Cazz
07-05-2010, 11:17 AM
I've had a possible enquiry (from another childminder) :clapping: Thank you to all of you who have send good vibes after my awful week - it's obviously worked. :thumbsup:
The enquiry is to collect a 3 year old from nursery at 12.00 and then collect his brother from school at 3.00pm and mind them both until 5.30pm. The only thing is (and the reason I'm unsure) is that the school is about 5/6 miles away and as this is Mon-Fri I would be making 10 trips there and back every week.
My normal hourly rate is £3.20 per hour but I am thinking of quoting £3.80 per hour to take into account car expenses and my time travelling. Do you think this is acceptable? It works out that I would be charging an extra 1 and a half hours fees (£4.80) per day. Does that sound too much or okay?
At the moment the youngest is on the waiting list for Tues & Thurs at nursery so he would come to me from 8.00am on those days initially and I was going to quote my normally hourly rate of £3.20 for this as mum would drop off and collect him so no travelling involved. (Older brother would still be £3.80 per hour as I would be driving to and from the school).
I almost said no outright due to restricting other work I could take on but I'm considering it now - the mum is a teacher at the son's school and she said he could stay with her for a little while if a childminder couldn't get there at 3.00pm (so I may possibly still be able to do a pick up in my town if one came along).
I am quite tempted though as it would be term-time only and the only mindee I will have soon is an after schooler 3 days a week and also doesn't come in the holidays, so if I didn't get anyone else (which wouldn't worry me too much at the moment) I would get all the school holidays off and still be earning a decent amount in term-time (I suppose I would notice it in the summer holidays but may pick something up for those few weeks?).
What is your opinion - would you do it and if so, charge this way?
The enquiry is to collect a 3 year old from nursery at 12.00 and then collect his brother from school at 3.00pm and mind them both until 5.30pm. The only thing is (and the reason I'm unsure) is that the school is about 5/6 miles away and as this is Mon-Fri I would be making 10 trips there and back every week.
My normal hourly rate is £3.20 per hour but I am thinking of quoting £3.80 per hour to take into account car expenses and my time travelling. Do you think this is acceptable? It works out that I would be charging an extra 1 and a half hours fees (£4.80) per day. Does that sound too much or okay?
At the moment the youngest is on the waiting list for Tues & Thurs at nursery so he would come to me from 8.00am on those days initially and I was going to quote my normally hourly rate of £3.20 for this as mum would drop off and collect him so no travelling involved. (Older brother would still be £3.80 per hour as I would be driving to and from the school).
I almost said no outright due to restricting other work I could take on but I'm considering it now - the mum is a teacher at the son's school and she said he could stay with her for a little while if a childminder couldn't get there at 3.00pm (so I may possibly still be able to do a pick up in my town if one came along).
I am quite tempted though as it would be term-time only and the only mindee I will have soon is an after schooler 3 days a week and also doesn't come in the holidays, so if I didn't get anyone else (which wouldn't worry me too much at the moment) I would get all the school holidays off and still be earning a decent amount in term-time (I suppose I would notice it in the summer holidays but may pick something up for those few weeks?).
What is your opinion - would you do it and if so, charge this way?