Going out with friends? Share a sitter.
Two or three families, one host home, one sitter. The children get a sleepover, the bill is split per family, and the service fee drops from 15% to 10%.
One host, one booking, one bill split evenly
Pick a host home
One family hosts. The other children are dropped off there, ideally fed and in pyjamas. The host parent makes the booking, lists every child who will be there, and fills in the brief.
Say how many families
Choose two or three families when you book. The quote shows the total and the amount per family, so nobody has to do sums in a group chat.
Collect in the morning, or that night
The sitter hands each child back to their own parent or to the host. For an overnight, everyone comes for breakfast.
Small groups, on purpose
A shared sit is still one sitter giving proper attention to a handful of children. The limits are there to keep it that way.
- Four children per sitter, at mostAcross all the families together. Two at most if any child is under 12 months.
- Two or three familiesMore children than that means a second sitter and a second booking.
- 10% service feeThe shared-sit rate, in place of the usual 15%.
- Split evenly per familyThe total divided by the number of families, rounded up to the cent. The host pays the booking; how you settle up between you is your business.
- The same brief, for every childAllergies, routines and an emergency contact, and a phone that will be answered.
Two families, 6:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.
Four children in total, a sitter who charges $26 an hour.
- 7 hours × $32.00 (rate + two extra children)
- $224.00
- After-midnight premium, 1.5 hours × $5
- $7.50
- Ride-home stipend
- $25.00
- Service fee (10% of $231.50)
- $23.15
- Total
- $279.65
$139.83 per family. Booked separately with two sitters, each family would pay more and the children would miss the sleepover.
Always in a home. Never at a venue.
Care takes place at a family home, or in a hotel room registered to one of the parents. SwingSitters sitters do not work at venues, clubs, parties or events, and do not run a children's room next door to one. This is not negotiable, and sitters are asked to decline and report any request that turns out otherwise.
Run events or a club? Make it easier for parents to say yes.
Childcare is often what keeps parents from a weekend away or a late event. A partner code gives your guests a discount on our service fee when they book their own sitter, at their own home.
- A code for your guestsIt takes a percentage off the SwingSitters service fee. Sitters' pay is never discounted.
- Nothing shared with you about who booksWe do not report back which of your guests used the code, when, or for what. We do not ask them either.
- No on-site childcareWe do not provide sitters at your venue, and we will not list a venue as a place of care. Hotel bookings are made by the parent, for a room registered to that parent.
Travelling for a weekend? Parents can book an overnight sitter at home, or share one with another family, and use your code either way.
Ask about a partner code
Tell us a little about what you organise. A person will reply by email.