Thinking of touting myself out as a babysitter for New Years Eve, what to charge?

seems a reasonable charge. sorry parents/sitters cancelled you at such short notice. i feel taht an agency should be the ones to chase the fees due to you. it isn't fair and you cant get another job can you?

I used to do bbst for sitters agency who tould me NYE is £15/h min 4 hours. Have to say that Sitters agency is not good for many reasons and I do not join them any more but NEY was great. Watching tv for a few hours, parent have been great (not just coffe in the house but lots of yummy food for me and dvd) and children sleep all night like angels:D
This year I am not working at all but another agency already call me and offer £12/h with minimum 4 hours and taxi.
This prices are for London NW and centrum so deppend where do you live ...

Just a bit about sitters - they cancelled a few bbst with short (2 hours before start) and last 2 times with just 30 min notice and no compensation at all although they saying if cancelation from family is shorter than one hour, family still have to pay 4 hours. I left msg, send email and asked what they going to do with this situation (was working for them over 3 years) and no reply at all!
So if you wonna join Sitters good luck and hope you gonna have a better experiencese then I did:O)

i run a babysitting website but cant tell you which one! IME people do increase their rates for xmas new year valentines etc. if you wnat to know CAT me.

i would suggest £10 - 12 an hour or min charge £50 for evening. if people want to go out those nights they accept it costs a bit more. 2000 was the rip off year - couldnt find a sitter for love nor money!

choloe - have you registered with sitters?

i normally charge £10 an hr mon-thurs with a min of £30 and £12 an hr fri-sun with a min of £40 thats in east midlands.

i have lots of experience and quals.

i charge £25 an hr for new years eve with a min of £100 and thats up until 1am.

Yes the family pay you cash (plus tips, hopefully ), and you get all the hourly rate. Sitters get paid a booking that the parents pay seperately.

The money is not the best, but you are guaranteed a minimum of 4 hours pay which helps. I have done loads of jobs and have been there less than 4 hours. My record is 45 minutes!!!! Working with sitters really helped me out of a financial slump when my CM work was at an all time low.

yes the family pay you direct

i normally charge £6 - £7 per hour for babysitting,and if i were to do NYE i would want at least £10 an hour to be honest

though this is south wales where wages are lower than some

Will join with sitters but looking at it, it is crap pay. But we really need the money i'm afraid.

I have upped my charge for NYE to £10 per hour and will try and advertise locally on netmums etc.

Do you get paid cash through sitters?

hmm why not. i'll do it for £500 thanks

depends what time you start - but yes if you need the money then offer away

A newsgroup? It's a little bit like a forum where people discuss things (not to MNet extent!) buy/sell things, advertise for wanted stuff. I will just stick a message on there offering my services.

What about if I said said £50 till 1 am then X amount per hour thereafter?

We are having one of DD's nursery nurses. Two families sharing and she is charging £16 per hour, which I do think is expensive but she does have to look after a 4 month old baby, an 18 month old and 2 very lively just turned 3 yeaar olds so she's worth every penny!

honestly - i think sitters are crap, they pay crap money, and if you get cancelled then tough

on the other hand, they do normally offer plently of work, so if you need to bs a lot .....

info here

Can I ask what out of that you get from sitters? Thinking of joining.

Is 21 their min age?

I remember trying to join years ago but wasn't old enough! Should be now though (almost 22)

abbafan - which is about double their normal rate

I am working through Sitters on NYE, and the hourly rate is £12.50.

alter your ad now to at least £10 if you normally charge £5/6

bumperlicious - agree that you arent a professional, though you do have mummy experience which can be just as good

"I might offer my services as a babysitter on the work newsgroup"

what is this?

opps, I advertised for £8 last night, maybe I should have put £10. £8 is probably low, I charge £5-6 on a normal night. I just though that as I NEED the money so need to work, I didn't want to go too high and not get any work from it!

I don't think any of these prices apply to me an a non-professional.

Is it a very bad thing not to have coffee in your house then? because we don't.

sorry didnt mean to start a bidding frenzy

i think as it is NYE you should charge double what you normally would - thats what all my local agencyies have said

choloe - £8 sounds really low - but again depends on your area

ring around agencies or put an ad up on gumtree/nannyjob etc and see if you get any requests

I babysat last NYE through an agency and they stated double rate. So I earned £80 that night. But the woman did not even have coffee in her house!!!!! I don't like tea.

I won't do it again, but I am glad I did it last year because we really needed that extra cash then.

I would say at least £50 for the night esp for friends.

I would charge at least £10 an hour babysitting on NYE. Not that I would do it (don't think DH would be to thrilled!) but if I was going to, that is the LEAST I would charge.

This is really interesting as I am hoping to babysit NYE for some extra cash. I was thinking £8 per hour. Does this sound ok? I am a registered CM, have NVQ, first aid, CRb etc.

Won't be doing anything else NYE so thought I might as well!

not worth my while tbh

i can earn that on a normal night bs

but i can see why you or someone who wants some money would - rather than watch tv at yours, you might as well be paid for it