Going rate for babysitters

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We’ve been invited to a no children wedding and the people we’d normally ask to look after the kids (my son is 5, daughter is 2) will all be at the wedding.

Does £10 an hour plus money for a take away sound fair/too much/not enough for a babysitter? (The person I’ve found works at a nursery so is childcare qualified/DBS checked etc). I don’t want to pay more than necessary, but also don’t want to insult her by offering too little! We’ve never had anyone other than family look after the kids before so I really have no clue what the going rate is.

Id be very happy with that OP

I'm a childcarer and £10 an hour for evening babysitting plus a takeaway sounds fair to me for the area I'm in. However if it's day time which I'm assuming it will be for a wedding I would expect more. Have you asked the babysitter what she charges?

Hmmm depends on the location. I'm in North London and would expect at least £12ph for a qualified childcare professional.

Why don't you ask her what she charges instead?

Thanks for your comments. I asked what she’d charge and she said £10 an hour but was open to negotiation. I just kept it at £10 as hour as that was my initial thought anyway.