NYE babysitting rates

I usually charge £11/hr in Zone 2, Putney, London.
£20/hr for NYE and Valentines day.
Hope that helps.

I was offered £25ph by an agency. Not in London though so totally irrelevant to the post.

yes, i do all the invoicing, SA and NIN payments.

Average seem to be double what you /the area usually pays

I always get asked by mums I know - I state £20ph and food and parents happy with that - I always give to a local nanny friend who is happy to bs as single - and parents know if I recommend the nanny they are happy with that

£9 is insane but in the end what the poster is happy with - hope you are declaring and paying tax on the extra £5k or so you are earning

I'm zone 3, SW London, if I were going to babysit NYE I would want at least £25 per hour and a 6 hour minimum. The children all have to be in bed by 9 too! I have been offered that and more but I have plans so have said no.

I'm in a reasonably affluent area of the SE and would say rates are comparable - normal rates £10ph double time for NYE with a minimum £100. To be fair most people I know don't bother going out NYE or include children as this is so expensive so if you want to work I'd pitch nearer £15ph minimum £50. You definitely need to revise your moral rate though especially for W1!

malovitt you sound lovely but I fear you are being taken advantage of. I very much doubt that you would lose much work by going up to £10 per hour, certainly not more than would be offset by the increased pay per hour.

It's okay, malov. A childminder friend charges £100/child (£125 for siblings) for NYE and that includes overnight, breakfast and lunch the next day with drop off in the afternoon post 2pm so the folks can really party. She usually has from 5-10 children and uses the money towards annual family holiday. She is teetotal so never drinks at all, anyway.

I checked. Tried it with an address on Berkeley square.
Says that:

These are slightly higher rates of pay for certain special dates (e.g. New Year’s Eve). These dates usually require higher rates of pay to be offered as there are naturally fewer childcarers willing to work (as they too have party invitations!). The only way to accommodate this imbalance is to offer the babysitters more appealing rates of pay.

Thu 31st December 2015 (evening) £14.00 per hour Fri 1st January 2016 (daytime) £9.00 per hour

Sitters.co.uk will give you a proper idea. Whether you'll get anyone at this short notice though is doubtful. I'm not in London or working NYE, but I've been booked solid day and night through December for them.

I was answering you, OP
I am in CENTRAL LONDON.
You said, in response to me " £10 per hour - that's incredibly cheap, isn't it?"
I was explaining why my CENTRAL LONDON charges are cheap.
I'd rather charge less and do it more often, obviously only to my lovely polite, friendly clients.

It's a tiny thread with barely 20 responses - I don't see too much difficultly with letting the thread run. I'm sure you will be able to pick out the answers you need.

Jesus.

Well I was going to answer your question but you have offended me by being horribly rude, so I'm not going to now.

Then try posting on another site where the mods let you dictate peoples' responses.

anon you do come across as quite rude trying to stifle conversation. Threads do evolve on mumsnet, as they do any other chat forum, but telling poster's off won't garner you any favour. Besides, you have already had plenty of posters answer your specific question, so I don't understand the anxiety.

Definitely double time and double that after midnight. So round here £10 p/h until 12 then £20, I would say its classic case of supply and demand.

Blimey OP.
You're not coming across well.

Dd is getting £100 for NYE SW London.
Hope that's on topic.

This website has posters from all over the world. If you want to dictate who answers your posts why don't you try asking your question on a site or page for C. London?

You are being rude actually.

I live in a very affluent area but that doesn't mean that people who live around here huge amounts of disposable income.
Most have massive mortgages and going out is a treat for many.
Most of my clients are those for whom I've childminded for in the past and their friends/neighbours. I charge £8 per hour (usually with a five hour minimum) so it makes it affordable for people to go to the cinema and a meal out.
I am asked at least three times per week by various people because it is affordable.
I get to relax in a lovely house, in peace and quiet watching a film or reading my book and earn on average £120 per week.
Last year, my babysitting money paid for my two holidays, new laptop, annual gym membership and loads of treats.

So I won't put my rates up.

Peppie your rates are far too cheap!

I was paid £10 an hour 6 years ago in London, and got a premium for more than 2 children/after midnight/bank holiday. I had more offers of work than I had time for.

Nye/Christmas day I would expect to pay double rates.

Increase your rates

i feel really bad when i am questioned on fees and some families exclaim "that the govt pays £4-£5 for a child per hour, and i want more than that!"....

Those of you who don't increase your rates are stark staring bonkers, IMHO, especially for a family who can afford to live in Marylebone! NYE should surely be at least double time.