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We've only ever had adult friends babysit for us before, so obviously a few beers in the fridge and returning the favour does the job. But this weekend we are having a youth to look after them for a few hours, probably 4 at most. So how much do you pay them? (We have tried asking him, but just got a shrug and 'dunno really'). Is £20 about right, or is that mean?
£20 is fine i think.
I used to pay £15 for 3 hours.
Make sure you tell them the rules before you go too . e.g I didnt allow their mates to come round .
Good idea
£5 per hour for us, rounding up in general.
£20 is reasonable 🙂
Um, my GF used to do it, and I got a snog from the mum when they got home...
I suspect that was an untaxable benifit.
Childminders charge on average £4 per hour round my way for their services. So i would say £20 is more than fair for 4 hours.
Cheers folks
So funny, people are happy to pay £5 hr to a spotty youth but take a fit at £4/hr for a professional child minder who is helping in the early years education of their children and trying to run a business.
What a strange world we live in.
Well that's confused me stevewhyte, as the youth who looks like he'll be getting £5 an hour on Saturday is our childminder's son, who gets considerably more than that. I don't know what to think now. 😕
Who has "taken a fit"? Certainly no one here...but take a fit at £4/hr for a professional child minder who is helping in the early years education of their children and trying to run a business
Our baby sitter for this weekend normally charges £7 ph but we round it up to £10.
It's very rare were out for more than 3 hours, so £10 is our bench mark.
We normally pay £20 but only because my wife says I'm tight for suggesting anything less !! I try to stay out a bit longer to get WFM, after all they're not declaring it for tax 🙂
Who has "taken a fit"? Certainly no one here...
I dont think i suggested anyone on here was taking a fit, just a general statment about peoples reaction to childminding costs.
£20 & £20 to keep quiet about the lift home incident
£20 & £20 to keep quiet about the lift home incident
[i]He[/i] lives 10 doors up the road so will be walking home.
I'd like to hear your anecdote though
stevewhyte speaks the truth. Mrs Windowshopper is a registered childminder and there are tales I could tell (but won't).
I always this was how you paid babysitters
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Is that not an option in this case?