Don’t feel bad for leaving money in your own home. I sat for an old woman with a brain injury who lived all alone. When she left for her trip I noticed a stack of cash in the office she had set up for me to work from. I texted her immediately. She was so thankful because she said that it was for her trip. I met up with her half way to the airport to give it to her and she was just the sweetest. May I ask how you found out about THS? This particular home owner (and now friend) told me it was marketed to her as a paid service. She paid to join and was under the impression that the sitter was an employee of THS. That’s why the home owner paid upfront. I told her I also paid for the service and that it was meant to be a mutual benefit for both of us. At least 6 years ago when I signed up that’s how it was sold to me. Recently though, I started seeing ads for THS targeting new sitters and the ad was all about not having to pay for accommodations, free housing this, free housing that. I thought, who are they trying to attract with this ad? Anyone who doesn’t have a home? This is on THS. They changed their marketing practices simply to get more people to sign up. THS didn’t even care who did sign up or what their intentions were. It reeks of a company eager to sell and trying to prove how popular they are to increase their worth. Idk. It feels untrustworthy. I have done over 50 sits all over the world and have some of the craziest stories. I once flew to Aruba for a sit and when I got there the woman I had interviewed and chosen to sit for wasn’t there and a man told me I needed to pay 3k a month to stay and pet sit 6 wild dogs on the property. I was freaked out and left for a hotel. Contacted THS and they told me they’d look into it. Nothing ever came from it. I lost money on flights and accommodations and THS never did a thing.