Reasons for local sits?
Hi, I’m a homeowner and posted my first sit yesterday. Of the five applications, four are local. I expected them to be more like the fifth one, which is someone international who is looking to visit a friend in my city.
I’m curious why we have so many local applicants. Our place is clean, tidy & comfortable but by no means luxurious. We live in a large metropolitan area that attracts a lot of tourists so I expected our location to be the main draw. If we had a pool or nice yard I could understand why someone would be interested in housesitting locally. Hell, I’d be tempted to housesit locally if it meant I got access to those things. 🤣
I looked through the reviews and it looks like the local applicants go from sit to sit to sit. Most of the houses in their reviews look nicer than ours.
Are people looking to get a break from uncomfortable roommate situations? (understandable.) Maybe they don’t have permanent housing and sleep on friends couches in between sits? (also understandable.) Or is there something else going on that I’m not thinking of?
I don’t really wanna ask because as long as they take care of my pets and respect my home, it’s really none of my business.
I guess I’m just a bit nervous because this is my first time using this service and wonder at people’s motives.
Update: Thank you all for your replies. All those reasons make sense. I had no idea that people did this full-time. That’s actually pretty smart given our insane housing costs. Anyway, thanks again. Reddit won’t let me turn off comments, but I’m probably gonna stop reading because I feel like I understand now. :-)