Pet sitting jobs in Crawley, a new town of separate neighbourhoods beside Gatwick
Living next to Gatwick sets the clock. The airport works through the night and the rotas around it do too, so the hours a Crawley house is empty are not the usual nine to five ones. Set your own rates and keep up to 90% of every booking.
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Local know-how pays off in Crawley
Crawley 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 Crawley areas
Most bookings cluster Three Bridges to Pound Hill. Owners look for sitters who know the area and can reach them without a long trip.
Breeds you will meet in Crawley
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 town built as separate neighbourhoods
Maidenbower and Pound Hill are the newest neighbourhoods on the east side, family houses with gardens, both a few minutes from the airport perimeter. Three Bridges has the mainline station, one stop from Gatwick and about half an hour from Victoria. Tilgate and Broadfield sit south of the centre, with Tilgate Park and the forest beyond it for a walk worth the short drive. Ifield is quieter and further west around the mill pond, and works as a local round on its own. Crawley was laid out as separate neighbourhoods with their own parades, so staying inside two of them and offering every service beats crossing the town for one booking.
Choose your services, set your own rates
Typical Petme rates in Crawley. You set your own price for each service, and keep up to 90% of every booking.
Dog walking
£14 to £22 per 30 to 60 minute walk
Drop-in visits
£14 to £22 per 20 to 30 minute visit
Doggy daycare
£22 to £38 per day
Dog boarding
£32 to £50 per night
House sitting
£40 to £60 per night
Crawley areas that book the most
Maidenbower and Pound Hill are the newest neighbourhoods on the east side, family houses with gardens, both a few minutes from the airport perimeter.
Built for sitters in Crawley
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
£20,000 in Protection Plan comes with every confirmed booking, so you are never on the hook alone if something goes wrong.
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