Get paid to drop in on cats in Hobart
Build a steady round of cat visits near Hobart CBD and Battery Point. Cat visits in Hobart run A$30 to A$50 per 20 to 30 minute visit, and you keep up to 90% of every booking.
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Local know-how pays off in Hobart
Australia runs its seasons upside down, so the hardest walking weather in Hobart lands at Christmas and the quiet cool months are June to August. Heat illness in dogs peaks across December and January, and it is the overnight minimum rather than the daytime maximum that decides whether a dog has cooled down by morning. Walkers who move to early morning and after sunset, press the back of a hand to the footpath for five seconds before stepping a dog onto it, and carry water keep their bookings through summer. Anywhere on the eastern seaboard add a daily tick search from spring, and everywhere keep dogs on lead and out of long grass once snakes are on the move.
When demand peaks
The summer school break is the big one: roughly six weeks from mid-December to late January, taking in Christmas, New Year and Australia Day, when owners travel and overnight work runs short first. Easter with the April holidays is the second wave, and the June and July break is a third, because southern owners drive north to Queensland and the Territory rather than staying home for the winter. Term dates are set state by state and stagger by a week or two, which spreads the peak instead of stacking it on one weekend. Boarding and house sitting lead the holiday blocks, walking and drop-in visits carry the working weeks between them, and daycare follows the office week rather than the holidays.
Know your Hobart areas
Most cat bookings cluster Hobart CBD to North Hobart. Owners book the sitter who can reach them quickly for a daily visit, so the areas you list matter more than the distance you are willing to travel.
Choose your services, set your own rates
Typical Petme rates in Hobart. You set your own price for each service, and keep up to 90% of every booking.
Drop-in cat visits
A$30 to A$50 per 20 to 30 minute visit
House sitting
A$60 to A$105 per night
Overnight boarding
A$55 to A$90 per night
Hobart areas that book the most
Petme cat bookings in Hobart come from neighbourhoods like Hobart CBD, Battery Point, North Hobart, with drop-in visits and house sitting the most requested for cats.
Built for sitters in Hobart
Keep up to 90%
You set your rate. Petme keeps a low service fee, and you keep up to 90% of every booking.
Full schedule control
No assigned shifts and no minimum hours. Accept or decline each request and pause your profile whenever you need to.
Protection Plan for eligible vet costs
Owners booking through Petme have the Protection Plan, up to A$32,000 for eligible vet costs, subject to its terms.
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Set your own rate. Protection Plan up to A$32,000, cashback that keeps your clients rebooking, and fast payouts to your bank.