Your listing looks nice and Flexie seems like a lovely kitty. I’m just down the road from you in Chelmsford and quite like staying in local-ish places so would normally have applied. The timing might be the issue this time as @Kootenaigirl suggests, I’m headed out for my Christmas sit on the 21st.
Not sure if Leigh has any Christmas events but maybe worth pointing them out if so to catch someone’s eye who is just browsing. Also, Leigh is such a lovely seaside town, people might not be aware that it’s quite different from other UK or Essex seaside towns, so maybe an idea to point out more highlights (safe environment, the little local fish stands, etc).
Flexie is gorgeous and your listing is great. You seem to have a lovely home in what sounds like a great location. Your listing is also family friendly, opening it up to a wider range of sitters.
It may be that your dates are just a little too near to Christmas. We start our Christmas sit on 17th December. I’ve favourited your listing so that I will be notified of any future dates.
Ok, thanks for your reply. Your comments def make sense. Will have a look to add that extra information. And also good feedback to know it’s something you would normally apply for! Thanks again!
I can see your listing, but I have to copy-paste the URL. If you modify the link slightly in your forum profile, I think it’ll let us just click to open it.
You can test it yourself by clicking on your name in any topic. If the link is valid, it’ll be underlined and you can click on it. Below are Therese’s and yours:
Hi @Katie2
I have checked, and your link is correct. Thank you @geoff.hom for your help.
Members will have to copy and paste your link into a new tab at first. It’s a Discourse algorithm based on your activity. Essentially, you need to browse through the forum consistently for a bit to ‘unlock’ it.
I hope this helps.
@Colin Thanks for your message. Yes - have had two applications now which I am very happy about, but strangely I have responded to them and they haven’t replied! Let’s hope they’re just busy! I am not getting a straightforward run here haha!
I would think the problem is simply you have left it too late!! Obviously there could be many reasons for that but asking now just before Xmas is just too short notice. Had you asked a month or so ago your chances would have ben much better.
This looks like a brilliant sit, very appealing. Gorgeous home to jump into for however long. There’s so many sits for Christmas and NY - for London alone there was over 170 and it could just be that there’s not enough sitters. I can’t see all 170+ London sits finding someone within THS - they might need to do what you plan to or pay a professional sitter to come in. Like myself, there’s professional sitters on THS who do paid sits too. Obviously that’s not ideal having paid for a membership, but at a time like this, some might have to do it. Good luck x
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