So I house/pet sat twice for a couple, they’re close to their 60’s and I’m a solo female traveller in my late 20’s. They like to do overnight handovers at each end of the sit, which means we spend the evening having dinner together. Overall the petsit itself was great, their animals were super easy …

[image] anon9376833: Airbnb and Uber for examples are much more likely to just suspend members than is THS. IIRC, it wasn’t until there was a lot of bad publicity & several court cases that AirBnB & Uber started taking any responsibility for plugging the most obvious safety holes in their pla…

I agree the sitter has an obligation to leave an honest review. I just don’t think that should be the only way to prevent this from happening. And it won’t be because someone will think, “This won’t happen to me.” The sitter has already been victimized once. Now she has to share the details in what…

This is super creepy and gross, so sorry you went through this. THS absolutely needs to take things like this seriously and support sitters MORE – we are essential to this community! The platform relies on our labor to function. The new ads are absolutely disgusting. :face_vomiting:

I feel like our comments and discussions about the disturbing and creepy ads from THS being moved to « Same Community, whatever » or marketing and advertising is just to deaden and bury our concerns. Let’s keep saying it everywhere. THS is disgustingly with those ads and it endangers sitters. So ina…

Bottom line is please warn off other solo females in any way possible and please put that you don’t recommend this sit. Make sure the stars in your review are consistent with your words. (Don’t give 5 stars!) I analyze every review carefully and look for between the lines clues for any hint of fil…

We’ve had also in the past a situation (4 tenants in the house + very dirty + …). We called the supportline (being recorded). After explaining, THS said we immediately could leave and they would contact host. I asked : do we need to do ANYTHING (like proof, pictures,…). THS said : NO, JUST LEAVE…

I agree wiht MerryPuppins completely.

As usual marypuppins is spot on

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Silversitters 20 June 2026 15:33 58

There is also this thread where THs adverts can be discussed

https://forum.trustedhousesitters.com/t/ths-marketing-and-advertising

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