All your bags are packed with excitement and looking forward to that long deserved vacation…. ahhh no stress, no work for the next two weeks! How awesome is that!!
Scenario 1: Your Friend – Your Pet Sitter
You prepared with putting the mail on hold with the post office, set up with your lawn care guy to come by a certain day and arranged with your friend who offered her help to look after Spike and kitty cat Lucy, so all good to go. You even checked that enough food, cat litter and poo bags are set out to make it as easy as possible on your friend.
Scenario 2: Search Sites – Pet Sitters
You engaged with a pet sitter which you had found through craigslist.org, care.com or rover.com and feel really good after meeting with her and reading about all the good reviews. At the initial meeting you spoke about all the care details, filled out paperwork, exchanged the house key and agreed to the dates for the pet care visits. Your pet sitter also explained that she would send you a text once a day so you know everything is well at home with everyone.
Your flight went well and you didn’t even have any annoying person in the seat next to you, the hotel room is perfect and the drink you are holding in your hand while listening to the waves breaking the shore is simply fabulous tasting!
What wonderful first two days! Tomorrow you plan to explore the near by city and try some local foods!
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Scenario 1:
Suddenly you see your friend’s phone number pop up on the screen… you’re not too worried about it, she probably just couldn’t find the extra cat litter in the garage. You pick up but your friend’s voice doesn’t sound too promising and just a minute later you find out that she needs to leave town because her father got admitted into the hospital and she booked the first flight out of town…..
Scenario 2:
You just realized that you haven’t received the promised text from your pet sitter with an update about your pets but since the day isn’t over yet you just try to be patient and wait for a few hours longer. At sun down you just can’t help it anymore but get nervous and send a short text to your pet sitter. Hours later with continued efforts to reach her via text and phone calls you find out that your pet sitter got severely sick with the flu and can’t even get out of bed……she’s still trying to find someone who could cover for her, she never thought of the possibility that she could ever not be able to do her work…..
Both very upsetting Scenarios which can end a happy, relaxed vacation very quickly!
- Does your Pet Sitter have a backup plan in place?
- Do you have a backup plan when utilizing friends, family members, a neighbor or a sole operating pet sitter from a search site for your pet care needs?
Can you leave town KNOWING that your pets are covered no matter what?…..
PS: EaseMyMind LLC Pet Parents DO KNOW that!
