What Are Your Late Fees?

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  • NorthernMNgal
    Daycare.com Member
    • Feb 2015
    • 38

    What Are Your Late Fees?

    My handbook only states I will charge $5 for being late. It doesn't state it's $5 for every ____ amount of time. I've never had an issue with someone being late until now so I need to change my policy!
  • Rockgirl
    Daycare.com Member
    • May 2013
    • 2204

    #2
    Mine states that I charge $2/minute, beginning at 5:31. It is very rare that anyone is late!

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    • Second Home
      Daycare.com Member
      • Jan 2014
      • 1567

      #3
      $5 per every 15 minutes or any portion of 15 minutes .

      ex . 10 minutes =$5 , 17 minutes =$10.

      Though at the times I needed to charge the $5 does not seem enough to make the offender care .

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      • LysesKids
        Daycare.com Member
        • May 2014
        • 2836

        #4
        $1 per minute when late... I made $100 this past month ( same fricken family 3 weeks in a row); gave them a stern warning that next time is termination of care

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        • AuntTami
          Daycare.com Member
          • Oct 2014
          • 891

          #5
          Typically $10 per day that it's late. I just had one mom rack up $200 in late fees. She was warned that this was the ONLY time it will be waived. Next time I'm charging her. $200 late fees on a $20 daycare fee?... Works for me!

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          • spinnymarie
            mac n peas
            • May 2013
            • 890

            #6
            $15/portion of 15 minutes.

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            • AuntTami
              Daycare.com Member
              • Oct 2014
              • 891

              #7
              Oops! I see you meant late picking up not paying! $1 for every minute late starting 4 minutes after contracted pick up time(I allow a few minutes for traffic etc since I live in the city)

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              • Blackcat31
                • Oct 2010
                • 36124

                #8
                First late pick up = $1 per minute (and probably a little less "friendly" interaction)

                Second late pick up = $2 per minute (and the cold shoulder for a few days)

                Third late pick up = Immediate termination. I refuse to work with families that don't respect my time.

                NO amount of money is worth keeping clients that don't respect me or my family's time.

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                • Rockgirl
                  Daycare.com Member
                  • May 2013
                  • 2204

                  #9
                  Providers who charge per 15 min increments, do you find that they use the entire 15 minutes? I always assumed they would....if it's the same price for one minute as it is for 15 minutes, why not run one more errand kid-free?

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                  • Kimskiddos
                    Daycare.com Member
                    • Oct 2013
                    • 420

                    #10
                    I charge $10 for the first 10 minutes (or any part there of), then it goes to $1 per minute starting at 11 minutes after closing.

                    For me, our traffic can often be horrible so I really don't mind the occasional minute or two late (with a text or call of course). I don't want to charge a dollar here and there. But more than a couple of minutes then yep you will be paying me for my time, so it's $10 any part of that first 10 minutes.

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                    • Luvnmykidz
                      Daycare.com Member
                      • Feb 2013
                      • 336

                      #11
                      I charge a $20 inconvenience fee per child for being late or showing up early without prior approval. I also charge $1 per minute per child for the late fee. I have a sibling set that has been picked up late twice. They were 45 minutes late. So it was a late fee of $45 per child plus the inconvenience fee. They had to pay me $130 in late fees. The parent was shocked that I was actually going to enforce it. The second time they were late they called at the time they should have been picking up to tell me they were late. I told them I'm aware and that late fees were adding up pretty fast. They weren't late again after.

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