Do you charge differently for housesitting based on time requirements?
I've been a Rover sitter for two years, and I have done quite a bit of overnight house sitting with relatively few issues. Over the summer I seemed to notice an uptick in house sitting requests where I feel like I end up being asked to be at the home way more than I feel is fair for the rate. I've gotten some requests recently where the owner basically expects me to be at their home all weekend (like Friday morning thru late Sunday), only leaving for very short stretches.
I get a lot of weekend requests that are Friday through Sunday and it's booked as "two nights," Friday night and Saturday night, and you get paid whatever your rate is per night for two nights. But some owners seem to think this entitles them to expect you to come as early as Friday morning and stay until late in the day on Sunday. By contrast, I have other clients who pay me the same amount just to come in the evenings and leave in the mornings.
Anyone experienced this? Do you charge differently if people request that amount of care? My rates are fairly low (for an experienced sitter) so maybe I simply just need to charge more, but I want to differentiate from the repeat client who just asks me to crash at their place and let their dogs out a few times in the process.