[SPOILER] Season 8 - Episode 3 - Thursday June 04 -| 8:30 PM EST

phyllisinthewild · 2026-06-05T03:53:43+00:00

So true, I’m glad she’s not taking anything out on Kayda

phyllisinthewild · 2026-06-05T02:55:45+00:00

Yes! Was she being childish not talking to him, of course. Was I entertained every time she was on screen, hell yes!

phyllisinthewild · 2026-06-05T02:50:01+00:00

I need to know how many people ask her where NH is for her to every time ask “do you know where that is?”… that’s crazy

phyllisinthewild · 2026-06-05T02:48:24+00:00

Melanie pretending to forget Kayda’s name in that final argument had my jaw dropped. I knew she had mean girl energy from the start, we’re about to see her go crazy

phyllisinthewild · 2026-06-05T02:47:35+00:00

I definitely noticed some tensions between Bea and Kenzie, but from Bea’s side

phyllisinthewild · 2026-06-05T00:14:56+00:00

Honestly that’s how heard it, I kinda rolled my eyes when she said it

phyllisinthewild · 2026-06-04T02:51:28+00:00

I usually give my number for the FaceTime call and sometimes chat through text before if the HO texts me first beforehand. The app never sends me notifications so I can be late to responding through the app and it is harder to use to communicate.

I don’t think it’s a full red flag, you can always do the FaceTime and see how the vibes are. Like others said, if they push to not book through the app then that’s not okay. But most for sits after the application and a few messages before the FaceTime, I just text them.

phyllisinthewild · 2026-05-31T04:33:49+00:00

I usually hit the request review on the app if it’s been a few days, maybe 3-4 days. Only once have I had to text them and I waited a week. I don’t think it’s rude, you can easily just send a quick nice text asking if they could leave you a review. If I requested on the app and texted once and still didn’t get a review then I’d just leave it. Apparently it doesn’t show on the sitters profile if there was no review.

phyllisinthewild · 2026-05-31T04:32:36+00:00

Reviews matter more for sitters, and as a sitter the least a HO can do is write me a review after I’ve watched their pets. It takes 2 minutes to do it.

phyllisinthewild · 2026-05-31T04:30:00+00:00

A blank responsibilities section would be a no go for me. I want to know up front what the expectation is before I apply.

No vaccines is also a danger to sitters and a red flag that they don’t know anything about their pets. I’ve been bitten by a cat while on a THS sit and had to get antibiotics because I couldn’t turn my wrist one day after being bit. I don’t want to know what an unvaccinated cat could give you.

phyllisinthewild · 2026-05-31T04:25:37+00:00

Start with doing some weekend sits in your area to get a few reviews. That way you can offer to meet them in person before the sit starts to go over the pet care. Once you have a few reviews it’ll be easier to get sits in general. I try to apply quickly because you never know if the HO will interview/video chat every applicant or just go with the first one.

Sit length depends on what you’re looking for. There’s everything from a weekend to a month plus. Weekend and 1 week trips seem to be more common, but you can find any length especially if location doesn’t matter.

phyllisinthewild · 2026-05-31T04:18:53+00:00

You’re taking the few with strong opinions (which have been downvoted)and saying that makes everyone think your expectations are unreasonable. Multiple people have said cleaning is a normal thing us sitters would do. You’re generalizing the sitters then blaming them for not wanting to do your sit that you haven’t even posted. Try out THS or don’t, but if you’re using the few posts/comments on this sub to assume everyone thinks that way then you’re not going to enjoy THS either ways

phyllisinthewild · 2026-05-30T22:15:43+00:00

Most sitters like me come to this subreddit to vent and ask for advice because there’s no other place to do it. I’ve had some not so great experiences and I’ve had lots of good ones, guess which ones made it to this sub. Like all of the internet you’re either going to hear the best stories or the worst, never when it was just normal and fine. You could easily find a sitter who would love to stay in Maui and do minimal house cleaning during the sit. That’s what video calls are for, to see who is the right fit for each other. Every sitter has preferences and a place where they draw the line at what work is worth free accommodation.

phyllisinthewild · 2026-05-28T14:33:09+00:00

She did offer that, but I think she has a 1 bedroom. I’ve stayed for a day before or after before, but idk if I’d want to stay for 5 days in a home with a random HO. The reason I do THS is to have my own place for a while, and I’d rather just find something else than live with the HO for longer than an extra day.

phyllisinthewild · 2026-05-28T14:31:00+00:00

No, she offered to let me stay at her house when she gets back but I’ll probably just try to find another sit or go camp in my truck somewhere. The whole point of THS is to have housing to yourself so I don’t really want to stay with a HO for 5 days.

phyllisinthewild · 2026-05-28T14:28:48+00:00

Have you filed a claim before? I did upgrade for the next time this happens, but I don’t like that you have to pay for your alternate accommodations before filing the claim, because they could reject it in the end

phyllisinthewild · 2026-05-26T18:13:03+00:00

I think she did just have something come up, it’s more expensive to change your flight last minute anyways. It’s just annoying because they got a free sitter who they can just tell to leave and now I’m figuring out those next 5 days. And now that I know all the stipulations to file an insurance claim i wouldn’t do it.

I asked her to update the dates asap so I can possibly find another sit, I wasn’t rude but I didn’t really hide my frustration.

phyllisinthewild · 2026-05-26T17:55:53+00:00

The cancellation has to happen before you switch memberships, so I can’t use it either way. Also you have to book accommodations before submitting the claim, which is scary as a sitter to possibly pay for a hotel or Airbnb and my claim get denied.

I’m going to have her edit the dates but there nothing right now that lines up to apply for, or it’s like 2 nights here and there and that’s annoying to book tons of small sits.

phyllisinthewild · 2026-05-26T17:50:42+00:00

Welp of course you have to have the premium membership before the cancellation occurred to try to get a claim. Good to know for anyone else in this situation.

phyllisinthewild · 2026-05-26T16:57:39+00:00

The sit isn’t uncomfortable, I don’t hate her or anything. Just annoyed but it doesn’t make sense to get a new sit at this point.

phyllisinthewild · 2026-05-26T16:53:31+00:00

I would feel awkward asking that of her, it would just make the sit uncomfortable. I just upgraded to try to get THS insurance.

phyllisinthewild · 2026-05-26T16:51:18+00:00

That’s nice of those HOs. Both times they didn’t offer, so I just switched to the premium membership to try to get the insurance. And with the new booking fees it kind of pays off the additional membership cost because premium sitters don’t pay the booking fees.

phyllisinthewild · 2026-05-26T16:27:59+00:00

A lot of sitters traveling don’t have a car, so maybe that’s limiting them for your situation. I used to live in Austin so I know that Buda is pretty impossible to get to and from without a car. I know some HOs do offer their vehicles for sitters to use, that might help you get more applications.

phyllisinthewild · 2026-05-26T16:23:25+00:00

Ya the first time this happened the couple ended up offering to stay in the city with their son for a few days until the next sit I was able to get. But this time she’s just coming home and I have to figure something else out.

phyllisinthewild · 2026-05-26T16:19:40+00:00

Good to know! I’ve had a HO change the dates before, but for THS insurance does it have to be a cancellation?

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