Did you wait 12 days to respond? Unfortunately being a patient sitter and just waiting encourages HOs to procrastinate and take even a longer time to respond.
We follow the site guidelines, which we agreed to follow at the time we joined THS. All members, regardless whether they are sitters or pet parents/home owners should be respectful and follow the same guidelines. It takes less than a minute to respond with " I am traveling, I will get back to you soon"