Trusted House Sitters

I had known about house and pet sitting through the Internet for a number of years but it wasn't until a friend registered with Trusted House and Pet Sitters than I realised the possible opportunities. She was the one who suggested we register and we were very lucky to get a sitting which has turned into a regular for us. It was a bit slow after that but more lately we have managed to get a number of sits by applying for the shorter sits, just a few days and last minute sits. Since then I have introduced several people to the website who have had sits and a number of others who are very interested including some of the people we have sat for. I have been very enthusiastic about the possibilities if you have a profile that catches the eye of the person looking for a sitter. The reason for the 4 stars instead of a possible 5 stars is that I find the website a bit annoying. Looking through numerous sits and finding when we go into a specific profile to get more details, when we go back to the listings we find ourselves right back at the beginning and have to open all the pages of possible sits and trawl through again before we get back to where we were to continue looking. The other annoying aspect is that the photos posted by people looking for a sitter get cropped by the website cutting off what the photo was supposed to show. The only other negative has been that as we work full time we can only apply for London sits and they are the most difficult to get as everyone wants to sit for someone in London. My friends who registered have taken holidays to do sits away from London which isn't what they had envisaged when they signed up and paid to be included on the website although they massively enjoyed their experiences.