Would you pop in and check on a friends 2 cats if they asked?

[inkyspells]

i have 2 cats and I’m going on holiday in june
I have paid for a lady to visit twice a day from cat in a flat (I think it’s called ) but I’m still worried
I was going to give my friend a spare key and for whatever reason ..if they sitter didn’t turn up then I could ask her to pop in.
She drives but it’s about a 11 min drive to my house from hers.
Is this cheeky to ask?
I mean I’m thinking the worst and probably won’t need this but I was thinking about doing this as a back up plan.
Maybe even leave a key each with two friends.

As an occasional thing if the sitter hadn’t turned up in an emergency maybe, but as you’re paying them hopefully they will be reliable. Asking someone else to drive 11 minutes, spend some time with the cat and drive 11 minutes back again-I would offer some money. I’d be much more likely to ask the next door neighbour.