HI there, I am wondering how much money people give to their housemaids or babysitters.
Please give me exact info, if paid by hours, full days, months ...
Txs
Please give me exact info, if paid by hours, full days, months ...
Txs
We pay our cleaning lady 4,000/month for one day work per week. That includes a hot lunch with us and she does our laundry also at her house (we pay for the products), we go and get her and bring her back home or we pay for transport to and from us (from Sabaneta to Sosua) depending.
Acira
If you don't mind sharing a bit more detail?
Is this a guagua or combination of transports? And what does this cost each way?
Guagua from Xpoint to Mocca in Sabaneta to El Choco is 60 RDS.
1 motoconcho from where she lives to Xpoint in Sabaneta 60 RDS
1 motoconcho from road in Sosua to where we live 30 RDS
Total 150 RDS one way
Thanks. Just want to keep up on costs for these things; doesn't seem like inflation has hit too badly in transportation. That's about what I was told it was a year ago.
We had a maid from Sabaneta (we live in Cabarete) for a while, but didn't want to pay that much for transportation. We also didn't think she was an outstanding maid! You must be very happy with her to pay as much as you do, plus paying her transportation. If you ever replace her, you might want to look locally. We found there are maids who are very good nearby.
I've had the same lady for the past 5 years, now paying her 700 per visit, once a week. Takes her about 2.5 hours to clean my apartment and will sometimes even bathe my dogs. From that she pays about 180 pesos in transportation. Whenever I have clothes I don't want anymore or small appliances I happily give them to her and know that she appreciates that. On top of that I give her a small bonus at Christmas. She also stays over once in a while to babysit my dogs when I have to travel to SD or abroad (about 500 pesos per day + meals). It's not just anyone I'd trust to do that!
there you are... trust in someone here is worth some extra money. We can trust our cleaning-lady 100%, she does more than she is asked for, does a hell of a job, and gets along with all dogs, but one... lol
BelgianK