Get paid to look after cats in Sion
CHF 22 to CHF 38 per 20 to 30 minute visit for drop-in cat visits in Sion. Feed, play, scoop, and send photo updates on your own schedule, and keep up to 90% of every booking.
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Local know-how pays off in Sion
Sion stretches across the Rhône plain, overlooked by the hills of Valère and Tourbillon, which makes for ideal dog terrain. Owners walk along the banks of the Rhône and the Sionne, while the trails climbing toward the vineyards and the Montorge hill offer loops a short step from the centre.
When demand peaks
The town mixes cantonal civil servants, HES-SO Valais students, and families settled in Bramois and Uvrier. Many commute by train toward Lausanne or Geneva, leaving pets alone during the day. The dry, sunny Valais summer and the festival season add seasonal demand for boarding and home visits.
Know your Sion areas
The old town, Champsec, Vissigen and Platta are a walking area and the easiest to serve twice a day. Bramois, Uvrier and Chateauneuf are out along the valley, so say plainly whether you drive before an owner there sends a request.
Cat homes in Sion
Flats in Champsec, Vissigen and Platta hold most of Sion’s indoor cats, and in summer the heat inside them is the reason an owner wants a person rather than an automatic feeder. Houses in Bramois and Uvrier have gardens and shade, and their cats come and go. Student households near the HES-SO campus keep one cat between several people, with short bookings tied to the academic year.
Bilingual owners book faster
Sion is in francophone Valais, with cantonal-government and HES-SO student households. French-speaking sitters who can also handle English requests from visitors fill their schedules faster in the summer season.
A dry summer and a valley that empties
Sion sits on the floor of the Rhone valley under the hills of Valere and Tourbillon, and the dry, sunny Valais summer is the thing a cat sitter plans around. Water is what owners worry about, because a flat under a Valais roof gets genuinely hot by the afternoon. Summer is also when the valley empties, since residents head up to the mountains for weeks at a time rather than days. The town itself is level and walkable, with Champsec, Vissigen and Platta close to the old town. Bramois and Uvrier sit further east along the valley and need a bus or a car written into the schedule.
Choose your services, set your own rates
Typical Petme rates in Sion. You set your own price for each service, and keep up to 90% of every booking.
Drop-in cat visits
CHF 22 to CHF 38 per 20 to 30 minute visit
Overnight boarding
CHF 55 to CHF 90 per night
Sion areas that book the most
The daily commute toward Lausanne and Geneva and the busy Valais summer create steady demand for daytime walks and occasional pet-sitting in Sion.
Built for sitters in Sion
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.
Protected on every booking
CHF 20,000 in Protection Plan comes with every confirmed booking, so you are never on the hook alone if something goes wrong.
Cat Sitting Jobs in Sion
What new sitters ask before signing up on Petme in Sion.
How much do cat sitters earn per visit in Sion?
Drop-in cat visits on Petme in Sion run CHF 22 to CHF 38 per 20 to 30 minute visit. You set your own rate per visit, and you keep up to 90% of every booking.
What does a typical cat sitting visit involve?
A standard drop-in runs 20 to 30 minutes: feeding, fresh water, litter scooping, playtime, and a photo update to the owner in chat. Many Sion owners book one or two visits a day while they travel.
Can I set my own visit schedule in Sion?
Yes. You set your available hours and accept or decline each request. Morning and evening visit slots fill first, and you can stack several nearby visits around Vieille-Ville and Champsec into one efficient round.
What protection do I get on cat sitting bookings?
Every confirmed Petme booking, including drop-in visits, includes CHF 20,000 in Protection Plan for the cat in your care, at no cost to you or the owner. The same cover applies whether you sit in Vieille-Ville or Champsec.
Where is cat sitting demand strongest in Sion?
The daily commute toward Lausanne and Geneva and the busy Valais summer create steady demand for daytime walks and occasional pet-sitting in Sion. Most cat owners book a sitter within their own neighborhood, so listing the areas you cover sharpens your visibility.
When is cat sitting demand highest in Sion?
When owners travel: the summer holidays, Christmas and New Year, and the ski and February sports weeks. On a Sion winter visit that means checking the heating is still on, keeping the feeding and litter routine exactly as the owner left it, and flagging anything unusual the same day. Swiss school holidays are set canton by canton, so the busy weeks shift with where you work.
Which language do cat owners in Sion write in?
French. Sion is in francophone Valais, so the requests, the feeding notes and the conversation at the door all come in French. German and English turn up from visitors and from students at the HES-SO campus, so listing them helps, but French is the language that carries the local work.
Do I need a car to cat sit in Sion?
Not for the centre. The old town, Champsec, Vissigen and Platta are within walking distance of each other, so a round on foot is realistic. Bramois and Uvrier sit further out along the valley, and a sitter who wants that work needs a bus plan or a car, and should say which areas they cover.
When is cat sitting busiest in Sion?
The summer, when the valley empties toward the mountains and residents leave for a week or more at a time. The festival season adds shorter bookings on top of that. Winter in town is quieter than the summer, which is worth knowing before you plan your year around it.
Start earning in Sion
Set your own rate. CHF 20,000 Protection Plan on every booking, cashback that keeps your clients rebooking, and fast payouts to your bank.
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