Working all days for half pay and paying for insurance that excludes us. How do other sitters feel about this?

After doing a quick search of your area, there are Not a lot of sitters listed (less than 1 page after zooming in the map) and most of these appear higher priced... while there can be a huge difference provided by one sitter versus another, it may be worth considering if your service rate should be increased?

It appears you adjusted day care rate to address your other concern about daycare. If not, use the Cost Adjustment area before clicking Book It Now to modify services appropriately.

Re. Rover’s fee, there’s no sign of that is going to change. For clients sourced from outside the rover (connect through referrals, business cards, etc.) you can choose to book yourself and keep 100%. For people who find you through rover, meaning you wouldn’t connect another way, consider that 80% is better than 0%. No sense being upset about the fee structure which none of us can change. Rover is always recruiting and adding sitters to database.

The reason you only received $16 for the "daycare" portion of the stay is because it was booked as boarding for 2 days plus extended care as a result of the pickup times entered into the system. Up to 8 hours over, the owner pays 50% of the nightly charge. 8+ hours, then they pay for another night of boarding.

It would take some manipulation to force the system to book it as 2 nights of boarding plus daycare and I expect the client wouldn't be agreeable,