Taking nanny on holiday- costs?

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Would love to gather some views as Google isn't being helpful - I may be going away next year with a family and I've no idea what to charge? I know flight and accommodation should be paid for. What about food ? And what pay? Flight time if not on duty?
Any help would be amazing!

Everything should be paid for. You will not be on holiday. So they pay full pay from moment you arrive at their house to travel to airport. They pay for each day you sre away. Plus return travel time. All food and costs paid for.

Everything will be paid for. If you are travelling on her day off, then you pay her. All food is paid for. Pretty much everything.. except for souvenirs. Any more question, happy to answer. Been on lots of holidays with current family...10 years now

You may not want to charge hourly, it all depends on when they expect you to be working, if you're going to have some time off, or they might want you to work evenings. Definelty find out what they expect with the hours.

Thanks - does anyone have any links to websites or articles I could show them? I contacted payroll company but they weren't much help

If you google holiday nannys it gives a breakdown of whats expected. When ive taken my nanny i pay for everything (including holiday insurance if they dont have it). I dont pay for whatever she does on her day off, but id pay for her food when im doing the supermarket shop so she could eat that on her day off. I agree the times she is working beforehand

Have a look here:www.holidaynanny.co.uk/packages

I don’t think there are any hard and fast rules about this. What’s important is that you and your employers both have the same expectations and both think it is fair. So you need to sit down with them and discuss it. Think about what you would be happy/unhappy about so that if it’s not going to work happily you can tell them that. Assuming you like your job it would be awful for it to go wrong over a holiday.

Sit down before and discuss hours

Family pays for all food occomodation (own room) and flights

Some families pay an extra £20/30 a day for being away from family

If you usually work a 12 hr 7-7 day - will you be doing the same so have children daytime but not eve

Or will your 12hr day be split 8-4 and say 8-12/midnight if our dir dinner etc

Thanks, do you think doing a set amount for the week would be worth it? Like x amount per day? Then sort of pitching in as and when! I won't be needed on the flight but will be flying with them so I imagine she may sit with me sometime during the flight (although won't be expected)

I would try and be as clear as possible. Otherwise you could end up with very different ideas about what pitching in means. You can be flexible once you’re there but if you don’t get agreed hours upfront you risk being on call/working 24/7. You might want to use your off duty hours to explore and if you don’t know what they’re going to be you won’t be able to. I can’t stress enough how much easier this conversation will be before you go so don’t put it off.

If you have travel with the family as part of your contract, you wouldn't expect to be paid over and above your usual working hours. (Just like any other employee who travels as part of their job). But accommodation and food would be covered.

If you don't have travel with the family, you can negotiate.

When I've travelled with families everything is paid for. All flights, food, accommodation, car and fuel when there, ski passes, equipment such as skis, thermals and ski wear, travel insurance, phone or phone bill if expensive, and expenses such as taxis. Anything I do out of work I would pay for such as sightseeing, meals out or shopping. But they would make sure there is enough food in the fridge for all my off duty meals too. Normally I would just add what I want to the shopping.

If travelling on a day I don't usually work I get paid a full days pay and an hourly rate for any extra hours worked. This is even if not travelling with the family, if they have travelled separately for example.

It's not a holiday, although it's normally quite fun. My families have always treated me like part of the family and have asked if I want to go out with them on my days off, I normally politely decline but it's nice of them. And they always try to keep the kids out of my way on my days off so I can have a bit of a rest

Babysitting is optional on my part and charged at normal rate per hour. I would make sure you chat about this before you go if you want lots of extra hours just so you both know where you stand, I used to work long hours anyway in these jobs and didn't really want to work loooads more hours.

Thanks this is all super helpful :) the problem is it's normally a 5 day a week nanny share. Holiday would be about 5 days (3 of which fall on working days) so difficult to know how to work out if they pay the other family and pay me on top?!!

I think it also somewhat depends how much you want to go on the trip. You are absolutely entitled to full pay for each day, plus all your expenses.

However, if it’s somewhere you really want to go and you’re excited, you might want to be prepared to negotiate if they can’t pay you as much as you ask. Not that you should sell yourself short, of course!

Its doeant matter that it is a nanny share. When you are on holiday they are using 100% of you , iyswim. So they pay a full hourly rate. To be fair that may be less than your normal hourly rate , if yoy get more thsn the average for a nanny share.
Eg where i live normal.nanny rate is £12 to £13 gross. Nanny share slighly higher as dealing with two employers etc.
The two days in the five days that are your normal days off, will you be working those on the holiday? And working includes travel , even if you dont travel with the family.
If you will be on holiday , completly child free and are happy to be in location, you could compromise and not be paid that day. But normally you wouls be paid the five days.