Weekend nanny - how much is reasonable?

[JinxyCat]

Hi guys, we've got a nanny who we think is great - and she offered to look after our LO for the weekend for us.

So we've booked our trip and we'll need her to work from friday evening (normal finishing time 6pm) to sunday evening (10pm-ish)

How much would you say is reasonable to offer her?

It's just that she's asking for an hourly rate for the full 48 hours which seems quite high, as our LO is pretty good at sleeping through from 7pm-6am (maybe a few snuffles around 11pm when he needs tucking back in and giving his dummy), but maybe my expectations are out of sync???

We're in London, if that makes a difference?

I am sure someone will be along in a minute with the right kind of price, but yes I feel that an amount that covers the full hours that she is working is fair.

After all, she is not doing it for fun and even when he is asleep she is not able to go out with her friends/see her partner/carry out her hobbies/have sex/do her chores or do any of the other things we all do when we are not 'working'. If your son does wake up then you will expect her to respond to him and, god forbid, if there were an emergency in the night you would definitely expect her to be responsible for him.

The way I do it with my employers and the way I believe it is normally done is to charge normal/overtime rate during the day and then an overnight fee from 7pm-6am. Or maybe a babysitting charge 7pm-12am and then overnight fee to cover 12am-6am.
If she lives in I think overnight fee is about £40, if she lives out probably about £60 (though I haven't done this for a while so maybe a bit more?!). I think it's a bit much to ask for hourly rate the whole time. Do you have a contract? It may be covered in there, I know it is mine.

Thanks for the answers, we didn't have an overnight clause in the contract - but I think that might be a nice compromise for her.

will suggest it - and see what she says.

As a rule I charge £200per 24hrs

so for the hours you want £440

'blondes waits for the thud of op fainting'

that's £10 during day and bs rate 7-midnight and then a sleepover fee from midnight to 7am of £30

I suggest you pay/yr nanny charges her normal rate till midnight and then a sleepover fee

I work the same way as Blondes - hourly rate during the day, babysit rate and then a sleepover fee. Quite often nannies will work out the sleepover fee/babysitting hours so it comes to a round figure.

Depending on her usual rate and experience etc I'd say you're looking at £150+ in London anyway.

Instead of a sleepover rate I tend to do an hourly rate but its usually less than my normal weekly rate. Depending on if they are regulars or not I charge £7 or £8 per hour so what I would charge you is £350 to £450 definately not less than £350, and i'm not in london.

I would be looking for close to hourly rate mainly because even though child is a good sleeper its sole charge & nanny would be on call in the event of a night time crisis (or daytime crisis for that matter) or if child had a bad nights sleep for some reason.

I may poss reduce rate through the night a little but but not much to be honest. I would really be wanting min of £350 (pref more though) for full weekend.

It would depend on the family as you kind of get an idea of what they are willing to pay/can afford to pay over time. One family I worked for I always charged £10ph even through the night & they paid without question, this was obviously affordable to them.

I was babysitting tonight and at around 10:40pm, the 17month old vomited in bed... then over me and the floor.
Perfect example of a child who usually sleeps through, who didn't have anything wrong with him earlier in the day, suddenly is sick during the night.

That's why nanny is on duty the entire night, they need to respond to events.

So agree with others, you are looking at probably around the £400 figure, so usual day rate and babysitting rate (maybe a reduced overnight rate).

makes for a very expensive weekend! lol

We would pay our nanny £8/per hour whilst baby sitting (til 11). Then £50 for the overnight til little one woke up. We pay £10 per hour on a sat and sunday.

So yes, its going to be around or slightly over the £400 mark.

Incidentally, I don't put it through payroll!

I normally charge £150 for 24hr cover but I have previously been paid £10ph whilst baby was awake and £5ph when he slept through the night.

Most nannies will charge a rate per hr for overnight/weekend work or they will charge a large sum that is very nearly equivalent to their usual hourly rate.

Put it this way - I'm sure if you used a nanny agency for this particular weekend, it would work out whole a lot more expensive! (grin)