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Automatic payments for pet sitters: no more invoice chasing

Time To Pet charges the card on file for due or overdue invoices on days you choose, so holiday sits are paid without chasing. From about $25£19€23A$36C$36 a month.

At a glance

  • What it costs$25–51£19–38€23–45A$36–73C$36–71 a month

  • Worth, in extra profit or time saved in the worked example$112£84€100A$161C$158 a month

  • Pays for itselfIn about two weeks

  • Sign up and configure; no technical skills neededEasy to set up

Figures come from the worked example below, using its stated assumptions. Tool prices checked . How we check prices

The problem

Owners come home from holiday, settle back in and forget the sitter's invoice. If a sitter spends 2 minutes matching each of 40 payments a month and 20 minutes chasing each of 10 late ones, that's 80 plus 200 minutes, about 4.7 hours a month, and money owed for weeks.

What the AI does

Time To Pet's pricing page lists automatic charging on every plan: you choose the days and times payments run and which invoices to charge, such as those due today or overdue by a set number of days. Clients save a card when they onboard and pay through Time To Pet Payments, powered by Stripe, which Time To Pet's help center covers for UK accounts. Set charging for the day a sit ends, and say in your terms when the card will be charged.

A worked example

A pet sitter in Oxford sends about 40 invoices a month for holiday sits and regular visits, and about 10 are paid late.

Before

40 payments matched at 2 minutes and 10 late invoices chased at 20 minutes: 280 minutes, about 4.7 hours a month

After

Cards charged automatically; about 30 minutes a month on failed cards

What it's worth

About $112£84€100A$161C$158 a month saved, at an assumed $27£20€24A$38C$38 an hour for 4.2 hours (280 minus 30 minutes). Lite is $25 (about $25£19€23A$36C$36) a month. Card fees through Time To Pet Payments are on top, and the pricing page doesn't list them.

How to set it up

  1. Connect Time To Pet Payments, powered by Stripe, during the trial.
  2. Add a line to your terms saying the card on file is charged when a sit ends, and have clients agree to it at onboarding.
  3. Turn on automatic charging and choose which invoices it charges and when.
  4. Check the first few charging runs against your invoice list.
  5. Phone clients whose card fails rather than sending repeated messages.

What goes wrong

  • Charging a card without clear prior agreement leads to disputes and chargebacks.
  • Card fees aren't on the pricing page; check them in your payment setup before setting your prices.
  • An invoice with a mistake gets charged automatically, so check invoices before charging day.
  • Prices are in US dollars, so the cost in pounds moves with the exchange rate.

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Client feedback for pet sitters: spot problems after visits

Time To Pet's happiness survey lets owners rate each visit and add a note, so a problem reaches you before the client quietly leaves. From about $25£19€23A$36C$36 a month.

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  • Easy to set up

Last updated October 17, 2026.