30- or 60-minute visits to your home to feed, water, walk, scoop and play — once or several times a day. Drop-ins suit cats, small pets and dogs who are fine alone between visits; sitters list how many visits a day they can cover.
Choose a sitter, pick the days and the time windows you need, and send a request. The sitter confirms, you pay in the app, and each visit ends with a short update and photo.
Sitters set their own rates. Across SitterNation, drop-in visits starts at $12 per visit; the median is $25 and most sitters charge between $20 and $30 per visit (as of October 2026, 49 sitters). Owners pay an 11% service fee capped at $50 per booking, and sitters keep 100% of their rate.
30- or 60-minute visits to your home to feed, water, walk, scoop and play — once or several times a day. Drop-ins suit cats, small pets and dogs who are fine alone between visits; sitters list how many visits a day they can cover.
Yes. Every SitterNation sitter completes identity verification, a safety course with a quiz, and a profile review by the SitterNation team before they can accept bookings. Reviews come from pet owners after completed bookings.
Not yet. You send a booking request with your dates; the sitter accepts (most offer a meet-and-greet first) and you pay securely in the app. Our sitters are in the Chicago suburbs today, and we are expanding to new metros.