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Am I charging correctly for Overnight bookings?

I have several clients booking me for Overnight stays, but only want me there from morning until evening at their house. Most of these clients work long hours and want someone with their dog all day long without leaving their house. My current rate for Overnight bookings is $25.00/night. If I'm at a client's house from 7AM - 4PM (9 hours) and do not leave, I am making $2.22/hour (after Rover's fees). This doesn't seem right to me. Drop-In Visits are $12 per 30 minutes. It seems that this is more of an extended Drop-In Visit, so at $12 per 30 minutes for 9 hours that would be $216. I know that's insane and no one would pay that, but $2.22/hour seems pretty crazy, as well. Any advice? How do people usually handle clients that book like this? Do you charge by the hour?

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First, have you established a House Sitting fee? That would be the first thing. You could charge a day of House Sitting plus an extra fee for the added hours.

Hopefully someone else will chime in with more wisdom, but beyond that, here's my two cents:

A dog being boarded overnight will spend at least 7 of those hours sleeping, while you are also (hopefully) sleeping. That makes $25 night a fair price (for you).

During the day, you could be out doing more walks and check-ins, in addition to other necessary and/or fun activities. Therefore, your daytime hours are much more valuable. How much are your daytime hours worth to you? What do you want to make per hour? If you are expected to stay with the dog every moment for 9 hours, you should multiply that hourly rate x 9.

I hope that starts a conversation for everyone!

Best of luck!