Sitter Pay for Wedding New Year's Eve
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Anonymous
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Hello everyone,
My brother is getting married on New Year's Eve (small family wedding following strict COVID-19 guidelines) and we have two potential sitters lined up to watch my two boys under three. The sitters recently graduated college and we met them through one of the nurses at our pediatrician’s office. My mother-in-law is the office manager, so we know all the nurses very well. We will also be scheduling paid play dates between now and Dec so the boys and sitters can get to know each other. We will be hiring the sitters for 24-hours 9AM (12/31) - 9AM (1/1). Duties will include: • Playtime • Meals (Snacks / Lunch / Dinner / Breakfast) • Bath (so they are clean before family photos) • Putting them to bed for naptime and bedtime • Hanging out while we take family pictures (in case there is a meltdown) The sitters will be staying with the boys in a suite so they will have their own area to hang out after the kids go to bed. The boys both sleep through the night and are not potty trained so the sitters won’t need to wake them for a potty attempt. They will be sharing a king bed (which they are fine with since they are close friends). The room also has a gorgeous view of a skyline where they can watch the fireworks and we will be paying for their meals – lunch (12/31), dinner (12/31), breakfast (1/1). My question to the community is how much we should compensate? We pay our Nanny $25/hr so here is what I’m thinking: $525 total (cash): • $12.50/hr for each sitter during awake hours (9AM – 8PM) and (7AM – 9AM) *paying full rate during 2-hour nap • $100 for each sitter flat overnight rate (8PM – 7AM) Additional compensation: • Breakfast / lunch / dinner at the hotel. I realize sometimes nannies/sitters prefer cash over meals, so we are willing to compensate additional cash if they choose to bring their own meals. Thanks - and looking forward to hearing from the community - specifically anyone that has worked on NYE and has additional advice. |
Anonymous
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$12.50/hour on NYE is *insanely low*. Heck, it’s insanely low for one child on a regular day (assuming the one nanny per child model). A sitter can easily earn $20/hour for one kid on a regular night, let alone on NYE (we pay $25/hour for one child plus money for dinner, and no diapers involved). They will presumably each be caring for one kid, which means they should *at least* be making a standard rate (each) for the awake hours - not the standard rate divided by two!!
Have you spoken to them about their rates? My sitter usually charges $40/hour and up on NYE - the base rate is for one child. The fact that you are paying for them to eat should not diminish the hourly rate - it is a perk for *you* to have them travel to a hotel and be accessible - and how else would they eat under the circumstances? Be forced to pay high prices for room service since they cannot leave the room? Absolutely not. The “skyline” view and all of the other stuff you’ve thrown in go in the same category - it does not, in any way, offset the standard compensation. Prepare to double your estimate. |
Anonymous
NYEve is prime time and prime pay. $50/hr minimum. |
Anonymous
| At least $35/hr per sitter given it is NYE AND a 24 hour gig. Kids may not sleep well in new place, so may not take their nap or sleep as well as they normally do. BTW, when/where will the sitters sleep? |
Anonymous
| Last year I earned $50/hr for nye. Your nanny might do it becuase it’s a lot of money but hourly it’s LOW |
Anonymous
| Oh wait $545 is to share???? Oh hell no not for kids those ages! |
Anonymous
OP, you asked for information, so here goes: $25/hour EACH for 16 hours, $100 overnight. That’s $50/hour for 16 hours and $200 overnight. 50*16=$800+$200=$1000 That’s your MINIMUM. If you can’t afford it, you need to rethink this. |
Anonymous
| Wait, you need one child per nanny? You should pay $25 per hour they are working not just overnight. They should each get their own room. |
Anonymous
| OP here! Thank you all so much for the responses. I appreciate the information and will offer a much more favorable rate. |
Anonymous
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$1000 each. 24 hours of care on NYE should be at minimum $35/hour for each sitter without “overnight flat rates”. And asking them to share a bed, regardless of their friendship status, is tacky.
If you think you can’t afford to pay a typical rate, have the hotel tell you what rate they can give you for in house sitters you don’t know. Then decide whether to save money or pay for cars from trusted sitters. |
Anonymous
| I’m getting 50/hr on NYE. |
Anonymous
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On NYE I get $50per hour no matter the hours/meals/view and all the other "perks". I don't really need the hotel meals -- -- I prefer to choose my own takeout for 2- 3 meals anyway. (And it's cheaper for the employer.) OP has waaaay overthought this. My regular rate is $25 per hour. 3 kids max.
It's the best paying gig of the year and employers know this and are prepared for it. I am already booked up for this year with a $200 down payment from one of my regular families. If they cancel due to emergency and I cannot get a gig they will pay me another $300. I am happy with this as they are a regular family I sit for. My sister is a teacher and she works for a big resort hotel as a sitter on holidays. She too gets $50 per hour plus a very generous tip (agency takes 15%) on NYE. The clients often ask "How much is the agency taking?" and then they usually give her enough tip to cover it plus more. |
Anonymous
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How old are these sitters? I cant even imagine a 16year old old agreeing to less than 20/hr. Some hotels have a 21+ policy. Check your hotel. They are not all 18+.
Are you located in a rural area where parents are paying sitter 12.50/hr?? |
Anonymous
OP said the sitters recently graduated college so they are most likely at least 21. |
Anonymous
| Why do you need two nannies? Just hire one nanny and pay her an appropriate rate. |