TOkids, I think you will find that 30 mins in person is plenty! With doing the bulk off the interview over email or phone, it's really just a meet and greet and a chance for them to view your home/daycare space and finalize some last minute questions or things they wanted to ask/clarify in person. Some families are gone within 20 minutes and others stay a bit longer around 45 mins but since telling them ahead of time that the meeting will be short, it has really cut down the interview length and I LOVE it!! I think for some, they (and sometimes I) also didn't know how to end it so it would go on a bit longer than needed because their child was having fun and playing. Now it's in the back of their mind that I have a schedule and they might be interrupting that and their time is over now.

I can be quite chatty too and sometimes didn't mind the 2 hour ones(let's be honest, adult interaction is few and far most days!! lol) but there are days that you just want to be done with your day!