TrustedHousesitters

Why it is listed

TrustedHousesitters is an annual membership to swap your home and pets for an unpaid sitter — from $149/year on the official U.S. pricing page, plus a $12 booking fee unless you buy Premium. It is not a paid drop-in app and not boarding. Meet them. Ask about meds and escape. The $1 million Home and Contents line is Standard/Premium marketing with terms, not a $1M Rover-style sitter policy.

Pros & cons

Pros

• trustedhousesitters.com/pricing 2026-09-02: Basic pet parent US$149/year, Standard US$229/year, Premium US$299/year. Unlimited home and pet care from verified sitters; sitters do not charge — they exchange care for a stay. join-now/pet-parents: U.S. consumer page; screen sitters face-to-face or via video before you commit; all sitters complete identity checks; 'We do background and/or ID checks'; pricing page: all U.S. sitters are background checked, global sitters ID checked.
• Standard and Premium include a Home and Contents Plan the company describes as covering you for up to $1 million against property damage, theft and sitter accidents (join-now page; Basic does not include it). Money Back Promise on Standard/Premium if you do not find a sitter within 14 days of posting your first sit. Booking-fee blog (2025-12-08): £9/$12 per confirmed sit for non-Premium members, web and app; 24/7 member support named there.
• No per-night sitter wage. Membership is the product. App is named on the official booking-fee page (web and app).

Cons

• This is a housesitting exchange, not on-demand local drop-ins or paid boarding. Photo/GPS visit reports are not named on the pricing/join pages we scored — quality photo and GPS points are zero. Annual membership is required to book, so value 'no required membership' points are zero. Monthly billing is not offered (company blog).
• The $1 million Home and Contents figure is official marketing for Standard/Premium only, with terms. It is not the Rover-stub $1M sitting insurance, and it is not on Basic. We do not treat it as a paid-sitter liability policy. Sitters are unpaid guests in your home.
• Meet the sitter (in person or video). Ask about meds and escape. An app is not boarding. A membership is not a kennel license. Claims have terms.

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