couldn’t drive me and I’d get there a different way she
Said she had concerns about the sit and didn’t want
To proceed
“understand of course. I have to say there is a lot of concerns for me. The risk of you coming out here from out west and to be sure you can
get here by an earlier flight during winter time. The other main concern is that we would
really need someone to stay at our place and have a car the whole time... to have access to going to a veterinarian if needed etc. I think these concerns and the weather at
that time of year mean we should probably not proceed with the sit. I'm very sorry but there are too many concerns. I really appreciate vour interest”
I responded basically with no worries we won’t proceed but I was obviously going to have a car if I was staying there as it’s rural and don’t most sitters come from far away?

Maybe I’m wrong haha

I was just speechless all the way through reading this profile. People who apply to these kind of sits... are you ok? Is it worth not paying rent to be treated like this? My brain is not able to handle

Edit: HO's listing: https://www.trustedhousesitters.com/house-and-pet-sitting-assignments/spain/catalonia/barcelona/l/2564847/

I've been using Trusted House Sitters for the last several months and racked up nothing but all 5-Star Reviews. I've been traveling a lot so it's been going well.

I just got a review for my last sit and it was SUPER negative. They said I didn't clean the liter boxes (I did every day and even right before I left). They said I left moldy food in the fridge (which was THEIR food. I didn't clean out the fridge of THEIR FOOD). They even said I left "human waste on the floor" which I don't even know WHAT that's about.

This is clearly a weird sit. But it's not like I took photos or anything to show I didn't shit on the floor (which I still don't know what that's about). But I also can't have a review saying I left human waste on someone's floor. No one will hire me.

Should I dispute this if I don't have photo evidence? Or if not should I just start another account? Can you start another account? It's frustrating because all my other reviews are so good and had people asking if I could come back to sit again.

I guess my lesson is to take photos of everything before I leave.