Yup I am another who gets paid in advance of care either weekly, biweekly or monthly depending on how the family budgets I do not care as long as I get paid on time and in advance.

You are paying for the space contracted in your contract regardless of actual attendance by your child or the centre being open ... so they pay the same 52 weeks a year unless I am closed more than the 'agreed upon' vacation / sick leave than I would credit them accordingly.

I also have a second payment plan where you can contract to pay a higher weekly fee and you do not have to pay me when the centre is closed for sick days or vacation just get paid for the 'stats' but either way at the end of the year you are paying me the SAME fees it is all in how a client prefers to budget