Take dog boarding bookings from your own home in Chester
Chester fills and empties with visitors all year while its own residents travel too, and dogs need somewhere to sleep either way. Hosting from Hoole, Handbridge or Vicars Cross puts you a short walk from the walls and the river paths. Home dog boarding in Chester runs £25 to £40 per night, and you keep up to 90% of every booking.
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Local know-how pays off in Chester
Chester has a wet maritime climate with rain spread across the year, frosty spells in winter, and short winter days that leave a narrow window of daylight. Walkers who carry a raincoat and a towel, plan sheltered routes on the wettest days, and hold their slots through the drizzle keep the regulars that fair-weather walkers lose.
When demand peaks
Demand peaks over the summer holidays and across Christmas and New Year, with a second wave on the February, May and October half-terms and the bank-holiday weekends. Boarding and house sitting lead when owners travel; walking, daycare and drop-in visits carry the commuting week.
Know your Chester areas
Most bookings cluster Handbridge to Boughton. Owners look for sitters who know the area and can reach them without a long trip.
Breeds you will meet in Chester
Owners here mostly keep Labrador Retriever, Cocker Spaniel, French Bulldog, Staffordshire Bull Terrier. Knowing how those breeds behave, and saying so on your profile, is what turns a first booking into a repeat client.
A visitor city that also leaves town
Chester sees plenty of coming and going, between the walls, the Roodee racecourse, the zoo north of the city and a university population spread through Boughton and Handbridge. Residents travel in the other direction, with the Welsh border and the coast both within an easy drive. For a boarding host that means trips can come up across the year, not only in the summer, and Hoole and Upton hold the kind of houses, gardens and walkable streets owners look for when they want a home rather than a kennel block.
Choose your services, set your own rates
Typical Petme rates in Chester. You set your own price for each service, and keep up to 90% of every booking.
Home dog boarding
£25 to £40 per night
Doggy daycare
£18 to £30 per day
Drop-in visits
£11 to £18 per 20 to 30 minute visit
Dog walking
£11 to £18 per 30 to 60 minute walk
Chester areas that book the most
Chester sees plenty of coming and going, between the walls, the Roodee racecourse, the zoo north of the city and a university population spread through Boughton and Handbridge.
Built for sitters in Chester
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 £20,000 for eligible vet costs, subject to its terms.
Dog Boarding Jobs in Chester
What new sitters ask before signing up on Petme in Chester.
How much can I earn boarding dogs at home in Chester?
Can I choose which dogs I host in Chester?
What protection do I get on home boarding bookings?
How is home boarding different from a boarding kennel?
Do I need a garden to board dogs in Chester?
When does home dog boarding peak in Chester?
Can I board dogs at home in Chester instead of working at a kennel?
Do I need a licence to board dogs at home in Chester?
Dog boarding jobs near Chester
Cover more than one patch. Each city page has its own local rates and demand notes.
Start earning in Chester
Set your own rate. Protection Plan up to £20,000, cashback that keeps your clients rebooking, and fast payouts to your bank.
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