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Why is Easter not considered a Holiday through Rover?

I am just curious if anyone of you know why Easter is not considered a Holiday through Rover? Originally I was thinking because it is a religious holiday but than remember that Christmas is considered a holiday. Rover advertises that sitters are available "Easter weekend" so they recognize it as something special.

I am just wondering what are other sitters thoughts and/or if anyone knows why Easter would not be considered a "Holiday"?

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I just came on here specifically to find that out too! I thought it was the next biggest holiday to Christmas/Thanksgiving. Sorry I don’t have any answers. I just read your question and had to share ☺️🐾

Jodi F.

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Maureen P.

Still charge for easter holiday. It is not Rover decision. Customer agreed to pay holidays rate.

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The problem with your solution is that when the client sets up the booking, the price does not show as a holiday. When you try to change it, they get upset and you might lose them. Last year I put myself unavailable on those dates, no extra pay, then not worth losing family time over it

Paola E.

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Jean D. & Ray P.

Book a Stay
Rogers, AR

Thank you! (See https://www.rover.com/community/quest...)
I honestly do not know why Rover does not apply holiday rates during Easter weekend, or Veteran's Day for that matter. I wonder if it has to do with an algorithm that determines increased frequency of dog sitting requests. On their support site they state "We've noticed that more requests tend to come in over the dates we listed above...", so maybe people don't tend to have an increased need for dog sitters on Easter because they're not travelling or they're travelling locally and will therefore only be gone a short time, can go home to check on their dogs, or can bring their pets along with them. That's my thought.
I emailed Rover support to see if anyone could provide the rationale behind their holiday list. I'll edit this post if I get a meaningful response.

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I didn't even think about checking to see if someone else had the same question in the past. I did notice that over the past years they have increased which days are considered Holiday rate, so maybe next year (or year after) they will include it as a holiday. Thank you to all for your thoughts!

Erica M.

apparently, on Rover Canada, it is considered a holiday! oh well

Paola E.

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Felix N.

I wish Rover would just let the owners set their own holidays. Then the client would just see the rate when they request and decide to go ahead or not.

At the moment, the holiday system does not work in Canada at all, so I have to modify the rate AFTER the clients already requested manually.

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Honestly, just add a disclaimer on your profile. You set your own rates. Having it there helps ease any awkwardness. I like that rover allows you to control your pricing. We are contractors not employees.

Tammy W.

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Grace D.

It isn't that Rover is saying it isn't a holiday, the site has to do it based on federal holidays and easter is not a federal holiday while christmas is. This is not to say it isn't your own holiday and you can always choose to charge the holiday rate, it just won't be automatically done by the site. Many sitters do this for their spring breaks in their school districts too! My friend writes into her profile that she charges her holiday rate for Easter and just updates the booking price when a request is sent through, and none of her clients have an issue. Since I am not christian, it is not a holiday for me so I don't charge differently.

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I don't believe that's the case because Veteran's Day is also not on Rover's holiday list, even though it is a federal holiday.

Jean D. & Ray P.

That is what the support folks say when you call in. Veteran's day should be a good one to add to Rover's list though!

Grace D.

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Walt G.

Book a Stay
Woodbridge, VA

Only the major national holidays are on the Rover holiday calendar and the holiday rate applied to bookings. Personally, I don't think Easter weekend is a time when lots of folks travel but that's what I've seen. As an IC you are always free to increase your rate for the Easter weekend.

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I can't imagine why Easter wouldn't qualify as a major holiday though. It seems like a huge percentage of the population celebrates - https://www.statista.com/statistics/221114/share-of-americans-celebrating-easter-this-year/ especially considering President's Day and Columbus Day are on the list.

Jean D. & Ray P.

It is about Federal Holidays or "Bank Holidays". Otherwise Rover would have to start having holiday rates for Passover, Kwanzaa, Chinese New Year, Holi, Yom Kippur, Rosh Hashanah, etc.

Grace D.

Grace & Ezra - I don't believe that's the case because Veteran's Day is also not on Rover's holiday list, even though it is a federal holiday.

Jean D. & Ray P.

Easter isn't a bank holiday because it's always on Sunday. So banks are closed anyway. My bank has virtual teller machines and they close on Easter. So it's still a bank holiday here with my credit union ;)

Criss I.

That is what the support folks say. Veteran's day should be a good one to add to Rover's list though! And like my friend, you are always allowed to make it a holiday for yourself and just update the rate.

Grace D.

Easter weekend is a very traveled holiday, kids have spring break and parents take advantage of it. Someone noted: Easter is not a Federal holiday. Christmas is the one religious holiday that is an exception. IMO, clients will pay extra for Easter but complain about MLK or President's Day.

Paola E.

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