This is news to me that it is illegal to talk with other providers about fees! I talked to many providers in my area about fees before setting mine and never thought twice about it. They were open to discussing it as they get upset with people coming on the scene with much lower fees.

Quote Originally Posted by playfelt View Post
It is actually very common to do that. One of the reasons is that it is actually illegal for providers to get together and discuss fees because it can mistrued as price fixing. We were warned about that from our association. For sure the child they need care for the second time would fall into a different age bracket right - as in first might have been under 18 months so an infant space and this one was for a toddler or preschooler as in they are trying to set their rates for each group.