How to work out discount rates for siblings

[nadmaj]

Hi

I have had some interest from parents with siblings and i do say on my website that i will give a discount.
the parents want me to look after the children full time

The only thing is that i don;t know how to work it out - or how a discount is applied for example -

i charge £16 per session mon to fir 8am - 6pm
full day £30

so do i only charge £28 and give a £2 discount
or do i divide £30 by 10hours (my working hours which will give me a hourly rate of £3 and then give a discount on that eg £2.75
£2.75 times by 10 =27.50

also am i right in thinking that i only give a discount to the eldest sibling

arghhhhh working out money is really hard - but once i've got it then i'll be fine

[tasha]

Yes you are right dicount applies to eldest child. It's up to you how you dicount - most people knock of 50p or a £1 from their hourly & adjust the daily rate accordingly.
Tasha

[angeldelight]

I think a lot of childminders now do not offer discount - Well I have found that anyway

I suppose in a way you are minding 2 children why should you offer discount why be out of pocket yourself?

But me being me I never take my own advice

I charge £3 an hour per child

If there are 2 in the same family I charge £5 for the two of them instead of the £6 that it would be per hour

Angel xx

[smartypants]

I do!!!

I charge £3.10 for the youngest child as you will have them longer and £2.60 for there siblings

I have 1 family with 3 children and 2 families with 2 children

They do long hours so i dont minds as i get quite abit of money from them!!!

Kate

[angela234]

I charge £3.00 for the first child
and £2.75 for the second child
Angela

[janet]

i charge the same fee for both xxxx

[lorraine2767]

Hi I charge £4.00 for the youngest and £3.50 for the eldest an hour. xx

[mel]

I charge £3.00 for eldest and £2.50 for youngest (both preschool age).

Mel x

[deeb66]

Hi

I give a 50p per hour reduction to each sibling

Dee

[banana]

I give 50p dicount to the siblings i look after.

I wasnt going to offer this but its cos I like the family so much

x

[charleyfarley]

I used to charge half price for second child (yes I know I was mad) but now I only offer 50p reduction per hour as I had to put my rates down when I moved to this area.

Carol x