I've done a looooooooooot of research on petsitting professionally as I do it on the side for clients at the clinic QUITE often. I decided not pursue it as an actual LLC to for a couple of reasons.... paying taxes and fees on the income and fees for having an LLC and having to pay for bonding and insurance... it really adds up, and considering it isn't something that I do every single day (maybe a few jobs a month) I felt it wasn't worth pursuing it.

That being considered, when you're doing it "on the side", you absolutely need to charge what you feel your time is worth, but must also consider that "professional" sitters in your area charge higher prices because they are a legal business, have the insurance and bonding, etc. If you charge TOO much, these potential clients may go with one of the professional sitters instead as they have "all the bells and whistles".

I think $30 a day (assuming one visit a day?) is pretty fair, considering it only took you about an hour. I've stayed longer with some of my kitty visits and charged half of that (and most of the time was spent attempting to find/catch a very unhappy diabetic kitty to give her her insulin...). I only ask for $15/visit for a "reasonable" amount of cats and 2 dogs (really a "reasonable" amount... I consider 30mins - 1hour for a visit a reasonable amount of time for $15, regardless of the number of pets I'm caring for), and I ask $45/night for my overnight visits (I stay at the house 24/7 except for work or any errands [like getting food etc] or events that I've already made the owner aware of. Of course, no client has ever expected me to stay at the house 24/7 but I feel an obligation to since they're paying me to watch their pets.). Most "professional" pet sitters in my area charge $15-20 per visit up to 2 pets, charge additional fees per each additional pet and for extra services like medicating, etc. They charge upwards of $60/night for overnights and that does NOT include a mid-day potty break and generally only includes the hours of 9pm - 9am or 7am. I feel like I am getting paid fairly for my services when most of the pets I sit for are so low maintenance, anyway... and most of my clients round up or tip very generously!!!!

Again though... charge what you feel YOU'RE worth... if you're happy with $30/day then that's the perfect price for you

Just wanted to throw in my 2 cents, ignore it as you wish haha