How Much To Charge? Wedding Babysitter

Too much honey, too much. I would suggest talking to the bride and groom for either a: a rate per hour - i would suggest 10 would be appropriate, or b:a set rate for the night, such as 100 or 125.

$20.00 an hour seems like a fair price to charge, but the price should be dependent upon how many children you are going to be watching. $20.00/hr for around 8-10 kids seems very fair.

I agree with Melissa - it is definately fair if you are dealing with more than a few kids!

What about setting a specific rate per child such as $5 per hour per child?

I would definitely find out how many children you will be babysitting - and what their ages are. You want to be sure there is enough supervision of these children so that nothing happens to any of them. Typically a good ratio of babysitter to kids would be around 1:6 or 7. If there is a small infant in the picture you will need more time to dedicate to the baby.

You could charge by the hour or a flat rate (ie, $150 for the whole shabang). To me, $20 an hour sound pretty reasonable for two babysitters taking care of other people`s children. Heck, I know a friend of mine who pays $10/hour for her ONE child to be taken care of.

I`d go with the $20/hour or determine one flat rate to charge for the whole night.

Good luck!

I think if u are charging each couple 20 an hour, it is way to exspensive, if it is one child charge 5 an hour for additional kids that one family has add 2 dollars, also u should go by ages, older children should not be to much trouble therefor dont charge a whole lot, also if u are providing food, baths and teh spend the night charge more