Invoice for two or three days?

[Anonymous]

I have a travel rate when I travel or sleep over with this family. Parents left at noon on Friday and I was to stay with the kids until Sunday. Just found out that they will be home on Sunday morning at around 9. My inclination is to invoice for all three days since I was contracted for all three days. But my actual time here won't even be 48 hours.

I don't know that it matters but these people are rich and I have been their weekend nanny for nearly two years.

Thanks in advance.

[Anonymous]

How is it 3 days if you were contracted to stay with them only till Sunday anyway? They are a few hours early so give them time to unpack etc.. you don't have to leave right away they may still need help with taking care of kids, so just bill for all the contracted hours and plan to stay till then.

[Anonymous]

Usually overnight rates are per 24 hours, so I would assume two days unless you have some unusual agreement in writing that your rate is for any portion of a day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Usually overnight rates are per 24 hours, so I would assume two days unless you have some unusual agreement in writing that your rate is for any portion of a day.

Generally it is any portion of a day... but it has never been that short of a day before.

These people never unpack themselves. They will not need me to stay and will want to be alone with the kids. You

[Anonymous]

I would do the right thing & only expect to be paid for two days.

The fact that they are loaded is unimportant here.

It is based on principle really.

[Anonymous]

Travel days are any portion of a day. You are not waking up in your own bed on a Sunday morning - you are getting up presumably at the crack of dawn with a little one. You were contracted to work on Sunday. The

You worked Friday, Saturday and Sunday - you bill for three days.

[Anonymous]

Just ask them. When in doubt, do the generous thing and you will win people's trust (and thus, repeat business).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would do the right thing & only expect to be paid for two days.

The fact that they are loaded is unimportant here.

It is based on principle really.

She was contracted for three days not 48 hours. The right thing is payment for three days.

[Anonymous]

OP here. Thanks everyone for your responses. I still don't know what to do... I will decide tomorrow when I sent my time sheet to their manager.

Ugh...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would do the right thing & only expect to be paid for two days.

The fact that they are loaded is unimportant here.

It is based on principle really.

She was contracted for three days not 48 hours. The right thing is payment for three days.

I disagree.

But ultimately I guess it is up to interpretation on both sides.

[Anonymous]

Why not ask the manager? I'm not sure how to bill for this weekend. They contracted through Sunday but came home earlier in the day than I expected. What do you recommend?"

[Anonymous]

Why not bill Fri and Sat as "days," and Sunday as some portion of a day, or hourly?

[Anonymous]

OP here and I went back and looked at my initial contract and it said clearly that I would never be paid less than the agreed upon amount for a travel day. So I billed for all three days. No complaints as of yet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here and I went back and looked at my initial contract and it said clearly that I would never be paid less than the agreed upon amount for a travel day. So I billed for all three days. No complaints as of yet.

Sounds good OP.