What Would You Charge For This Amount Of Time?

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  • mrsp'slilpeeps
    Advanced Daycare.com Member
    • May 2011
    • 607
    #1

    What Would You Charge For This Amount Of Time?

    DCB will be coming to my house afterschool only.

    He will be here from 3:45-5:00pm 3 days a week one week and 2 days a week the next week.

    What would you charge mom? She thinks it's fair to only pay for the time he is here.

    I will be raising my daily rate from $30 to $35 a day.

    I honestly dont know what to do.
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    • jojosmommy
      Advanced Daycare.com Member
      • Jan 2011
      • 1103
      #2
      Depends? Are you full? Do you want to be?

      I do not want to be full, ever. I just had someone ask for 3:45 to 4:30. Its basically extra money since I dont want a kid filling up this spot anyway. I said $3. The kid is great.

      If the kid was a pain or took up a spot I could use to make full time income my answer would be different.
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        • DCMom
          Advanced Daycare.com Member
          • Jul 2008
          • 871
          #3
          I charge $10/day for before OR after school only. If they are here before AND after school, I charge $15/day. I charge $35/day if they need a school off day and I have room.

          I have a couple of kids for before only or after only ~ I just look at it as extra cash.
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            • Blackcat31
              • Oct 2010
              • 36124
              #4
              When I did take SA kids I charged a flat weekly rate for their reserved space. Didnt care if they came every day or only one as the rate was weekly. I understand that this DCM wants to pay only for the days/time her child uses but having access to the space is what she is paying for.

              I wouldnt give her an hourly rate but instead give her a weekly rate and tell her that she is paying for the access not actual time. Unless she has one set scedule (only M,W,F or T, Th) I wouldnt budge. If she does have a set schedule, I'd still charge one flat rate just not as much as I would for the whole week.

              If this is the same DCM from your other thread and you really dont care if she leaves your program then I would stand my ground and not allow her to continue dictating how you run your business.

              I'd stand my ground either way but I do understand that losing clients for some is the difference between staying open or closing up shop.
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                • saved4always
                  Daycare.com Member
                  • Dec 2011
                  • 1019
                  #5
                  I never did anything for less than $10 a day. Any less than that was not worth answering the door...!
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                    • familyschoolcare
                      Advanced Daycare.com Member
                      • Jun 2011
                      • 1284
                      #6
                      The family I have that is on that same schedgule I charge %75 of my weekly rate every week regardless to wiether or not it is a 2 day or a 3 day week.
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                        • cheerfuldom
                          Advanced Daycare.com Member
                          • Dec 2010
                          • 7413
                          #7
                          Around here it is normally to see a weekly fee of $60 plus for after school care.
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