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# What Is Extended Care And How Does It Work?

**Available on Mobile/Desktop Browser or App?** ✅ Yes, accessible on both mobile and web platforms.


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Extended care is an additional fee applied to overnight bookings when extra hours of care are needed on the final day of the booking. This ensures sitters are fairly compensated for providing extended care beyond the original 24-hour period.


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## **Instructions**


1. **Understand the 24-Hour Booking Period**
2. **Apply Extended Care When Necessary**
3. **Extended Care Fee Structure**

   
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4. **Add Start and End Times to the Booking**

    ![Price breakdown with extended care applied](https://madpaws.brainfi.sh/api/attachments.redirect?id=50239fb8-5ded-4832-bac8-81e5c2496f10 " =307x478")


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## **Related Articles**

* [Understanding the 24-Hour Booking Period](https://madpaws.brainfi.sh/articles/understanding-booking-flow-and-status-BbS0f7flUM)
* [Understanding Sitter Payment](https://madpaws.brainfi.sh/articles/understanding-sitter-payment-uATX1waBAq)


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## **FAQs & Tips**

### **FAQs**

* **When does extended care apply?**

  
  
* **Can extended care fees be adjusted after the booking starts?**

  


* **What to do if the extended care is for a few more days?**