Overnights worth it?

I'll give you my perspective. I house sit currently and charge $40. I also work my much more lucrative day job remotely and will work at people's houses (this is fully disclosed to them). I also bring my personal computer to work on any personal projects I want to do as well as read books. Typically, owners will give you free rein of the house including their TV and so forth. I think it's completely fine to leave up to a couple of times a day for 3-6 hours depending on the dog.

I make sure the dog is fed, let them out for potty breaks regularly, and take them on walks. As long as those duties are fulfilled, then I really am just a friendly presence keeping the dogs' company.

I do typically sleep at the owner's home because it often doesn't make sense otherwise as I'm letting the dogs out right before I go to bed and as soon as I get up. This is probably my least favorite part and I try to bring some sleep aids to help me sleep better in a foreign environment. I'm obviously much more comfortable sleeping in my own bed and being in my own home with my partner, but I view it as productive alone time to work on some digital/work projects. I wouldn't say it's for everyone or even something I'd want to do long-term. If you think $60 is what you want to charge, then I say go for it. While it is a higher rate and may detract some clients, it shouldn't affect the other services you offer currently.

What you can do is think about how much actual work is involved with staying overnight at a client's house. If the owner doesn't require you to spend your every waking moment at their house, you can take other jobs at the same time -- dog-walking and drop-in visits. You wouldn't necessarily be spending the whole 24 hours taking care of that one client's pet(s). Also, your free time could be spent doing what you would be doing at home anyway -- reading, watching TV, etc.

I charge $5 more for an overnight house sitting assignment than I do for a boarding assignment. My feeling is that I'm uprooting myself for whatever time is involved, plus it may prevent me from doing drop in visits or other work for the other dog walking company I work with.

I charge $35 for a boarding night and $40 for an overnight for one dog. Each extra dog is $20 per night. I figure I would be caring for the dog in either location, and the $5 is for the inconvenience. I discuss the owner's expectations and my usual routine at the M&G. I tell them that I will basically move into their home, using that as my base of operations, but I do require some time away to run errands, check on my house, do other dog related work, etc. I always ask how long is the dog usually left alone and how they act when alone.

I limit my house sitting assignments to a 10 mile radius from my house. I have had a few clients a little further out, and one was willing to pay $5 extra for the extra drive time.

I never stay 24hrs at a customers home and most don't expect it. Most people are realistic and realize most sitters have a day job. I host daycare in my own home and can only stay at a customers house a maximum of 12 hrs, but I will do an additional drop-in during the 24hr period and my price reflects that.

What is the going rate, if a new client wants 24/7 dog care in their home. You can only leave for 3 hour a day, since the dog will be in a crate. Is $100 a day reasonable?

I only do overnights. I charge 55 dollars also the holiday pay I charge a bit extra. I do have a job in the day and discuss this with the client, most are cool with it others not so I don't sit for them. I always let the clients know when leaving for work or a few hours to run errands. Works for me. And the clients.

I haven't done any client home sitting, but I'm fairly certain that if I did, I would be charging based on using THEIR home and supplies if allowed. Since I know that other sitters have had issues with dogs ruining their furniture and such, I would be okay with charging a little less, depending on distance, since if the dog ruins something in the owner's home, I don't have to try to get them to pay for the replacement.

I chargebetween 37-50 for one dog And I generally don’t take one dog jobs. I prefer jobs with a dog and a cat or two dogs and then they’re worth it occasionally I’ll take a one dog job but one dog job pens on if you are near your house then yeah you adjust your rates accordingly factor in the 20% and make sure to let them know about the service fees and Rover does charge them a small service fee I think it’s like between five and 10% I’m not sure we need to look into that if someone knows let me know and we get charge 20 so you just have to always calculate that in. You’re allowed to leave when you’re housesitting usually and take breaks and do things so the actual amount of work you’re doing , if you charge say 39 and get like 31 is like 6 hours for one dog . So for 2 Dogs it’s 10 bucks an hour or something like that but one dog jobs if it’s convenient to you and you can do it then you know sometimes it to take jobs with her they pay a lot or not because it helps your ratings and one dog jobs sometimes they get two dogs or a cat and we do get tips and a lot of the time they know we get charge that and so if you speak to them about it when it comes up to get a praise as soon as I contact you or they contact you sorry using speak to text so can you speak to them and let them know what you’re charging them and say somethings $177 for them your charge is 156 and you get 122. That’s was an exact situation I went through so calculate it out and yeah I don’t know why the drop in things are really like that but we need that because that’s how we make up for the housesitting it’s all based on just it’s how it goes like you can do well great part-time job or a full-time job and this is a lot better than the other app or apps as far as percentage wise and when you have the liability insurance that’s when you can charge more and justify charging more