Hi @Maree sitters do get reminders to update their calendars and product are constantly looking at the messaging system, thank you for the feedback which is invaluable for the product team.
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Hi again,
Ideally, we would like to do both but it doesnāt suit as we 13 yr. old Thomas puss he canāt be left alone and we need someone to be here all the time. I couldnāt get anyone from pet sitters this time as we are going interstate for 2 weeks and found a friend who could help instead.
We had a lady from another country town during the Covid period as only regional Victoria could travel at the time and she doesnāt have any pets so she can travel virtually anywhere. Iām only a volunteer in an Op shop so travel is always in our plans and friends say to us, youāre going away again.
Ha. ha.
yes, Iāve heard of the Pyrenees of France/Spain but need to research it more.
### Visit the Pyrenees Wine Region Victoria today! Only 2hrs from ā¦
this link, which I hope will open will give you a better idea of our area.
Regards, Maree
Welcome 
Cozzie
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HI @Cozzie welcome to our community forum and thank you for your feedback and suggestion.
We look forward to getting to know you better and sharing in your THS Journey, enjoy connecting with our members from around the world.
Angela & The Team
Hi Cozzie
Being ahead of time the same problem arises for me in the UK looking for US sits, Iām not sure with 24 time zones how staggered listings would satisfy everyone. 
Martin
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I second the above comments on combining location searches with other filtres. Instead of entering all filtres for multiple states individually, I donāt see why we cannot enter, say, āNevada, California, Arizona, Idaho, Oregon, Utahā together.
Another thing that could be considered is adding a distance filtre. Say I am based out of Reno, Nevada, and I want to do sits in northern Nevada and northern California. Adding a distance to be able to cover northern California would be great. Right now if I save searches for Nevada and California, I get results for southern California and Las Vegas area, which I do not want.
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I would also like a blacklist feature of sorts. I donāt want to get notifications for sits that I know I wouldnāt want to do - for example, vegans who donāt want you to bring animal products into their home and defile their sacred space or vegetarians who donāt want you to cook meat in their home or pescatarians who donāt want you to cut and cook beef with their kitchenware. I once had to bring my own cutting board and skillet to a housesit that I had agreed to and interviewed for. All this while Iām on the carnivore diet myself (100% animal-based). Same with those who ask personal medical information in order for you to be able to sit for them. I keep seeing notifications for the same listings and it gets tiring. Iād rather blacklist or block or whatever so they can find someone else who will bend to whatever they ask for.
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Hello @PHYTO and welcome to the community. Lots of great suggestions for search filters - thankyou. Enjoy connecting with our members and sharing in discussions!
Hi. In answer to the second part of your post, I use the + arrows in the map to narrow my search down to the area Iām interested in. I used the + to narrow down the area, and then move the map around until I get the exact area Iām interested in. Currently Iām only covering a few hours driving distance from my home. I search my home city, and then use the + until I get the map the size of that area. It would only work for the first part of your suggestion if they were states with neighbouring areas.
I havenāt read the whole thread, so my apologies if Iām repeating a suggestion. As my first choice is sitting dogs, Iād like to see an option to select only large dogs or smaller dogs (maybe a weight range?). I think many people may have a preference. If not, theyād just select both boxes.
Thatās fine if youāre looking for housesits that are currently seeking sitters. What I need is to be able to define and save searches beyond political/administrative divisions (states and counties) so I can get notified when one meeting my criteria becomes available.
Sorry, I didnāt notice that it was geared to saved searches. I understand now. Thanks.
I have multiple saved searches by date. I would love to make them even more accurate by adding different countryās to different searches.
For instance:
- in November I am free from work and would like travel. As I have 3 weeks I can go further away this time.
- in December I would like a housesit in my own country
- in April I have a week of and Iāll be able to go abroad but not too far away so to specific countryās.
Is it possible to install this?
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Hi @Coriena and thank you for your saved search suggestion. This has been a much discussed topic so Iāve moved your comment here so that all ideas for the product team are in one place, for when they next come to review this. Youāll also find some interesting debate about other ideas. Thanks again 
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I would really like to see a search feature āaccessible by public transportationā
It is really time consuming to go through many listings to determine whether this would be an option as often they are listed for the nearest town/city but are actually in a village a distance away.
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I would love a feature where we could hide sits that donāt interest us. Iām new to THS, so I check new listings frequently and have multiple saved searches. However, sometimes a sit might match the search criteria, but be undesirable (e.g. wrong breed of dog, too many animals, house is cluttered or dirty, etc). Iād love to be able to hide those listings - like you can hide bad matches on dating websites!
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I like the idea of adding a āHome Swapping Friendlyā feature. As Sitters, we sometimes mention it in our application letters.