Holiday charge?

**Lainey Lou** · 15-09-2009, 11:06 AM

Hiya everyone, What does everyone do re: charging for holidays? I don't know whether to take 4 weeks unpaid holiday a year and charge full fee when parents are on holiday or to charge half fee when I am on holidays and half fee when parents are on holiday? What does everyone else do?

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Pipsqueak · 15-09-2009, 11:14 AM

I don't charge at all for my holidays but parents get charged full fee when their child is off - if they co-incide with mine then they get a good deal! lol

**peanuts** · 15-09-2009, 11:37 AM

im the same, this year one had the same holidays as me and mum was well chuffed.

**solly** · 15-09-2009, 11:42 AM

I do the same as Pipsqueak & Peanuts

**Chatterbox Childcare** · 15-09-2009, 12:12 PM

I have 2 weeks paid holiday.

My parents pay for 52 weeks a year and I refund any monies over two weeks holidays as and when it comes up.

**margimum** · 15-09-2009, 03:53 PM

I take 4 weeks unpaid holiday a year and parents are allowed 4 weeks at half rate. If holidays coincide it's half rate. I don't have set holidays each year and only usually give two weeks notice, so parents often have to pay someone else which I think works out too expensive.

**Annie_T** · 15-09-2009, 04:23 PM

i dont charge for my holiday if i wish to take any but charge them if they go on holiday/sick etc

**margimum** · 15-09-2009, 05:12 PM

I found that when parents were charged full for their holidays they didn't take any!!
If parents were off work but not actually going away, they brought the children to me.
I prefer a break with half pay