Anonymous wrote:Is less time or more time away better? For nannies who are willing to travel, would you prefer going for 3 days and making an additional 900 or 5 days and making 1500? Is shorter better or not worth the annoyance?

Obviously I will ask what she wants and is comfortable with but just curious what might be desirable

Anonymous wrote:OP here. This is helpful. A few points to clarify in case this changes anything.

1. Of course we would ask her and see if she wanted to. That is a given. And if course we could pay her even if she does not want to go.

2. We are going for a week - Saturday to Saturday. We would totally have her the entire time but would only ask her to come Mon - Thursday or Monday to Friday. I think my OP made it sound like we were going for the whole summer. This is just a week trip and is only about 2 hours away

3. We are going with my siblings (who have no kids) and so the idea of having the nanny who could take care of bedtime while adults do a late swim or do breakfast while adults go into town to get coffee and walk on the beach. I have not been away from my kids ever (something for a different post) so this is a hybrid / combo of trying to get an adult vacation but still getting to be with my kids.

4. Flexibility in hours meaning that she normally works 8:30 - 4:30 but we would love her to do an evening or two. I want to spend time with my kids but having an extra set of hands in the pool and ocean is really helpful with three little ones, so we would love nanny to help with that. She would never have overnight responsibility because we would be home. There would be no "overtime" because we would plan the time so that she "only" works 8 hours any day and most days a lot less. She would be invited on any adventure or side trip we did but could say no and enjoy alone time.

5. Kids would be with us so we would make sure nanny could join or not for in the house things (movies, games, hanging out) and kids won't bother her. We would of course include her on food order, groceries (we do that now) and make sure she has things she likes. She is 100% welcome to eat with us, eat alone in the house, or go out.

6. She is not coming to be the maid / housekeeper. There is 0 expectation that she would ever clean up after adults and would only do kid clean up if she was solo with them (like she does now). I would hope she would clean up any mess or dishes she made herself but she has no responsibility to clean up any group dishes. We would do all laundry. (Who are these people who are expecting a nanny to clean up after them on vacation? Is that really a thing?)

Does any of this change what people have said?

It seems like her normal paycheck plus 300 a day to cover travel inconvenience.and being away from home is a reasonable offer. Do I have that right?

Thanks again and keep the advice coming