Hi @Monica78uk and welcome to the forum and to TrustedHousesitters. You’ve listed a lot of questions here, some of which have been discussed at length on the forum. Notice there’s a spyglass search option and you can add key words there and find posts relating to these questions. Forum members will help you, but it’s good for you to look at those posts too. I’ll add one, as an example:
There’s a similar ‘help’ option on the main website, and I find it’s really useful for clear instructions on how to do certain steps. I’ll add a link here:
Here’s an example of a link you might find useful from the website:
How to find and contact a sitter
Francine,
Voluntary Forum Moderator