Don't want to do overnights for house sitting..?

1. Raise your price. Your house sitting rate is absurdly low, which is why all these flakes are contacting you.

2. Do NOT negotiate your rates, especially during the holidays. Customers who want to bargain are often the most problematic. Being in Florida, you should know that prices go up during the winter holidays. Tell this customer that your rates are posted and that is that. If they'd like to proceed, fine. If not, oh well, there are plenty of other Rover sitters.

3. As for future house sitting jobs, if you don't like what you see in terms of the home's cleanliness, then turn it down. Also, mention at your M&G what condition you expect the house to be in before you will stay there and that you will ensure that it is left in the same condition when you leave. If the people claim they are in a rush and don't have time to clean, tell them they will need to hire a cleaning service. You will not stay in those conditions.

4. If you don't want to spend the holidays at someone else's home, then mark yourself as unavailable. You could offer to do drop-ins if that works better for you but don't say you are providing overnight care when you aren't. The rationale behind higher holiday rates is not only higher demand but also the inconvenience of you giving up your holiday.

One thing you could do if you really want to take this holiday stay, is inform them that you do not provide overnight care (or you can say "I won't be providing overnight care for the holidays" if you want to break it to them easier), but you provide daycare in their home, where you are there X number of hours per day through the evening, then you go home and return the following morning. I wish Rover had this as a service option.