Coronavirus FAQs

Your Membership Services team is here to help. Phone lines and live chat may currently be busier than normal, so we recommend sending us a message.

Yes, they are. With some local travel restrictions still in place, it can be difficult to predict if there will be any major travel disruptions for either you or your owner, and for this reason, we recommend having a plan B in place. This includes making sure you have sufficient emergency funds. We also advise monitoring government updates regularly, as local restrictions and advice are still subject to change.

As the situation evolves, it’s more important than ever that both sitters and owners communicate their status and travel plans. If you’re having difficulty reaching another member about a confirmed sit, please contact Membership Services.

We have also produced a sitters guide on how to conduct safe and responsible sits right now, and you can find further guidance on our coronavirus guide to house sitting. 

As the current global situation continues to develop, we are taking steps to make sure you are receiving the most appropriate content during this time. For this reason, we will be reducing your daily alerts to once a week on a Wednesday. When we deem it the right time to bring these back more frequently, you will be notified and your inbox will continue to showcase all the cute pets and homes looking for your help.

Your Membership Services team is here to help. Phone lines and live chat may currently be busier than normal right now, so we recommend sending us a message.

Yes, owners can list their sit dates on the platform and we have lots of sitters who are currently looking for a sit. When arranging sits, however, we do ask that all members review our coronavirus guide to house sitting, as well as our official coronavirus cleaning guide.

We have also produced an owners guide to help you to conduct safe and responsible sits.

Yes, they are. While it is still difficult to predict if there will be any significant travel disruption, we recommend having a plan B in place in case of any unforeseen circumstances, as well as monitoring government updates regularly as local restrictions and advice are still subject to change.

As the situation evolves, it’s more important than ever that both sitters and owners communicate their status and travel plans. If you’re having difficulty reaching another member about a confirmed sit, please contact Membership Services.

Your Membership Services team is here to help. Phone lines and live chat may currently be busier than normal, so we recommend sending us a message.

The actions taken to control the coronavirus have had a serious impact on many travel and leisure businesses around the world. TrustedHousesitters is not immune and we have seen our business heavily impacted by the global halt on people’s travel plans. 

We have taken the necessary steps to reduce our costs to ensure that we can weather the storm, but unfortunately, we are unable to further risk the viability of the business by offering free concessions to all members. However, we recognise that some members may be facing financial difficulties during this time. If you are in this situation, we ask that you get in touch.

We understand how trying the last year has been, and so we’d like to thank you for being a member during this incredibly difficult time. By doing so, you’re helping our community and Team Trusted continue for the long term.

Please know that we are doing everything we can to protect the platform so that when the crisis is over, we will still be here to help you continue travelling while keeping pets happy at home. We really appreciate your support and promise to stay in touch with all members during this difficult time.

Our main priority continues to be our members, which is why our team are working continuously to provide them with the help and support they need. 

The rest of Team Trusted are busy making the platform the best it can be. Visit our News page for all the latest developments our team have been working on. We will also be providing you with plenty of content to keep you and your pets feeling connected during this difficult time.

We can’t tell you how proud we are to have supportive members who are so keen to help the community continue during this difficult time. 

One of the biggest ways you can help right now is by sharing your stories and telling more people about TrustedHousesitters. Because when people are ready to travel freely again, we want to help them do it in a wonderful way that keeps pets safe and happy at home. 

As a member, you’ll still be able to find and share your 25% off refer a friend code on your dashboard, which will earn you two free months whenever it’s used. Even if your friends and family aren’t ready to join right now, they can still sign up to our emails for free to receive cute pets and positive content in their inbox, which we all need right now. 

Our team will also be sharing even more positive content across our Facebook page and Instagram, so be sure to keep sharing that, too. If nothing else, it may help you and your followers smile and stay positive during this difficult time. 

The Vet Advice Line is available to members during all sits, and provides unlimited 24/7 access to veterinary nurses. This is a great resource for helping pets during this time and may even prevent an unnecessary trip to the vets. You can find out more about it in our Vet Advice Line article.