I would like THS to consider adding a feature where sitters and homeowners could opt into the ability to be contacted by other members without having to have an active listing or actually applying for a sit. The default would be to NOT allow communication, but by opting to allow this feature , members could freely communicate with each other. We can now do this with forum members, but only a small percentage of members are on the forum. This would be helpful for sitters who had questions about a sit or could not do the exact dates posted, but did not want to immediately apply and take one of the coveted 5 application spaces. This would also be helpful for hosts to communicate with other hosts, or for sitters who are going to be in a specific area to communicate directly with others who are in the area etc. This functionality would be completely voluntary, so if members did not want people contacting them, they would not have to opt into this feature. Right now, the only way for hosts to communicate with sitters is to invite them to apply for a sit and host to host communication is not available. There is no way in the THS platform for a sitter to communicate with a host who they have not previously applied to unless the host has an active listing and they are among the the first 5 applicants. There is also no way in the platform for hosts to contact other hosts or for sitters to contact each other. This feature could be deactivated, if a member found that too many people were contacting them. I am not sure how hard this would be for the tech team to implement, but I feel that having this option would enhance our community.