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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What's your point, 20:15?

If you can get a higher rate for that night, or any night you think is an extra-special-almost-holiday, go for it!

If you're trying to convince the rest of us to agree with you, it's not going to happen, because you're wrong. It's not a holiday. If parents have a choice, they aren't going to pay a sitter more on this non-holiday. Apparently, there are also plenty of nannies here not planning on charging extra.

Night's over. So's this thread.
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There are plenty of parents that will pay more to have a reliable and trusted sitter watch their kids that night instead of having to find someone else to do it. This is especially so if it is last minute and most of the people that are available are advertising high rates for that night (maybe the reason why they are available you might say).

I was NOT going to be available for the night, but when my MB said that she could really use someone last minute and offered to go $5 over my regular rate, I decided to say ok. It would have been a hassle to find someone else last minute, or even for her normally to find someone other than a close friend (who was going to do it originally) since she is very busy and doesn't really have time to search for someone and interview/call references for a one night gig.

Many other parents are the same. It is easier to keep their normal sitter/nanny and pay a slightly higher rate as an incentive for them to work that night, when they might have originally planned on going out themselves.[/quote]

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