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holiday pay or no holiday pay?

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KiddieCare · 24/11/2007 21:47

Can anyone tell me how they charge for holidays?
I was thinking half fee for when mindee;s are away and half for mine, as not sure parents would be willing to pay full for theirs and half for mine.
Or does it make more sense to not charge for mine just theirs.
I dont want to put parents off by being to expensive, at the same time there is more parents than me and i need to have a constant income. im so confused.

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littleforest · 28/12/2008 23:02

anyone who can help with my bad feeling towards my childminder !!!
my minder recently booked her xmas holiday dates so that i could book mine at work this was from the 24th - 5th jan so we finished on the 23rd and i paid her she then text me asking for her pay for thursday and friday.
when my minder has holiday i don't pay her when i have holiday it's full pay.
i text her back saying that i didn't need to pay her as she has this booked as holiday but she has said that because it's bank holiday i have to pay i'm really not happy about this what should i do ?

pooka · 28/12/2008 23:08

I think that you would usually have to pay for the bank holidays?

pooka · 28/12/2008 23:09

My childminder normally has ds on Tuesdays and Fridays. I still paid for Friday (happily) even though she didn't have him because was BH.

littleforest · 29/12/2008 09:42

Thanks for your reply pooka it's nice to get someone else'a point of view as i was not happy about it.

moshie · 29/12/2008 10:14

I used to charge half fee for both my and parents' holidays, but have found no difference long term with none for mine and full fee for theirs, and it stopped all the "paying for notjhing' issues.

I do point out that it's full fees for bank holidays though. I also add up a years fees and divide by 12 monthly payments so my income doesn't go up and down throughout the year.
Parents like this too, and it helps with tax credits as the payments are constant. Everyone can budget accordingly too.

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