Seeing sits we’ve already seen and know are not compatible with?
Whenever I have a search on, I get repeat email notification for sits I’ve already seen and don’t want to do. It’s really annoying and wastes our time.
Would this be that difficult to implement? I’m sure I’ve seen this request before.
I would love to see this feature available. It would makes searches so much more efficient.
The first sits that I would remove would be those with owners who do not communicate speedily or who decline an application with no message.
Exactly - saved searches are a feature of the middle payment plan, and the reason I choose this one over the basic plan. However they’re not efficiently set up at the moment.
All it needs is a simple “I don’t want to see this sit anymore” button.
I too would like to “block” sits.
I think such features are common on other matching sites. Then you get a list of the ones you have blocked, so you can revise it if you wish to/change your mind.
What is more important to me, and that under other circumstances would make me avoid THS (so it could affect the possibilities to get more members IMO) is that a listing is available in full on the internet. IMO it should only be available to paying members, unless I have actively chosen to be “seen” online for all. This is also a feature that is common on other sites. I really can’t understand why that isn’t a feature on THS. I would think making certain content members only would be more interesting for many reasons, apart from the personal data side of it for members. Many people, especially younger people, are very mindful of their personal data, and rightly so.
Yes, you’re right. We’ve been asking for this for years…….
Another great function would be if HO could tick a box for how long pets can be left for that could be an added search preference…
2-3 hours
4-5 hours
5-6 hours
6-7 hours …. You get the idea…
So sitters could tailor their searches to what they have capacity for, and so this is clear from the get go.
I find it odd, that when viewing a listing, I see a message saying I am busy with another sit, yet the sit populates the list. So yes, it would be helpful to have the option to hide the post.
Apparently they do tick such boxes when completing their listing, like the amenities section but, for some reason, it doesn’t show up. That is why, I think, so many home owners don’t mention how long their dogs can be left for because they’ve ticked that box. So then it’s always a question you have to ask…..So frustrating!
I think this is a helpful and necessary feature, but I think it requires some thought before it can be implemented because of how THS handles changes (which is to say, they don’t really handle it at all).
I’ve moved several times since joining THS, from Colorado to New Hampshire to Washington (3500+ miles in total). I’ve lived in lake houses, mountain houses, new development houses, houses with or without stairs/fences/public transit/whatever else may be a factor in a sit’s suitability. THS doesn’t track these changes at ALL. It’s actually been brought up in the past how a HO’s review on a sitter’s profile will update with the HO’s current location (so my NH sitters, for example, now show a “history” of having sat across the country in Washington state).
This is to say nothing of actual pet changes-- maybe my next pet is a cat instead of a dog, which changes my matching sitters! And I wonder how THS will handle showing pet information on HO reviews on a sitter’s profile; will it update to match the HO’s current status like the location does?
I’m getting off track here, but the point is that a listing can change and that may impact whether a sitter wants to apply to it or not. Again, I do really agree with the idea of being able to hide a sit, but THS needs to fix some other things first before it can offer this feature reliably. Maybe a “snooze” sit feature as a temporary patch, so sitters stop getting notifications for a month, when a listing unpauses or boosts or has new dates added. But limiting visible sits is not in THS’s be$t intere$t$ at all so I don’t know that these kinds of things will ever be implemented!
Great idea @RR12345
As @Smiley has stated these tick boxes already exist and appear when a host creates a listing
BUT , these aren’t visible to sitters !!!
As a result lots of confusion and misunderstandings .
Hosts has ticked box pets can never be left alone . Sitters can’t see that and apply unaware of this responsibility. = Host and sitter both disappointed with how the sit went .
Love the idea of a snooze option! 
What an earth is the point in this if the sitters can’t see it. I can see why HO would get confused.
@RR12345, +1. Fabulous idea
@RR12345, great idea.
This would remove listings that will never be suitable for our preferences.
Or a ‘snooze’ function may cull repetive listings - ie where pet parent lists, relists, relists …
Or use tech to apply minimum time (one week?) for pet parents listing same/similar dates.
THS hop to it!
Also I don’t think there’s a sitter equivalent to this on our profiles? I’ve never been asked like this my threshold on hours a pet can be left. So how is this used to match with sitters?
so what?
I read that and don’t apply to the velcro sits. it helps me big time
I actually just did one of these post-sit surveys. It basically asked me to rate my experience with my most recent sit — was the listing accurate, was the home what I expected, was it clean, etc. Many similar questions to the post-sit review ‘categories.’
It sort of felt as if they were trying to gauge whether the public Reviews are reflective of what we’d rate the sit if we knew the HO wasn’t reading it… 
