HO state dates no longer work

The last 2 sits that I have applied for, after waiting 2 weeks and then 1 week, the pp cancels the post relaying their dates do not work! It would be great if pp would have their own plans in order prior to posting a sit. Of coarse, I keep applying for sits , but, their is always that sit that you wait for a response to! What do others think?

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I withdraw my application after 48 hours if the HO hasn’t responded, I took this advice from more experienced sitters and it’s worked very well for me.

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Personally I’d wait longer than 48 hours but continue applying for other sits and withdraw once I had a replacement sit. Sometimes I’ve had an application sitting unread for weeks/months and have left it out of interest!

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Is this the automated message though? I think if an HO declines without saying anything, the THS default text is “sorry the dates haven’t worked out” or something similar.

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I consider myself “a very experienced sitter” and around ten days back I applied for what I thought was a great sit, car included. Intuition told me to hang in there with this one, no reply after ten days. HO all of a sudden got back to be apologising profusely, over and over, so upset she hadn’t responded. Her daughter had gone into premmie labour, she is in the midst of negotiations for selling her mother’s house and she completely forgot to check the THS responses. I got the sit, a month in the Cotswolds, with the car and an easy as doggie,so sometimes it’s worth hanging in there, sometimes life just overwhelms some people and priorities are hard to negotiate and we slip up. Not saying this is good all the time but sometimes there really is a sit worth waiting for.

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@BonnyinBrighton

In my opinion, that is bad advice and could be interpreted as biting off your nose to spite your face.

There is a myriad of genuine reasons why a home host may not respond quickly.

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@Colin genuine reasons exactly, as per my previous post. Not all HO’s are the baddies :speak_no_evil::hear_no_evil::see_no_evil:

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@Campbell this sounds like the wording of the automatic email notification that is sent out when a host cancels their listed dates on THS

This may mean they have cancelled their trip . Which is their prerogative and perfectly fine since they haven’t chosen or confirmed a sitter yet.

It could also mean that they found a sitter from another pet sitting platform or a friend or family member so have cancelled the dates on THS …

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Oh… I did not realize it was a default THS message!! In the past it was an email that said “ sorry you have not been chosen this time”… since one of these sits I had applied to a month ago , I thought there sit was cancelled. I’ll check their reviews post the dates to see!! Thank you!