My daughter (almost 15) has a lot of experience with baysitting. She has watched both her siblings and many friends' kids and is very responsible. I was chatting at the bus stop with a woman (I don't know too well, but consider her a close acquaintance whose kids have played at my home a few times). She menitoned with her having a son (6 yrs.) and twin girls (5 yrs.), she's looking for someone who can watch her kids in the winter for like two nights, three days while they go "Winter fishing". This would be overnight and during the day (probably over the weekend). She lives literally about 7 mins. waliking distance away, and since my daughter has experience in this, I don't think it's out of the question and my daughter wants to do it.
My question is, how much should she charge for say 3 days and 2 nights? They would all be in school during the day or on vacation, depending on when they wanted to go. We just chatted breifly and no details, dates, etc..., so it is all open. We want my daughter and her to sit down and talk to see if they are a good "fit".
Don't be all negative... My daughter is extremely responsible, great with kids, and I would only be down the street from the home or 2 mins. away in a car. I feel confident in her capabilities and knowledge of babysitting. Plus, these are great kids and VERY well behaved. :)
So... what kind of wages are we looking to ask for?
I will be just a short distance away ( like I can walk therein 4 or so minutes) and will DEFINITELY be checking in on them. So, I will be co-sitting with my daughter from a distance. :)
$250.
and good for you for raising a responsible kid.
khairete
S.
I feel like 200-300 is very reasonable. I also think as long as its a good fit, it seems like a great idea. Hopefully, you would go over once a day and check on them or they could come over so she could get a quick break.
I did it for $80 a day.
As for the no car comment-plenty of people live without cars. They walk, ride bicycles and take the bus.
I would say $200-300. The only odd thing to me is to leave kids with someone with no car. They won't go anywhere for 3 days? Will you be part of this?
When our daughter was younger we had a young teen who was very responsible. It started with her older sister babysitting for us and when older sis went to college, the middle sis stepped in for her. Great set up, knew the family well.
We have meetings each spring and fall with the Spring meeting usually being at a high end resort either on the east or west coast. Typical meeting was we would fly out on Sunday and return home before school was out on Wednesday.
She got our daughter to/from school and stayed the night. I left extra cash out for any entertainment or dining they did while we were gone. I paid her $500 cash... 1/2 upfront.
Also, we have dogs (3 at that time) so I also enlisted my pet sitter to care for the dogs during the day when both girls were at school.
Yes, I know that our sitter's mom was a short walk away and I liked that she was so close by and could be here in a second if needed. This sitter ended up sitting for us for about 3 of these trips before she went off to college.
I do not know the going rate for sitting in your area and each area is different. My daughter babysits now and she has 3 families she is regular with on weekends. One night each weekend she brings in at least $100 for babysitting from about 6pm-1am or so. My daughter nor our sitter set a rate. We just went with the normal in our area.
I don't know. It depends on the family. If they don't have much then I'd do it because they were friends and the kids would just come to our house and play for the weekend. I've done that for nothing when my bff moved. It was so much easier for them without the kids messing everything up.
If this family is well off then I'd see what they were willing to offer. I am not completely comfortable with telling someone what I'd charge them to do them a favor.
