A very warm welcome to the forum. You will find tremendous support from our experienced members here.
Please do add your profile link to your forum profile so members can really get to know you and see what petparents/owners see when you apply for sits. They will then be able to really help you.
https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/t/how-to-add-a-listing-or-profile-link-to-your-forum-profile
Here is a thread that has a lot of discussion around your question.
Best Wishes
Therese and the forum team