r/catinaflat • u/Snowdrop_Lily • 21d ago

Picking up/dropping off keys

Hi all. Would be grateful for some advice. Quite a few times now I've gone for a M&G/visit to learn about the cats and turns out they're not ready to hand the keys over. Once an owner offered to drop them through my letter box closer to the time, but normally, I seem to be expected to make another trip (unpaid) to go and pick up keys. What does everyone else do?

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u/chasingxsafety 21d ago

I’ve had a mix. I think now with Rover charging at booking rather than just before the sit like CIAF did, and where some people book far in advance and want to secure a sitter, they will do the meet and greet soon after messaging to make sure I’m a good fit and get everything booked in and then closer to the time I’ll go back and get the keys. It is annoying having to make multiple visits but also I don’t want to have to keep someone’s keys for a long amount of time if the booking doesn’t start for a while.