SwapBabysitting is Easy
Finding a babysitter is quick and effective because it can all be done in one place
online.
- Simply fill in the details of when you need a sitter, and the web site will send
out request emails to your friends.
- Your friends say whether they can help or not by clicking on links in the emails, and you can
see all their replies through the SwapBabysitting web site.
- You choose who you would like to babysit from your list of available sitters, and it's all arranged!
Once you've found your babysitter, SwapBabysitting will send both you and your sitter reminder
emails the day before, and allow you to write sitting instructions (such as bedtimes, or directions to your house)
which can be automatically emailed to your babysitter and saved for next time.
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"Often we wouldn't go out simply because it was too much hassle to find a babysitter.
Now I can organise a sitter from work - and I can ask my wife's friends without hours on the phone!"
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SwapBabysitting is Fair
We all like stuff for free, but we don't like owing favours or taking advantage
of our friends.
It would be awkward to give cash to your friends, but "paying" your babysitter with credits mean you are rewarding your babysitter with
transferrable credits that they can use to get a babysitter on another night.
You start with 4 hours (16 credits) when you first sign up - so you can book a babysitter straight away!
Each 15 minutes of babysitting is worth 1 credit. You can also earn 4 extra credits for every new member you introduce to SwapBabysitting.
The credits system is a tried and trusted method used by babysitting circles for decades.
SwapBabysitting improves on a traditional circle because the web site takes care of all the
administration, and your network of friends is centered around you!
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"Giving your babysitter credits means it's not awkward to ask your friends for help.
You know they'll get their turn for a night out too!"
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SwapBabysitting is Safe
Online security is obviously vital, but it is important to realise that SwapBabysitting
isn't doing anything new or scary.
SwapBabysitting simply makes it easier to organise babysitting swaps
between people you already know - just like in real life. It is a form of babysitting circle where
childcare is traded between other local parents - the service cannot be used to find random people and your
personal details are never exposed to strangers.
Because SwapBabysitting works amongst networks of friends, with your permission it will connect you with your
friends' friends. You may then arrange babysitting with them, using your mutual friend as a reference.
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"I like knowing parents are looking after my kids.
I can relax when I'm out because I can trust they have experience with children."
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SwapBabysitting is Free
It costs nothing to join and nothing to book a babysitter.
You spend credits when you have a babysitter, and earn credits when you do babysitting.
What's the catch?
There is a subscription, but it is also taken in credits which means you just need to do a little more babysitting than you receive.
The monthly subscription is 1 credit (equal to 15 minutes of babysitting time).
If you are pressed for time but have run out of credits then you also have the option to buy additional credits (each credit costs just 75p). This funds the service and supports our featured childrens charities.
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"We used to pay a teenager to babysit but now we swap babysitting with other parents from the playgroup.
We go out more with the money we save, and we enjoy sitting for our friends!"
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