Drop-in visits

When the pet stays home

Not every animal travels. Drop-in visits are for going to them — a call in the morning to feed the cats, another at five for a walk and a fuss, for as many days as the owner is away.

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Multiple visits a day · Your own durations · Daily caps · Repeat bookings

14 Cavendish Road

Nutmeg & Pepper · cats

Morning visit

09:00

Feed · fresh water · litter tray

Evening visit

17:00

Feed · play · meds · curtains closed

Both visits booked for 9 nights

Illustration of a drop-in schedule

Two visits a day, nine days running

The classic drop-in job. The owner goes away, the cats stay put, and somebody calls in twice a day until they're back.

Each visit is its own booking with its own time, so a nine o'clock feed and a five o'clock walk are two separate calls on the round — not one vague appointment. Book the run once and confirm the lot together.

  • ✓ Several visits on the same day, each at its own time
  • ✓ Different durations for a quick feed and a proper walk
  • ✓ The whole run booked and confirmed in one go
  • ✓ Notes that travel with the visit, not stuck in someone's phone

Typical visits

Feed and water

The bread and butter of the morning call

Medication

Recorded on the pet, so any staff member knows the dose

A walk and some company

Longer visit, priced on its own duration

Litter trays, post, plants, curtains

The house-sitting-adjacent bits, in the booking notes

What comes with it

Set up once, then it's just the round.

Your own visit lengths

Set the durations you sell — fifteen minutes to look in, half an hour to feed and play, an hour with a walk — each priced separately.

A cap on the day

Limit how many drop-ins you'll take in a day so the round stays physically possible.

Times on every visit

Each visit carries its check-in time, so a morning and an evening call are clearly two jobs and the round reads in order.

Times that keep themselves

Check-in and check-out can update automatically as visits happen, rather than being reconstructed later.

Whole trips at once

A customer away for nine days books once. Confirming the first booking confirms the series.

Staff assigned

Put the sitter's name on each visit and keep individual rounds separate when several of you are out.

Cancellation fees

Charge when a trip is called off inside your notice window, as a fixed amount or a percentage.

Everything about the pet

Feeding, medication, vet details and emergency contacts are on the pet's record already — whoever takes the visit has them.

Call it what you call it

"Drop-in" can be renamed throughout — Home Visits, Pop-ins, Cat Sitting.

Frequently asked questions

What is a drop-in visit booking?

It's a booking for visiting a pet in its own home rather than the animal coming to you. Typically a call in the morning and another in the evening to feed, medicate, walk and check on cats or dogs while the owner is away.

Can I book more than one visit a day for the same customer?

Yes, and that's the normal case. Each visit is its own booking with its own time, so a nine o'clock feed and a five o'clock walk appear as two separate calls on the round rather than one vague appointment.

Can I charge different prices for different visit lengths?

Yes. Set up the durations you sell — a quick look-in, a longer feed and play, a visit with a walk — and price each one separately.

Can I limit how many drop-ins I take in a day?

Yes. Set a daily limit so the round stays achievable, and the day stops accepting further drop-in bookings once you're at capacity.

How do I book a whole week away?

As one multi-day booking rather than fourteen separate ones. Confirming the first booking can confirm the whole series.

Where do feeding and medication instructions live?

On the pet's record, alongside vet details and emergency contacts — so whoever picks up the visit has the same information, not whoever took the phone call.

Every key, every call, one diary

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