What to pay a House/Pet sitter?

[mja451]

We are going for about 2 weeks plus a few days in late July. We can't board our dog for various reasons. We are having a college girl stay here, plus sleep here, so can give dog meds, keep her company etc. (very spoiled old dog) Last year I paid about 150 a week for this. Does this sound fair?

 

[freres7]

My sister has a petsitting business and charges $25 for overnight sits, so $150 a week sounds pretty fair.

 

[LMC]

I think 300 bucks for two weeks is really good and a college student probably does too. Does it come with a full refridgerator? That would be an added bonus!

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

We usually have friends help out with our house sitting needs. Don't usually pay--but we always get a souvenire for them.

I would suggest getting a cool souvenir (doesn't have to cost too much) in addition to what you are paying her. Kind of like a tip on top of the base price.

 

[Melynny]

We pay 10.00 per visit for our house/pet sitter. She usually comes every other or 3rd day. We have cats and fish. she picks up the papers, waters plants and we have the mail stopped. Wi

 

[wildernessfamily]

We have paid a professional pet sitter, $24 a day. That is for 2 visits a day for 2 pets, with walks. Hope that helps.