hennypenny Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 My daughter has been asked if she will babysit for friends, but she doesn't know what to charge them. Does anyone know what the going rate is please? She is 14. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmyG87 Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 When I babysat for 2 children, I got anything between £7 - £20 (Depending how drunk the parents were lol) but this was about 7 years ago, for roughly 5 hours - but they were asleep for the majority of the time. I'd charge about £10 now, depending on what the sitting involves, ie if your daughter will just be sat in the house while the child sleeps or if she will have to take them somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gogetter Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 Have a look HERE We used to pay ours a fiver an hour, capped at £25 for the evening. free reign of the house and a take-away, no overnights, majorly between 7-11pm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mughead Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 They will give her what they want to give her at the end of the night and if she thinks they are being too cheap then she can decide to decline next time they ask her to babysit again. I dont think baby sitters actually charge a certain amount or have a running rate at the age of 14. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redyam Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 Tell her to start high, then haggle the price down per hour to a level that both parties are happy with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medusa Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 If I'm anything to go by, a couple of cups of tea and dinner if I'm doing food for the little ones seems to be my going rate. Maybe this is why I'm so busy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mughead Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 I used to babysit for a millionaire when i was about 16-17 and its a good little earner haha. Especially because they came home drunk! Id get to hang out in their insanely nice house, eat food they bought me and £40 at the end of the night for sitting around watching sky movies making sure the kids didnt kill themselves. Maybe i should take this up again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phenotype Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 We have friends who occasionally join us on Sunday evening for a pub quiz. They have a baby sitter who looks after their two children for about 3 hours. They pay her £10 plus are responsible for getting her home safely. If the weather is clement the guy walks her home, if it is unpleasant they pay for her taxi fare. He never drives her home because he drinks at my pace:hihi: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hennypenny Posted November 5, 2009 Author Share Posted November 5, 2009 She has been offered £2.50 per hour, plus picking her up beforehand and bringing her home. It involves 2 under 5's in bed when she gets there, and 1 under 10 who will go to bed while she is there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phenotype Posted November 5, 2009 Share Posted November 5, 2009 She has been offered £2.50 per hour, plus picking her up beforehand and bringing her home. It involves 2 under 5's in bed when she gets there, and 1 under 10 who will go to bed while she is there. Hmmmmm. Depends on how you look at it. The main thing is that you know where she is and you know that she will get there and home safely. The responsibility will do her nothing but good and she is getting to mix. You could argue that it is A LITTLE on the mean side, but then, maybe the couple cannot afford to pay much more. The way that I would look at it is that she will get much more than money out of the experience. The money is the least important consideration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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