Originally Posted by nannyde:
I wouldn't do the coupons. I think it comes down to do you need to do this in order to land the contract? If you really feel you have to offer benefits in order to be picked then yes of course do that.
If you CAN get them to pay 52 weeks a year the same amount of money regardless of the child's attendance then why offer away two percent of your yearly income. It's a very signficant amount of money if you have a number of kids.
If I did offer that I would definitely NOT allow the coupon to be used until the family had done at least one full calander year. Otherwise you could end up with a short term use client who uses the week and it end up being 5 -- 10 percent of your income for that slot.
True-- I chose to offer my parents one free vacation week per year as a "benefit" to them. They do not all use it because they just dont have the time to take off work. They also dont use it all at the same time so it is easier to work into my budget. Also, that is one thing that should be added that I do not have at this point...a min. time frame before they may use it. Like 6 mo. or a year. I would HIGHLY recommend that.