https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 23 May 2026 06:22:29 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/daycare-and-paid-vacation#post-2068138 Fri, 13 Feb 2015 09:01:38 +0000 babynumber1 2068138@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our daycare is closed for holidays, a total of 10 days this year, throughout the year. We also get a "Vacation" week, where when we go on vacation, we don't have to pay for that week. </p> <p>I would not be ok with closing for 2 weeks at a time and still having to pay. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/daycare-and-paid-vacation#post-2068131 Fri, 13 Feb 2015 08:58:11 +0000 sunshineandsushi 2068131@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our center lets us take two weeks vacation per year where we don't have to pay if our boys are not there for the entire week. I really appreciate their policy, I think it's pretty generous.</p> <p>For any recognized holidays, public holidays, we do pay even when the center is closed, unless that's a week we take our vacation. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/daycare-and-paid-vacation#post-2068070 Fri, 13 Feb 2015 08:24:24 +0000 Anagram 2068070@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At our big center, we pay monthly the same rate, regardless of holidays or our own vacations. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/daycare-and-paid-vacation#post-2068059 Fri, 13 Feb 2015 08:16:34 +0000 shellio 2068059@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My sister's in-home gets two weeks of paid vacation twice per year. She always takes her vacation (one week at a time) at roughly the same times of year. The daycare provider also has someone that comes in and watches the kids when she is sick and (I think) helps her on field trips so it is a person the kids know. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/daycare-and-paid-vacation#post-2068055 Fri, 13 Feb 2015 08:13:52 +0000 Mamaof2 2068055@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We go to a center and pay for 52 weeks.</p> <p>They are closed on a few holidays and for a week at Christmas - I still have to pay. I also pay when we go on vacation.</p> <p>seems the norm to me </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/daycare-and-paid-vacation#post-2068044 Fri, 13 Feb 2015 08:05:59 +0000 cheert16 2068044@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are the minority- but we only pay for the days LO is actually at daycare. (We have an in home) so if we go on vacation, or she goes on vacation we don't pay. If Lo is sick or she is sick- we don't pay. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/daycare-and-paid-vacation#post-2068039 Fri, 13 Feb 2015 08:01:49 +0000 Ocean girl 2068039@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sounds like a very normal set up. We pay year round but daycare is closed for stats and for the DCP's own two weeks of holidays. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/daycare-and-paid-vacation#post-2068036 Fri, 13 Feb 2015 07:54:11 +0000 Ajsmommy 2068036@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Totally normal. We pay 52 weeks unless our provider (which is in home) uses all her vacation and sick days and takes unpaid. But she has built in vacations and sick days so unpaid is unlikely. </p> <p>When we were looking I thought it was crazy to pay even if we took a vacation, a week summer vacation or what not, but then when I thought about it, it's her income, her livelihood and I couldn't deal if my employer didn't pay me for a week... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/daycare-and-paid-vacation#post-2068016 Fri, 13 Feb 2015 07:31:12 +0000 Mrs. Pen 2068016@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We can do two weeks vacation, and we pay half tuition for those weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/daycare-and-paid-vacation#post-2068008 Fri, 13 Feb 2015 07:29:28 +0000 bushelandapeck 2068008@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a nanny but we have been looking to possibility switch to an in home daycare in the fall. So far, they have all taken two weeks paid vacation, holidays, and we still pay if we don't send our children for any reason. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/daycare-and-paid-vacation#post-2067990 Fri, 13 Feb 2015 07:13:56 +0000 looch 2067990@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's normal to pay for the time when the center is open and you don't use it, like if your child is sick, or you go on vacation.</p> <p>When we were using a center, they had time off on the week between Christmas and New Years and that was a week that we still had to pay for, as it was a paid time off period for the staff.</p> <p>I know for ME it was difficult to come around to the idea that you pay for time even if you don't use it, becuase I am not a salaried worker (if i don't book hours I don't get paid), but once i recalled the paid time off I had as a salaried worker, it all kind of made sense. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/daycare-and-paid-vacation#post-2067916 Fri, 13 Feb 2015 02:55:48 +0000 lamariniere 2067916@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, totally normal. Here, normal is actually 4-5 weeks of vacation. Our daycare closes for 2 weeks during the holidays and one week in July. Then the staff rotates vacations for another week each (last week one of the teachers was out all week for her vacation). They also get sick days that aren't included in that. We still pay the usual monthly tuition no matter when daycare is closed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/daycare-and-paid-vacation#post-2067802 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 23:41:56 +0000 sunny 2067802@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our daycare closes between Christmas and New Years and we still pay for the full December tuition. If we take a vacation, they discount our tuition by 50% for those weeks. However, it has to be a full M-F week which is annoying because we don't always take off exactly between Monday to Friday. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/daycare-and-paid-vacation#post-2067777 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 23:11:15 +0000 yellowbird 2067777@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We use an in home and we are allowed three weeks unpaid if our lo won't be there. There is actually no policy on her own vacation. She never took one the past year. My lo is the only one she watches full time though </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/daycare-and-paid-vacation#post-2067767 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 23:07:13 +0000 CRGmama 2067767@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We pay her 2 weeks vacation and we still have to pay if our LO is sick. Most holidays are paid but we only go part time so that usually doesn't affect us. There are also times during the year that she will take off unpaid. We also get a week of vacation to take each year. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/daycare-and-paid-vacation#post-2067744 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 22:48:23 +0000 avivoca 2067744@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We pay for 52 weeks, including our vacation and any holidays where the center is closed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/daycare-and-paid-vacation#post-2067737 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 22:45:41 +0000 lucy123 2067737@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My work has on site daycare and we get two weeks of vacation. It sucks when you are paying for something we don't use but just look at it as a sunk cost and try to enjoy any extra time we get with her :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/daycare-and-paid-vacation#post-2067733 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 22:42:14 +0000 catomd00 2067733@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Totally normal. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/daycare-and-paid-vacation#post-2067727 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 22:40:40 +0000 78h2o 2067727@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We go to a Center and I think there are a total of about 2 weeks that they are closed... probably 10-12 weekdays. We have to pay regardless. I looked at a few in-home daycares and they all had at least 1 week of paid vacation + 2 or more personal/sick days. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/daycare-and-paid-vacation#post-2067705 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 22:32:08 +0000 lavender 2067705@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We go to an in home daycare, and they close for 2 weeks that are paid. Any sick days or holidays are also paid. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/daycare-and-paid-vacation#post-2067690 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 22:28:11 +0000 daniellemybelle 2067690@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ours is a little different but they close for a week for fall break, two weeks for Christmas/New Years, and a week at spring break. They also close for pretty much every federal holiday. We still pay the same those months. But our daycare is more of a preschool. They are also a little more affordable than daycare centers. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/daycare-and-paid-vacation#post-2067648 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 22:02:47 +0000 littlejoy 2067648@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: That sounds like the ideal situation. Too bad that's not happening here. We are paying for 52 weeks. :( It's worth it, but still. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/daycare-and-paid-vacation#post-2067642 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 21:59:47 +0000 blackbird 2067642@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlejoy: un paid? Right. Any time T takes off for herself-including the week of christmas, any sick or random days (she's randomly taking Monday off), plus her yearly personal vacation in July, we don't pay for. So we pay for 50 weeks a year. (Although that week in July, we send E to the backup sitter so we pay her). Once a year, we can take a week of vacation, too, and not pay. So we pay 49 weeks a year if WE take a vacation. But if E is sick or we take a random vacation day, we still pay. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/daycare-and-paid-vacation#post-2067636 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 21:56:42 +0000 littlejoy 2067636@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: so your in-home gets two weeks in-paid, right? This will be an in-home as well. She does NOT take payment for days she's closed because of her own sickness, which is nice. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/daycare-and-paid-vacation#post-2067624 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 21:52:35 +0000 blackbird 2067624@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think its normal. Your husband gets paid if he takes vacation or sick time, right? We pay for 50 weeks at our daycare but it's an in home. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/daycare-and-paid-vacation#post-2067617 Thu, 12 Feb 2015 21:50:44 +0000 littlejoy 2067617@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Is it normal for a daycare provider to have 2 paid weeks off per year? We are reviewing a potential place, and saw it in her policy guide. </p> <p>I assume the best use of that time would be to plan our own vacation, so we aren't paying for two separate weeks away from daycare? </p> <p>My husband is really hung up on paying for care when DD is not there (if DD is sick, or daycare is closed for holiday), but I THINK this is normal?? </p>