Owners have informed me their offspring will be visiting during my sit

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Wow! Thank you everyone for all your amazing advice, this has been so helpful.

I contacted the owners and explained it was against the rules and they happily agreed for their daughter not to stay.

For all the reasons mentioned above I ultimately did not want to agree to letting their daughter stay and so I left the ball in their court rather than trying to negotiate. If they had insisted I would have withdrawn but very pleased it has not come to that.

Thanks once again for all the amazing advice, what a wonderful bunch of people you are! :heart::heart:

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So happy it worked out! Have a nice sit!

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@CosmoBrownsCat, there seems two issues here. One is third party presence during housesit. Second is trust.

We will shortly commence a housesit where, during video call before sit confirmation, pet parent noted that an adult child may stay at the house for 1-2 days during housesit. Knowing this fact - and in agreement with wise words from @anon89364872 - we agreed and confirmed the sit. Housesitting should be a fair trade. Open, trusted relationship.

This statement is not consistent with THS Third Party Policy.

https://support.trustedhousesitters.com/hc/en-gb/articles/360001881117-Third-party-policy

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Iā€™m so glad that you advocated for your needs, @CosmoBrownsCat. I would have felt uneasy about the daughterā€™s visit for all the same reasons.

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Thanks for letting us know the outcome of your communication with the HO @CosmoBrownsCat :heart: Iā€™m glad they were understanding!

Thank you to everyone who popped on with some great advice!

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Iā€™ve only had one host who mentioned their friends might want to stop by because they were close with the pet we were supposed to watch. I stated, ā€œThatā€™s against the THS terms and conditionsā€. This is the easiest way to say no. Interestingly, my application and profile both state that Iā€™m looking for hosts who will not violate this. I then specifically ask during the initial call if anyone will be stopping by.

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Toward the end of my sitter profile, I offer a friendly heads-up about THS dealbreakers such as third parties, aggressive pets and pets with undeclared health issues.

I also mention that I value clean homes, fridge and freezer space.

Iā€™ve found that hosts are reading my entire listing and taking note, because they ask relevant questions and note when I show up that they cleared out space for me and such.

Of course, Iā€™m very selective about hosts and sits. And I added the heads-up about dealbreakers, because I had a few wasted video chats with clueless or entitled hosts. Iā€™d prefer to avoid them and am OK if some hosts think Iā€™m picky, because I am. No problem getting good sits, ones I actually want.

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