Babysitting rates - New Year's Eve

geoffky

£50 for the night is the going rate around here..not that we need one any more..

kitschkitty

There are so many things to consider if your sitter is under 18 you are liable if anything goes wrong. Has your babysitter got a first aid certificate, childcare experience/qualifications etc. Insurance if they come via an agency, travel costs or access to their own transport.

Lots of things people don't consider.

I babysat regularly from the age of 13 to 22 and used to get £10 to £20 a night depending on who I was babysitting for. Generally I felt it was an easier way to earn my money than a paper round would be when I was younger, and when I was older I only babysat for a couple of families as I'd been looking after their kids for years. But these days I'd charge more, as they wouldn't be children/families that I knew.

I did NYE once for a family I didn't know at at the end of the night they tried to underpay me. That was a difficult situation.

footballmanagerwidow

Palema wrote: »

I work for Sitters in Edinburgh and we get £10 an hour on NYE.
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That's more than reasonable I think for NYE, is that time and a half for you? Maybe their rate is higher per hour in London because it's London IYKWIM....

RoxieW

January20 wrote: »

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.

Full of xmas cheer aren't we? I'm so glad I provided u with someone to pass judgement on, must have brightened up your day no end. I find it quite offensive however to state that I am exploiting my babysitter. She is a family friend who lives across the road from us. My children are in bed sleeping when she arrives and she normally sits for 3 hours, watching DVDs or whatever. Hardly a nights 'work' really lol. She seems happy with the arrangmeent and have never suggested otherwise.

duchy

I think babysitters are like any other employee in that if you show them you value them (be it with money or in other ways) they will stay with you.....but if they feel undervalued/not appreciated you are at greater risk of them taking other employment if a better offer comes along. You may think she "hardly does a night's work" and if she picks up on your attitude she may very well be gone. Can't say I'd blame her.

Loz01

I used to get paid £10 or £15 for a "whole nights" babysitting when I was a teenager!! It wasnt that horrific, neighbours kids were angels and I sat and watched their TV/ate their food... it wasnt too horrific I miss it now, easy money!

melancholly

RoxieW wrote: »

Full of xmas cheer aren't we? I'm so glad I provided u with someone to pass judgement on, must have brightened up your day no end. I find it quite offensive however to state that I am exploiting my babysitter. She is a family friend who lives across the road from us. My children are in bed sleeping when she arrives and she normally sits for 3 hours, watching DVDs or whatever. Hardly a nights 'work' really lol. She seems happy with the arrangmeent and have never suggested otherwise.

well, on the one in a million chance that something did go wrong, the responsibility is more than enough to suggest it is a night's work.

i think you're pushing the limits of what is ok, but that's your call to make. i, like January20, reserve the right to judge what you're doing in a slightly negative light. i think you should consider yourself lucky to have that arrangement, but don't dismiss it as her getting money for nothing; she is responsible for your children while you are away. that's a big deal.

LilMissEmmylou

I work for a hotel (although I should say it's very central London) and I know the rates the agency we use have provided us for Christmas and NYE are between £25 - £35 an hr depending on if you wanted a baby sitter or "nanny" (and yes, that is per hour!)

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footballmanagerwidow wrote: »

That's more than reasonable I think for NYE, is that time and a half for you? Maybe their rate is higher per hour in London because it's London IYKWIM....

London rates for Sitters are higher than the rest of the UK.
Its about time and 3/4 but I don't have any other plans so I don't mind!

duchy wrote: »

I think babysitters are like any other employee in that if you show them you value them (be it with money or in other ways) they will stay with you.....but if they feel undervalued/not appreciated you are at greater risk of them taking other employment if a better offer comes along.

I have a group of about 4/5 families through Sitters I sit for regularly and they ask for me which is nice and mostly all the kids I have sat for over the years are pretty easy going and initially take to a "stranger" looking after them!
I have only every once asked Sitter to take me off a list for a family and that was due to them making several bookings over the space of 2 months and canceling the day before, meaning I was losing money as they had no other bookings available.
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janthemum

My DD (16) babysits a neighbour with two kids. She works 8pm/9pm-1/2pm and gets £15 for the night and is well chuffed with that. If she were to babysit New Years Eve she wouldnt expect more but would probably get another fiver....although she is hoping to go out herself New Years Eve.

If my DD can not go for any reason (ie arranges to go out with friends herself) I will go in but not get paid of course, just do it as a neighbourly thing.