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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would be happy to go! Since she gets guaranteed hours anyway she can't lose. I would just tell her she can have the week off and get her regular pay, but that she is welcome to come and help out in exchange for bonus pay and expenses paid. Tell her to think about it a couple days and let you know. That way she has time to decide and if she truly doesn't want go she can give a good excuse so it's not awkward.[/quote]

One of the conditions of guaranteed hours is being willing and able to work.  Unless the contract specifies that the nanny won't travel or won't travel without extra pay or will only work at a certain location, it is reasonable to expect her to travel with you in order to work and earn her regular, guaranteed salary.  Of course, all this should be discussed at the time of hiring as some nannies aren't in a position to travel b/c they have their own family obligations.  We require in our contract that the nanny be available to travel with us up to three weeks a year at her regular salary plus travel and meal expenses.  We don't pay a travel bonus because we regard this as part of the job, just as many professional office jobs require occasional travel and don't pay extra for it.

We recently brought nanny on a two week beach vacation with us.  She earned her regular salary plus expenses plus we gave her some comp days because she was with us on weekend days and after hours when she wouldn't normally be working.  Although she wasn't technically working at those times, she was staying with us in a house so it was hard for her to get away and be fully off duty.  It was a positive experience for all.[/quote]

You should like a crappy MB. [/quote]

Oh STOP! She doesn't sound like a bad MB at all.  It's in the nanny's contract so she knew what was expected before she took the job.  Just because you wouldn't want to do it doesn't mean other's wouldn't.  Plenty of nannies responded to OP's post that they would love to go on vacation with their NF. Some said they wouldn't want to.  So then don't take a job where travel is expected.  That's not a problem if that's not what you want but don't extrapolate that to ALL nannies and make this MB look like a bad employer when she is perfectly fair.[/quote]

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