Please, house owners, check availability! I am aware that, may be, other sitters don’t update their availability calendars and this isn’t a huge issue, but HOs are wasting their time inviting unavailable sitters.
I have just edited my profile to let HOs know when and where I’m likely to sit, and that my availability calendar is up to date. Unfortunately it is fairly obvious that some HOs don’t read the profile fully before inviting.
As I said, not a hugely annoying issue and if the invitation is from a sit that I’ve “favourited” it does at least give me an opportunity to make initial contact!