Can I pay in cash to the Sitter?

Can I pay in cash to the Sitter?

No - But it's for you and your pet's protection.  The benefit of booking through PetCloud, means you'll:
  1. Have a pet that is insured with our third party insurance so that (for example) in the instance of a pet accident, and they need emergency surgery, the Vet Bill could be up to $16,000.  But instead, PetCloud's insurer will cover the Vet Bill if it is deemed an approved claim.
  2. Have a written legal agreement between you and the Sitter with the services they agree to provide you. So if there are any disagreements with what was booked and the dates and times booked, you can always refer back to the booking.
  3. Your Sitter will have accountability, influencing their behaviour to be of a high standard. The Sitter's reputation is impacted when you are able to leave a public review on the Sitter's listing after the booking. This tells other Pet Owners about your experience and whether you recommend them. This affects the Sitter's future earnings.
  4. Be paying into a third party escrow account, and only released if both parties are happy at the end of the stay. If there is a disagreement with the services provided or the quality, then funds will be held and not released until an agreement is reached and the quality issued addressed.
  5. When your pet stays with a PetCloud Sitter, the Sitter is supported by our Customer Service team who actively help throughout the stay with any questions or advice if a tricky or unexpected situation arises.
  6. Have a quality company you can trust.  We are the ONLY pet sitting company in Australia to be endorsed by RSPCA Partners.  In order to reach and maintain our high animal welfare and human safety standards, we conducted workshops with highly skilled and experienced staff from the RSPCA (Inspectors, Foster Carers, Dog Trainers, and Senior Veterinary Staff) to develop processes, procedures, and information for our Sitters to reduce the risk of loss or harm to pets in care and the humans that care for them.
  7. Be booking a high quality Pet Sitter who receives ongoing animal care education from us. 
  8. Be supporting a charity - Yes!  We are part-owned by a charity as mentioned in the emails we send you. Paying Sitters in cash means we won't be able to pass on vital funds needed to support the rescue work our RSPCA Partners do.
  9. Our team works hard (just like you) and pay for advertising to connect you to your perfect Sitter and also do website and app development to bring you faster and better ways to care for your pet all the time. All members agree to the terms and conditions of our website upon joining up under section 23:  https://www.petcloud.com.au/terms-of-service
Cash-in-hand jobs that are not recorded are illegal, regardless of what industry the job is in and is called tax evasion.  We will deactivate the account of those who do this and will report their activity to the ATO.

PetCloud is not a once-off lead referral service for independent Pet Sitters or Walkers.   We have an ongoing working relationship with Pet Sitters and Walkers. PetCloud's Pet Owner & Pet Sitter base remains owned by the PetCloud website and must continue to be booked via the PetCloud website each time.  



"The Bitterness of Poor Quality Remains Long After the Sweetness of Low Price is Forgotten" - HRchitect