Hello fellow THS’s. For those of you that are full time housesitters, do you have or keep renters insurance? This is in the case of your items being lost stolen or damaged while on a house-sit. THS does have some kind of insurance, though it doesn’t cover such things. Pet parents/owners would li…

I think the sit cancellation insurance could be made much better as well. Paying for the premium membership, mainly for that benefit, though the fact you have to pay out of pocket first for the alternate accomdation, and then submit the claim, hoping they will approve it, is a little concerning. I…

Thank you. The renters insurance you have, does that cover your items in storage, as well as the things you travel with to your various sits? Is that what you meant? If so, that sounds very helpful. Thank you for sharing the names of Toggle and Lemonade.

Are you a homeowner? When you mention home insurance, is that for the home you own…or is that a renters policy?

I know you are in the UK, though could you kindly share the name of the pet sitting insurance you have?

[image] mspc: hoping they will approve it THS Sit Cancellation Insurance includes quirky terms. THS/underwriter approval occurs shortly after sit cancellation event. Not after incurred expenses. So there is upfront clarity on approval or otherwise. Sit Cancellation Terms - sitter |…

@mspc @GotYourBack The insurance we have is from a company called Protectivity, It is a policy created specifically for petsitters. I asked if it is ok even if the petsitter is not being paid cash for their services and was assured that’s fine. We paid £80 for a year which I think is good value…

We’ve spoken with chat support a few times on this to clarify terms. If you contact chat and asked them, they will likely tell you similarly. We’ve never had to file a sit cancellation claim, though from our understanding, based on the guidance received from chat support, the approval occurs after…

Sitters must provide receipts detailing dates, daily costs of accommodation and expenses they have paid. Sitters will need to: (a) complete a payment request form, and (b) deliver a signed and sworn proof of loss. Information requests Sitters must provide TrustedHousesitters with all inf…

@mspc , this was not our experience. two pet parents cancelled our housesits, on first day of housesit, in international locations. in each case we contacted THS and they collated information in regards sit cancellation (e.g. which party cancelled) and assessed other information related to policy ter…

@Colin , thank you - appreciated & interesting. Not seen such a policy before. Alas not wotk for us as UK housesits by UK residents. Will poke around to try identify international equivalent - welcome insight from other Forum folks. Agreed policy cost is hopefully a rounding error for full-time hous…

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Real-life walk-through of successful claims of Sit Cancellation Insurance by two housesitters. Thank you @Cuttlefish and @Silversitters for the thorough information.

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