nannydeb -- great cost breakdown. You forgot travel stipend (flying? gas for car?) and food costs. So the rate will be even higher.

Will your ex-MIL be willing to include nanny in family style meals? Is your ex MIL on board with nanny coming along? The fact that you mention "an incident" makes me think either Ex MIL will be hostile to the idea of your nanny going--or maybe Ex Mil has mental/medical issues that make her incapable of properly caring your daughter?

Anonymous wrote:Hi, I'm new to this forum & hope I'm posting on the right board. What do you pay your nanny when you have her travel w/child. I have one daughter who is going to visit her paternal grandmother (my ex's mom). I would like to send our nanny with my eight year old daughter. It will be a low stress trip as dd's cousins her age will be there. However, due to an incident that happened last summer I want dd accompanied by her nanny. I pay the nanny $20/hour.

What do you pay your nanny per day when she travels overnight with your child(ren).

Thanks in advance.

How long will your nanny be staying with your DD at your ex-MIL's home? I ask because unless you have unlimited funds, an extended stay will become very costly very quickly. And is your ex-MIL fine with having an additional house guest? Are you offering your ex-MIL a food stipend for nanny, or how will that work?

If your nanny will be sharing a room with your DD, you need to pay a relatively higher overnight rate. If your ex-MIL is less than thrilled at having nanny along for the visit (meaning nanny will be coping with backlash stress, you need to pay a slightly higher rate overall.

General guideline:

Regular hourly rate (and OT) for all waking hours nanny is working, i.e., responsible for DD and unable to go do whatever nanny wants to do.

1/2 hourly rate for sleeping hours if nanny is NOT sharing a room, 20% more than that if nanny is sharing a room.

Bonus of 10 - 20% of total if there are issues with ex-MIL over this visit, to thank nanny for coping.

$20/hour from 7a - 9p, plus OT is (20 x 8) + (30 x 6) = $340 + 100 - 120 for sleeping hours = $440 - $460 plus 20% difficulty bonus = $532 - $552 per 24 hour period

So if all is happy and peaceful and joyous, you'll pay $440 per 24 hour period. If not, you'll pay up to $552/24 hour period.

That...is a lot of money.

Good luck!

Anonymous wrote:Agree with above. Pay for all travel costs including any meals that would normally happen during the travel hours. Pay the regular hourly rate. Normally a flat overnight rate.

It doesn't sound like this applies in your particular case but when our nanny travels for us, we always try to make sure to give her a half a day off to explore on her own and get a break from us.

A half-day off, aren't you generous?

Agree with above. Pay for all travel costs including any meals that would normally happen during the travel hours. Pay the regular hourly rate. Normally a flat overnight rate.

It doesn't sound like this applies in your particular case but when our nanny travels for us, we always try to make sure to give her a half a day off to explore on her own and get a break from us.

Pay all of her travel costs, of course, including food.

Pay her regular hourly rate for all daytime hours.

Talk to her about an overnight rate - nannies vary widely in what they expect for overnights, everywhere from $50/night (way too low imo) to time-and-a-half/hr (insanely high imo). I think for an overnight at home, $100 is appropriate, so perhaps a little more in recognition of the inconvenience of traveling would be right.

Hi, I'm new to this forum & hope I'm posting on the right board. What do you pay your nanny when you have her travel w/child. I have one daughter who is going to visit her paternal grandmother (my ex's mom). I would like to send our nanny with my eight year old daughter. It will be a low stress trip as dd's cousins her age will be there. However, due to an incident that happened last summer I want dd accompanied by her nanny. I pay the nanny $20/hour.

What do you pay your nanny per day when she travels overnight with your child(ren).

Thanks in advance.