How common is it to have clients not respond?
I am fairly new to Rover and have gotten a lot of requests from clients. I always respond promptly (within 5-10 minutes) confirming my availability and suggesting a Meet & Greet. There have been three times now when I hear nothing back from the client after my response. I even will follow up with them to check in to see if they still need me and to please let me know if they found someone else so I can keep my schedule clear for other clients. And they still don't respond!
I was curious how common this is for other sitters? I assume this happens because clients request several sitters at once and pick one and don't notify they ones they didn't select. It's a little frustrating so I wanted to check with other sitters to see how often this happens and how best to deal with it.
THis happens way too often. Especially over the Memorial Day weekend. Makes me change plans around only so they cancel the booking! We get penalized for not responding fast enough but dog owners do not. I wrote to Rover about my concerns and think sitters should too.
I agree Penh. Or they contact you for availability and don't get back to you with their plans. You have to contact them for their decision and sometimes still no reply. Frustrating.!