I saw a sit in a town that I need to be at. The sit is for 2 weeks and the dates overlap my confirmed sit. I would like to message the host to enquire about possible date adjustment. They have the low application note on their listing. But due to the new policy, I can’t message them. “You’re busy with another sit”. Is there no way at all to contact them? 
For every “perfect location, High end easy sit” there are also less ideal desperate homeowners.
So while I can agree that if a couple are taking two desirable, competitive sits seems unfair, some of us also feel bad for people who end up getting a neighborhood to feed their cat once a day.
Luckily I save email addresses and phone numbers and have reached out to help past sits if they seem desperate. I remember one was “I’d like to give the sit to a person who needs it first, but I’ll contact you if necessary”. They had been sitters before and understood the platform.
Unfortunately no
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You can try saving them as a favourite in the hope they will message you -
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You can’t contact them directly, but you can ask another sitter to contact them on your behalf.
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@AnnaBaker As @Lassie suggests I too would contact a fellow sitter member here and get them to forward your profile link to the potential host with a message expressing your interest. If they like the look of you they can then message you directly and negotiate dates.
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Thanks for the suggestion.
Thanks for the tip.
I did. Do all hosts get notification of the saves? But they’ll probably see my dates clash.
I was talking about one account used by two people to do two totally different sits.
They ‘understood the platform’? But this is a house and pet sitting site, not a charity for those in need of accommodation. Sorry to sound blunt but, if pet parents want to rank sitters according to ‘neediness’ rather than who can do the most efficient and caring job of looking after their pets and home, that’s a new one on me. We have, however, encountered the ‘It’s only fair I should first speak with the people who applied before you’ response. In those cases, we’ll withdraw our application and let them get on with it.
In our experience the best sits are where we are consciously chosen, soon after applying.
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I’ve been able to apply for sits that start on the day the last one ends. I applied for one as recently as today… but there was a period of time recently where it wasn’t possible. The system kept telling me I was busy with another sit.
I still fail to see why THS, which purports to support HOs finding sitters, locks their paying members out of not only communicating with HOs but even goes so far as blocking sitters from even knowing if sits even have applicants. First thing smart members do is open another channel of communication with HOs so we can avoid the clunky, unreliable message maze imposed by THS.
This is supposed to be a system to improve sitting success but it is becoming a hindrance and obstacle to communication.
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And so it goes: I have a sit booked and confirmed starting August 25th and just today found a contiguous sit ENDING on August 25th, but the THS site will not allow me to apply, see if there are any other applicants or communicate with the HO. THS should be fostering communication. Not blocking it.
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This is a system error
You should be able to apply for a sit that ends the same date as another starts . I suggest that you contact support via live chat 
( ask to speak to a human ) not the chat bot.
@Stefano that happened to us a few weeks ago and we lost out on the sit as a result. THS does allow same day changeovers but that day there was a system glitch. I complained to THS and they confirmed it & they were working on it. Next day all OK again but seems like it’s happened again. It’s very annoying.
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Too late. The sit has been lost.
What annoys me is THS’s position that they hear and know what the membership want (and are paying for) but just do not care and refuse to consider anything other than their premade decision. They say feel free to disagree and post all you want, but we just don’t care and probably won’t read or pay attention to anything you want.
Yes @Stefano - that about sums it up!
We have confirmed many sits on THS that start or end the same day as another sit .
My suggestion was to report the glitch you were experiencing to member services so that the tech team could fix it . It must have been very frustrating to loose out on applying for that sit because of a system glitch .
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