Vacation pay?

[mickyc]

I just recently started giving a $5 a day discount for the families holidays ONLY if they give me one month's notice. I use it as an incentive for parents to: 1. actually tell me when their holidays are booked for - if I have a few kids I like to go on outings or possibly close myself - and 2. encourage people to actually take holidays and spend it with their children. I have had too many "I am paying you therefore I will send my child no matter what" families. If they don't give one month's notice then no discount. I think of it as I am still getting paid for my time but not getting the money to cover for the food they would eat and seeing that they aren't here I don't have that expense to feed their child.