I use a cat sitter when I travel and have her come in once a day. Here it's $17/visit and there's a holiday surcharge at several of the holidays -- Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Labor Day, for sure, possibly others.

Cassy stresses very badly away from home. I interviewed several local pet sitters from the Pet Sitter website and am happy with the one that was the best fit for us. (Of course, I also totally freaked a few months back and was convinced she hated my Livvy, but we found where we were miscommunicating...)

Different cats have different needs, and different communities have WAY different facilities/services. There've been several important factors to consider brought up in the various posts here.

Welcome back to Pet Talk, and good luck on your traveling.

[P. S. I've even *gasp, BAD MEOWMY* left the fur-kids alone without a sitter as long as I wasn't going to be gone longer than 36 hours... Just a personal rule of thumb that works for us.]