Huge fan of THS! <3 After using THS for a couple times now, would love to hear our fellow sitters’ thoughts on new features ideas to improve the platform’s experience?
Personally, would love to have a search filter for “Accessible through public transport”. Since my partner and I don’t drive, would be really helpful to have a list of sits that are non-driver friendly. We’re currently plugging in every town on Google map to make sure they’re accessible.
I know there’s a filter for “sitter needs a car”, but I think it’s quite different.
Exactly No sure if it’s a regional thing, perhaps everyone in the US owns a car. But in the UK I’m finding it hard to verify if the homes are accessible. Some owners are nice enough to share the closest train/bus station which is a life/time saver!
Would be superb if this could be an option for the filter!
Exactly No sure if it’s a regional thing, perhaps everyone in the US owns a car. But in the UK I’m finding it hard to verify if the homes are accessible. Some owners are nice enough to share the closest train/bus station which is a life/time saver!
Would be superb if this could be an option for the filter!
There’s an earlier thread on this topic, under Car needed?
I agree with your idea, but would also like to see ‘car not needed’ or ‘walkable neighbourhood’ (although ability to walk varies for everyone, I realize). It would make it so much easier to screen listings for suitability. I’m not going to try and convince a ‘car needed’ person that it may not be the case. I just skip over those listings now, even though I may miss out on what could have been a match.
We have a car in the US, but for overseas sits, we would only be able to apply for opportunities without a need for driving. We are more than happy to figure out the local trains/buses for shopping and dining. We also love walking, so HO descriptions regarding walk ability of each location, is most appreciated.
I could find no filter for “sitter needs a car”. Almost every sit I checked out, in the hundreds I scanned through, required a car. If only there was that filter, it would have saved me a whole afternoon and a blurred-vision headache!
Hello everyone, still new to this site, even though I sat using a different one.
What is the consensus out there about adding a new “filter” to narrow down the search to locate HOs who live close to public transit? I have found that you often really need to read the entire description before finding out whether a house is accessible by transit or not. As someone who may not necessarily want to rent a car or use the HO’s (the few that even allow you to do so), in my opinion narrowing down the results reflecting how convenient transit is would help immensely.
Thanks.
@Ben-ProductManager A filter that could exclude sits that the homeowner has marked “sitters need a car” on would be EXTREMELY helpful for sitters without access to a car for sits. This should be easily accomplished using the yes/no value for whether that tag has been added to a sit.
The preference would be for the filter on the sitter side to say “no car needed” and when we choose that, it returns housesit results where “sitters need a car” is not selected.
