Have one or multiple sitters/sits for a long vacation?

[Maggie8K]

Splitting sit dates

I think most hosts would prefer not to split a sit, unless perhaps they already know both sitters. In our case it was like this… Sit no.1 The host had to extend 12 days & the 1st sitter was booked elsewhere and could not extend. Sit no.2 the host had to leave one week earlier & booked sitter was not available to start earlier. Sit no.3 was a last minute 4 week listing. The location suited us but we were only available for the second 2 weeks so we suggested the split- as there was only a coupl…

Multiple Sitters

@Maggie8K I feel for you- returning to the sit and seeing the dogs had been less than well cared for AND the other sitter getting a great review! That leaves a bad taste. We’ve been there! We’ve done split sits 3 times. The first two sits went great- easy handovers between sitters. The third one was not good. The host couldn’t get sitters for a month long stay and we were able to do only the last two weeks so we suggested they create 2 x 2 week sits and we’d do the second half. So we did not me…

Sitter "drama"

It is not useful for your current situation, but it might be for the future: I think, if there is no way to avoid a split sit, the best thing you could do to avoid drama is: Book a cleaner for inbetween the two sits. Ask a friend or neighbor to do a personal handover of the flat to the new sitters. Under these conditions, I could also imagine to do a split sit (as a sitter)