Why are there sitters that appear available on their calendar but then aren't when you try to make an inquiry?
I have contacted several sitters in the last week and no one is available for the day I am asking. What I find very frustrating is that everyone "appears" to be available when you click on their calendars but once I pose the question- they aren't. First sitter, never replied to me. A WEEK later she turns on the setting that marks her as away. Second sitter, booked TILL MARCH. ok, hm- why does the calendar not show this? Everyone appears to be wide open on their calendar. Third sitter, already booked for that day. Same thing- its not obvious from their calendar. I'm wondering if there is some sort of discrimination going on, or if they are booked outside of rover, but then wouldn't you still want to update your calendar so you don't get requests on days you are booked? This all seems very inefficient and discouraging.
This is a persistent problem for me as well. I've sent out at least 10 messages for my latest attempt to book and nearly everyone who is clearly marked as available messages me back saying they are unavailable. There needs to be a better policy in place. It's a big waste of everyone's time!
I googled this. Same issue in 2019.
I am a sitter that is new to Rover so I am trying to get a "lay of the land" so to speak. I've just gotten a request outside of my booking window but Rover shows me as "available". I'm only available for lunch walks and need to be booked a day in advance but I just got one for 8pm today an hour ago.
So I am not sure what I am doing wrong or what the issue is, but yes - it is indeed very frustrating. Mostly because I feel like I have messed up as a walker.