Is anyone else struggling to get sitters nowadays? We’ve been members of THS for around 6 years - before pandemic, anyway - and have had the most wonderful sitters over that time. We have also been lucky enough to get really good reviews from them, which are fairly comprehensive and give a good id…

One thing that has likely changed from last year is the awareness of and sensitivity to visa issues. Though in most cases immigration laws themselves have not changed, the enforcement of them has ramped up considerably in certain countries and sitters who do not hold citizenship or work authorizatio…

Sorry, @Cuttlefish and @Alicatorze - do you know how to link my listing to my forum profile - I’ve tried but it’s been beyond my technical capabilities which are limited at the best of times!!

@Kimski44 - THS does not publish data on number of pet parents or housesitters, in total or any specific country. So not possible to objectively comment. We’ve completed ~50 housesits - perhaps 1/3 each in UK, Schengen and North America - over last 2+ years. There seems plenty of UK housesitters on…

Thank you, yes, great - I will have a look through at your suggestions.

I don’t think that there are less sitters but rather more hosts listing - We have had 6 requests to sit for the same dates in October all in Sussex UK . But even if the cause is not less sitters , the result for hosts is the same , less sitters applying for your sit .

Here you go @Kimski44 [image] How to add a listing or profile link to your Forum profile! Welcome & Getting Started Your Forum profile is different to the profile you have as a member on the main TrustedHousesitters website. We don’t allow links to profiles o…

Nice! I grew up just a county across in sunny Hampshire. Also if it’s Oct half term week could you make it family friendly? (If not already) #southcoastdwellers

Various hosts have increasingly written such posts, about having previously received more applicants over years and now getting few, if any. It’s probably related to more hosts joining than sitters, because THS has increasingly advertised. When I joined two+ years ago, it was easy for me to land si…

The site has grown quite a bit and it is possible that the primary issue is that there are just lots more sits from which to choose. This doesn’t necessarily mean any of them are ‘better’ than the ones that were filled very easily previously. But with more sits available, there is a greater chance…

I am having fun with math today. It’s Monday! Why not? So I decided to play with some numbers combining THS “data” (a term I use loosely) and information from the Office of National Statistics. Supposedly there are 10,000 THS sitters in the UK. I say “supposedly”, because that is the precise numb…

Less sitters these days?

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Here you go @Kimski44

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Less sitters these days?

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