Housekeeper/Nanny Gift

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I usually give my housekeeper/nanny 1 week's pay at christmas.

She has 2 small children now. We've run into them at the zoo, but they don't have a membership.

Would be odd to reduce the cash portion of her gift by say $50, but give her a zoo membership too? (Membership is $120)

[6fsn]

Keep the cash amount the same. If she wants to put it to the zoo she will.

[Deleted]

Give money. As 6fsn said, if she wants to put it towards a gym membership, she will.

[Deleted]

Although people shouldn't count on bonuses, a lot do. I wouldn't reduce it to give her something she may not want. Maybe they get free passes or discount or something and she'd really miss the $50 more.

[Redpoppy]

We go to the zoo with discounted or free library passes. I wouldn't decrease her bonus but it would be a nice add on.

[birdmom]

Is it in your budget to keep the bonus the same, and give the zoo membership as a gift to her kids? DS is 2, and we use our membership all the time. I'm sure they would love that, I think it would be a great gift.

[Deleted]

Yeah, definitely do not decrease the cash bonus. IF you can swing an addition of the zoo membership that is nice, but not a substitute for cash in this circumstance.