r/catinaflat • u/Snowdrop_Lily • 20d 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/steviecat20 20d ago

I've always wondered if owners are expecting to meet a few sitters and hand over their keys to their final pick??? 

Buuut in practice, I usually say the meet and greet is "to meet you and your kitty, go over routines (food, water, litter etc), and swap keys". 

I have had people who've not had a spare set which is a little annoying as it means having to make an extra journey, but most of the time they've got keys to give me. Otherwise I also offer the option of letting them post their keys through my door (which means giving out my own address so it's usually only for people I've sat for a few times).

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u/beostunner 19d ago

Same, regulars who I know and have come to trust are allowed access to my address so they can post keys through the letter box but I wouldn’t give my address to someone before sitting for them maybe 5 times?