Babysitting rates - New Year's Eve

kavics17

I do work for Sitters and I'm getting paid £15 per hour for NYE. I'm already booked though I only received one booking offer which I took straight away -i'm in SW London.

RoxieW

Wow! I normally pay our babysitter ten pounds (per night, not hour) and she will be chuffed if I double that on new years eve, bless her! I always get her a nice Xmas present though as she's more like a friend of the family now then a babysitter. If I had to pay ten pounds an hour I just really would not bother going out. What could be worth going out for at the price!?

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RoxieW wrote: »

Wow! I normally pay our babysitter ten pounds (per night, not hour) and she will be chuffed if I double that on new years eve, bless her! I always get her a nice Xmas present though as she's more like a friend of the family now then a babysitter. If I had to pay ten pounds an hour I just really would not bother going out. What could be worth going out for at the price!?

So less than minimum wage?

Hate to say it, I wouldn't bother babysitting for you :P

footballmanagerwidow

RoxieW wrote: »

Wow! I normally pay our babysitter ten pounds (per night, not hour) and she will be chuffed if I double that on new years eve, bless her! I always get her a nice Xmas present though as she's more like a friend of the family now then a babysitter. If I had to pay ten pounds an hour I just really would not bother going out. What could be worth going out for at the price!?

Blimey! You've got a right bargain there, hang onto that one! We use Sitters agency, but if it's £15 per hour that nearly treble time...don't think we can be able to justify that

determined_new_ms

I used to pay £10 a night for babysitters. Admittedly I was very poor and these were friends of mine. I now return the favour as my old babysitters now have children (I was a very young parent) and I do it for free. However I wouldn't do it on NYE

chaosweddings

I have a friend who runs a babysitters club, all aged between 17 and 25 and all nursery/childcare workers,

they charge £6.45 per hour for 1 child, and add £3 per extra child up to 3 kids then they have to have a 2nd babysitter as their insurance wont cover more than 3 kids with 1 sitter,

On new years eve they charge a rate of £15 per hour for up to 3 kids, a local taxi firm always drops the sitters home after their shifts

they have 36 babysitters on their books and all have been booked for nye for at least 6 months in advance

freebiequennie

footballmanagerwidow wrote: »

Hi all. I don't suppose any of you work for the agency Sitters do you? I was just wondering what their rates are for NYE and it doesnt say on their website. Cheers!

am not sure in the past think they have said £12 an hr for sitters but that may have been the agency safehands network who paid that - havent worked for either for a long time as earn more through private work.

JC9297

It does amaze me that people are surprised that it costs a lot of money to have a babysitter (not family or friends). Why should people not receive a reasonable (not high) hourly rate to look after someone's children, nobody expects anyone else to work for under NMW, add to that the unsociable hours premium and the hourly rate should definately be in double figures. I think if you are considering the cost of an evening out the childcare costs have to be factored in and if you can't afford, it stay at home.

January20

RoxieW wrote: »

Wow! I normally pay our babysitter ten pounds (per night, not hour) and she will be chuffed if I double that on new years eve, bless her! I always get her a nice Xmas present though as she's more like a friend of the family now then a babysitter. If I had to pay ten pounds an hour I just really would not bother going out. What could be worth going out for at the price!?

11 years ago, I used to pay my babysitter £10 for working 2 hours between 7 and 9 pm. I find it shocking and exploitative to pay a young person so little for a whole night's work and such a responsibility as looking after your children.

My dd babysits for various people but one family will always pay her handsomely, much more than any other family. You can guess which family she will drop nearly everything for.

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footballmanagerwidow wrote: »

Hi all. I don't suppose any of you work for the agency Sitters do you? I was just wondering what their rates are for NYE and it doesnt say on their website. Cheers!

kavics17 wrote: »

I do work for Sitters and I'm getting paid £15 per hour for NYE. I'm already booked though I only received one booking offer which I took straight away -i'm in SW London.

I work for Sitters in Edinburgh and we get £10 an hour on NYE.
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