Hi folks, We are very keen on joining Trusted House Sitters as a Combined member. Mostly, we are looking to do a bit of travelling in our retirement as pet sitters, but may also (less frequently) need people to look after our own pets (two dogs and a cat). I have had several auto-generated messag…

Thanks Mark. I do have another “newbie” question actually. I see a lot of house sitting opportunities where somebody needs a sitter for six or eight weeks. Personally, I find this rather a long time to be in the same location! I am looking for two or three weeks. In the experience of most membe…

That’s hard to say, depending on the individual hosts’ circumstances and preferences. From a sitter perspective, many of us avoid “split sits,” because accountability can be messy with them. Say you leave a home and pets in good shape, but the next sitter doesn’t. Or say someone else stole somethi…

There are plenty of sittings for two and three weeks. No no - split sits are not a good idea - there are threads on this subject - use the magnifying glass and key in “Split sittings” and you will see what has been said in the past Good luck with your searching

Someone might consider you for a sit if you could do 80% of it but very unlikely to say yes to 3 weeks if it’s an 8 week sit. Also, long sits are loved by digital nomads so they’re in high demand a will go fast. If you only want shorter sits you should find plenty depending on location. #keepsearchi…

After I joined THS three years ago, I quickly started receiving unsolicited invitations from hosts. One of them was for a six-week sit that sounded great, but I didn’t want to be away from home that long. So I asked whether they’d split the sit and they agreed to — they found another sitter, whom I …

The more HOs need the sitter, the more likely they’ll be to accept split sit. So if you’re really, really interested you can follow the listing and see if they don’t have many applicants. You can also see if they have had back to back sits in the past. I don’t accept split sits and, in your case as…

I am actually on a split sit right now, my first ever. It wasn’t exactly planned, either. When we confirmed the sit, I didn’t realize it was a split arrangement until I started mapping out my travel. Oops! Due to a rather complicated travel route and a bit of miscommunication, I ended up arriving tw…

[image] august: p.s. I am a solo sitter and traveler. A bit of company now and then (as I´ve found out) is very appreciated I occasionally think that it would be nice to share a sit with another person, organized by the host. Or even by the sitters themselves, being able to advertise a future…

Coincidentally about solo travel and sitting, I received this today from THS: [IMG_1315] Note: I haven’t filled out the survey, so don’t know what the questions are.

As some will know I’ve just completed a split sit for a 12 week sit of two older dogs (the HOs were visiting family downunder). We did the first 3 weeks then handed off to the other couple who did 6 weeks then we returned to do the final 2 weeks. All three sits were 5*. There were crucial things we…

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Coincidentally about solo travel and sitting, I received this today from THS:

Note: I haven’t filled out the survey, so don’t know what the questions are.

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