Meet and Greets and how do unbooked visits give you negative ratings?
I frequently get requests to board dogs and we go through the process of setting up a meet and greet. The meet and greet seems to go really well...and they claim to be booking the request but then back out once they get home. It almost seems like a "mystery shop" to see if I am complying with rover rules. Sometimes (most of the time) the owner doesn't get back to me and I have to send a follow-up message only to have them decline. It's frustrating that I spend so much time messaging these people, answering questions, opening my home to visits only to have them back out unexpectedly. I have one of the highest ratings on rover in my area, and my meet and greets always go well. Does anyone else seem to have this issue? How frequently? My other question is rover wants you to try to book as many requests as possible, so if the owner backs out and finds another sitter, does this decline hurt our search position on the website? I am more frustrated with wasting my time with the messaging and meet and greets, but I am concerned about the non-bookings hurting my search position. Any advice?