There's a New Hybrid in Town: Sittercity.com's Hybrid Sitters Care for Fido and the Ficus During Summer Vacation
Wednesday, May 14, 2008FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(Chicago, Ill.) - Backyard barbecues, newly filled swimming pools and the eerie lack of school buses can only mean one thing -- summer is here! Time to pack the car up and go for that road trip you've been thinking about since New Year's Day. But while you and the family are stuffing suitcases and hitting the road, who's going to feed Fido and water the plants in your absence? Sittercity.com, America's largest and most trustworthy online source for caregivers, kills two birds with one stone by offering the two-in-one caregiver -- hybrid a petsitter/housesitter.
"A new trend we're seeing on our site is the hybrid sitter," said Genevieve Thiers, founder and CEO of Sittercity.com. "In this era of multi-tasking, multi-media and multi-talents, we've noticed many of our hundreds of thousands of sitters are capitalizing on their skill-sets by offering more than one way to utilize their services -- and our Sittercity members are reaping the benefits!"
Sittercity.com sitters are able to sign up on the site for free while people looking for caregivers pay a membership fee that's as low as $8 a month. For less than the price of two gallons of gas, these care seekers can access as many sitters as they need, including the two-for-the-price-of-one hybrid sitter to watch their pets and ensure that the house is safe, giving much needed relief to stressed-out travelers just trying to enjoy their summer vacation.
Petsitters on Sittercity.com can provide a multitude of tasks including, feedings, walks, administering medicine, grooming, providing playtime and much more. On top of these duties, the hybrid sitter can also sort mail, turn lights on and off to deter crime, water plants, make sure your favorite shows are recording, and clean up so you come home to a happy pet and a well-kept home.
For more information on these types of caregivers and more, visit www.sittercity.com.
About Sittercity.com
Sittercity.com®, the inventor of online caregiving, is America's most trustworthy source for child care, pet care, senior care, housekeepers and tutors, dedicated to making the process of finding a caregiver fast, easy, safe and fun. With access to hundreds of thousands of sitters nationwide, families and individuals can find a wealth of qualified caregivers in their area by using Sittercity's four-step screening process, which includes references, parent-to-parent feedback, personal interviews and free access to background checks. Registration for sitters is free, and care seekers pay as little as $8 per month for a membership, which gives them unlimited ability to post jobs, and search, contact and hire sitters in their areas. A true pioneer in its field, Sittercity.com has been featured by hundreds of media outlets, from the Today Show to the Big Idea with Donny Deutsch to the Wall Street Journal. Sittercity won first place in the 2007 UPS Small Business "Out of the Box" contest as well as a 2007 International Davey Award. Sittercity also won the U.S. Small Business Administration Champion Award in 2006 from President Bush, a 2006 Stevie award, received a Webby Worthy Award in 2005 and won the 2005 Women's Business Development Center Rising Star Award. For more information, visit the company Web site at www.sittercity.com.
