deposits

[estrelas]

Just realised i should always take one :angry: :angry:

I need to be tougher

How much deposit do you take?

[LaUrA K]

i usually just take their 1st weeks fees then their place is booked. Parents just dont understand why we do this do they. they expect us to risk them coming or not and us loosing an income.

[Chatterbox Childcare]

I have never taken a deposit to keep once they start

I only take non refundable deposits to hold a space and that comes off of the first months fees.

I am not out of pocket as I get paid a month in advance.

[LaUrA K]

I have never taken a deposit to keep once they start

I only take non refundable deposits to hold a space and that comes off of the first months fees.

I am not out of pocket as I get paid a month in advance.

yea this is what i meant. Before they start to keep the space open.

[Bitsy Beans]

Next time you meet a potential client I'd make a list of the things you Definately need to cover. I DIDN'T do this when I met one mum and hence after she'd gone there were loads of things I wished I'd have clarified :o

You live and you learn :)

[singlewiththree]

I'm going to take a weeks fees as a deposit refundable on their first week with me, however so far I haven't needed too as they have literally come to me on the last minute and then needed a start date within a week so never felt it necessary.