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What should I charge for babysitting?

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  • 27-07-2013 1:31pm
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    imelle
    Registered Users Posts: 445 ✭✭


    hi!

    just wondering how much would be the going rate for babysitting an 8 year old baby on weekends?

    should i charge 8 euro an hour or like a fixed rate of €25 and €10 after 12?

    thank you :D


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    ynul31f47k6b59
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    I have an 8 year old - I'm not sure what part of the country you're in, or if it makes a difference, but we're out in a rural area so we used to pay €30 a night (say from 10-1 or whatever) and pay the girl's taxi home.

    We haven't used a sitter in years, mainly because we can't afford to go out to be honest, but if it was a special occasion I'd have no problem paying €30 for a sitter for the night or paying €8/€10 an hour.


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    potato girl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16 ✭potato girl


    Hi im in the south just got myself a babysitter for 20 month old baby and she said 20 or 30 euros she lives very near I collect her before we go out and walk her back home when we get back we usually start at 9 and have her home by 2 at latest she first year in college


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    thaidad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33 ✭thaidad


    imelle wrote: »
    hi!

    just wondering how much would be the going rate for babysitting an 8 year old baby on weekends?

    should i charge 8 euro an hour or like a fixed rate of €25 and €10 after 12?

    thank you :D

    I used to give €10 and hr and € 20 an hr after 12am when I used a sitter. Don't go fixed rate or the parents won't try to come back on time as it won't coast them more, charge by the hour.


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