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  Eric B.

  Shared on yelp.com 6 years, 7 months ago

  I used UrbanSitter to provide childcare services during a company social. The gal who came was great and took care of 5 children.. I found the service easy to use and most importantly the kids all had positive feedback on the evening.

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  Justin Maxwell

  Facebook Google LinkedIn Verified 6 years, 7 months ago

  Someone just asked if I had a babysitter to recommend, so instead of recommending one, I'm recommending how we find ours: Urbansitter.
  
  I don't know what we'd do without urbansitter. They changed the game by introducing payments and calendars to the booking experience. Before Urbansitter came along we would find sitters on Care.com or elsewhere and those sitters would, 100% of the time, ask us to book them off the platform and text them directly. Huge PITA, inconvenient for any parent. Now we launch the app, plug in a time, and either see if the sitters we like are available, or find new ones (which almost always works out well). You can filter by experience, languages spoken, qualifications, interests, safety experience, and even have screening questions if you're interviewing for a longer-term job. They store your CC info, you book and pay all through the app.
  
  The quality of sitters is very high, with a concentration of 20-30 year old students, many of whom are working in child development, education, psychology, etc. and looking for part-time work. This is a big contrast to other services where we found a lot of sitters always trying to upsell us on full-time nanny jobs or bringing a bit of jaded attitude ("i know better than you parents") from the "professional" sitters. Because their model is convenient for parents and sitters, they don't have a lot of attrition either — some of the sitters we book on there we've been booking for two years now.
  
  Of course it is also great for finding a nanny, but we don't use it for that. Two of our favorite occasional sitters have found their weekly nanny jobs through Urbansitter.
  
  The team is very thoughtful and welcomes customer feedback. Last year I hit a boiling point and sent them all my feedback on how to improve the product — and they have addressed much of it.
  
  Overall Urbansitter is now one of those services in our life like Instacart we use at least 2x a week and rave about to our friends.
  
  Also if you use my referral code (link: https://bnc.lt/m/iVujqOZCrG ) you get $35 off your first booking!

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  Lauren Hahn

  LinkedIn Verified 6 years, 7 months ago

  Great selection of sitters. Easy to use app. I can see who friends and parents at school recommend. I can also pay sitters by credit card instead of cash in the app.

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  Hillary P.

  Shared on yelp.com 6 years, 7 months ago

  I have found the best sitters on UrbanSitter. The majority of my sitters are actors which make the best sitters - think: creative, energetic, outgoing and fun. It's great because you can search for a sitter by so many filters such as date/time, rate, CPR certified, location and many more. And even better, UrbanSitter is my Uber for babysitting. The app is SO user friendly. Paying your sitter via credit card at the end of the night is the best. No more scrambling for cash!

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  Erica B.

  Shared on yelp.com 6 years, 8 months ago

  Urbansitter has the best sitter selection of any of the babysitting sites and apps. I love that I can see who my friends have hired and who parents at schools use without having to call around and ask. It's also been a lifesaver for those last minute needs for late nights at the office or business dinners.

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