Hello THS, please make your search function allow for finding 3 month or longer sits. There are many reasons for this, such as having to leave the schengen zone before 90 days etc. Your search jumps from 1 to 6 months. Please make it 1,3,6. Thank you for considering this request
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There are only 12 sits that are over 1 month in the bulk of Europe, so thatâs not many to sift through to check their duration and whether they are in the Schengen area. Or thereâs 100 in the UK.
If youâre using the app, itâs much easier if you swap to a laptop, and use the map to decide where youâre going next.
A Schengen zone search function would be great, but if youâve any suggestions you want THS to take notice of, you need to contact them directly to make them hear your request, because the decision makers donât read this forum. The forum is just a help platform, so they wonât hear your voice.
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Another reason I would love to have more medium-longterm filters like this is for the purpose of saved searches. There are scenarios where Iâm not interested in a sit under, say, 2 months, but the only search criteria I can save is the 1-month filter, which means Iâm getting notified way too frequently by all the 4-week sits.
I agree this filter could use some work. Ideally Iâd just want to put in the minimum and maximum amount of days. Iâm not looking for 2+ month sits, but I would love to find sits that are 3-5 weeks for example.
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I also wish that on the saved searches, they would NOT notify me of sits for dates Iâm already booked! I get pinged all the time for sits only to find they overlap with dates Iâve already confirmed. They KNOW that, because if you click on the dates it says, âYouâre already on a sitâ, so why not make both of our lives easier and not notify for sits I canât apply for anyway?
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YES! Very annoying, and it forces me to make multiple searches just to go around that.
In the same line, also no notifications for when homeowners push their listings to the top, I have some searches that just have a few results and getting a push notification only to find out itâs the same listing I already saw is annoying.
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Hi @worldjason, although THSâ user interface doesnât support â3 monthsâ as a search parameter, you can craft a THS search URL that gives you that result. For example, here is a THS URL that returns worldwide sits within the duration range of 3 to 4 months. After you paste this URL in your browserâs address bar, you can select additional parameters in the THS user interface, such as WiFi, and then click âSave this searchâ so it appears in your list of saved searches.
https://www.trustedhousesitters.com/house-and-pet-sitting-assignments/?q=eyJmaWx0ZXJzIjp7ImFjdGl2ZU1lbWJlcnNoaXAiOnRydWUsImFzc2lnbm1lbnRzIjp7ImRhdGVGcm9tIjoiMjAyNS0wNy0wNCIsInJldmlld2luZyI6ZmFsc2UsImNvbmZpcm1lZCI6ZmFsc2UsImR1cmF0aW9uSW5EYXlzIjp7Im1pbmltdW0iOjkwLCJtYXhpbXVtIjoxMjB9fX0sImZhY2V0cyI6W10sInNvcnQiOlt7InB1Ymxpc2hlZCI6ImRlc2MifV0sInBhZ2UiOjEsInJlc3VsdHNQZXJQYWdlIjoxMiwiZGVidWciOmZhbHNlLCJzdGF0cyI6W119
And for those who are interested in some technical background, read onâŚ
I used ChatGPT to create the above URL. No programming skills are required. Just go to chatgpt.com and enter a prompt like this one:
Based on this THS URL for a 1 to 6 months search, create a URL for a 3 to 4 months search. https://www.trustedhousesitters.com/house-and-pet-sitting-assignments/?q=eyJmaWx0ZXJzIjp7ImFjdGl2ZU1lbWJlcnNoaXAiOnRydWUsImFzc2lnbm1lbnRzIjp7ImRhdGVGcm9tIjoiMjAyNS0wNy0wNCIsInJldmlld2luZyI6ZmFsc2UsImNvbmZpcm1lZCI6ZmFsc2UsImR1cmF0aW9uSW5EYXlzIjp7Im1pbmltdW0iOjI4LCJtYXhpbXVtIjoxNjh9fX0sImZhY2V0cyI6W10sInNvcnQiOlt7InB1Ymxpc2hlZCI6ImRlc2MifV0sInBhZ2UiOjEsInJlc3VsdHNQZXJQYWdlIjoxMiwiZGVidWciOmZhbHNlLCJzdGF0cyI6W119
ChatGPT will quickly return the answer, including info about how it created the new URL. In the results, scroll down to the âUpdated Encoded URL:â section to find the newly created URL. Copy the URL and paste it into your browserâs address bar.
Note: in the prompt, you can change the range â3 to 4â to your desired range of months.
Enjoy!