Are there Rover meet-ups to meet other sitters in your area?
Often times I get requested to watch a dog, and I'm already booked for another dog-sitting gig. The dog owners sometimes ask if I know any other sitters in the area that I can recommend, but I don't know any sitters with Rover accounts near me. It would be cool to have a little sitter meet-up so that I can confidently recommend other sitters for the jobs I can't take! Does anyone know of something like this that already exists?
No...but I wish we could meet other sitters in our area!
It would be nice if Rover put a "contact" link on sitters pages when viewed by another sitter. You could ask Rover if contacting them for this purpose (using "book a stay") would be considered an abuse of the system. You might drum up some social activity that way.
I also agree with a "Contact link" I too would also like to meet up with local Rover sitters so I can refer clients too. I think it too will also help Rover so we are not referring to non-Rover sitters.
I would like a meet up as well. I just started with Rover and i need to take a week off and am worried about losing regular clients to other walker/sitters ...wish there was a way we could have a back up that we can have to to worry about stealing customers.
I had a client ask me "What do I do if you're sick or not available when my dog needs a walk?" I told her there are other sitters in our area on Rover that she can try. I would love to be able to tell her that I've met some of them and know which ones to recommend.
This would be an awesome idea! I'm always excited to meet people who are animal-crazy such as I myself :) Besides, I won't recommend anyone personally unless I know them well myself and trust them.