Nursery charges on Bank Holidays - Legality

stevemLS

Nor does the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971

halibut2209

If you send a parcel and pay extra for "next day delivery" on the Thursday before Good Friday, it won't arrive until the Tuesday. But you still have to pay for the service.

It just sucks that the majority of Bank Holidays are on Mondays.

MamaMoo_2

halibut2209 wrote: »

If you send a parcel and pay extra for "next day delivery" on the Thursday before Good Friday, it won't arrive until the Tuesday. But you still have to pay for the service.

It just sucks that the majority of Bank Holidays are on Mondays.

I'm guessing you're paying for "next working day" delivery then.
If you use a service such as TNT Sameday, it will be couriered and arrive at the destination the same day and is available 365 days a year.

notanewuser

MamaMoo wrote: »

I'm guessing you're paying for "next working day" delivery then.
If you use a service such as TNT Sameday, it will be couriered and arrive at the destination the same day and is available 365 days a year.

Way to miss the point!! :rotfl:

RadoJo

I would have thought that the quality of care would be the first consideration, and if that's the best place for your child/ren then you have to decide whether that's worth the price of four extra days a year. I do agree though, that you will pay for bank holidays one way or another.

System

halibut2209 wrote: »

If you send a parcel and pay extra for "next day delivery" on the Thursday before Good Friday, it won't arrive until the Tuesday. But you still have to pay for the service.

It just sucks that the majority of Bank Holidays are on Mondays.

I've done that. It arrived on the Saturday between Good Friday and Easter Monday. E.g the next post day......

MamaMoo_2

notanewuser wrote: »

Way to miss the point!! :rotfl:

Probably. I thought it was implying that when you pay for a next day delivery service you don't necessarily get what you paid for due to BHs etc.

pinkshoes

owl77lch wrote: »

I would like to send my children to a nursery for just 2 days a week, Monday and Friday. However, apparently they will still charge me for bank holidays even though they will not be providing any childcare on those days. Are they legally allowed to charge me for a service they are not providing? It just seems very strange that they can do this, or that the cost is not spread within everyone's usual charge so that it doesn't just penalise people that have to work Mondays or Fridays? Thanks in advance for any answers

Our nursery charges a specific fee per day of the week, so Mondays are the cheapest as it has the most numbers of bank holidays.

They then balance the cost across the other days, so they still get the same amount in fees.

This is a recent thing though, after so many parents complained they got less hours childcare for the same price.