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Well, I have a prospective babysitting customer who lives about 20 miles away from me, and I have yet to receive any calls or e-mails from people within my own town (my town is rather small with around 7,000 people), and my parents refuse to drive an 80-mile round trip (20 miles there, 20 back, 20 there to pick me up, 20 back home) since they both work at home.
I can't get my license till October, and my parents rarely have time to take me driving so I can get my mandatory 30-hours of provisional driving in. They won't let me drive at night, and I need AT LEAST 10 hours of driving at night!
I don't know if I'll ever be able to babysit because of the transportation issues; I'm stuck at home for mostly the whole day, and I already work at a golf course because it's only a couple of miles away, but they don't have very many hours to work.
I need money, but I need to figure out how to get to my babysitting jobs before October.
Any ideas? (link)
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Well, you can't really get a mode of trnsportation any faster. Talk to your parents and let them know how important it is to you that you complete all your hours, especially the ones at night, so that way at least you will be able to get your license at the earliest possible date. As for getting to the potential client, I don't see any way to get there unless a frind or other family member would be willing to drive you, and maybe be willing to hang out with you so they don't have to drive as much. You could offer to pay for gas, then they might be more likely to take you. Other than getting another job, the next thing I owuld try is promoting your babysitting business as much as possible. Tell everyone you know, and ask your friends and family to tell people they know. Put up flyers, and if you have the skills, make a website. Put out an ad in the newspaper. One important thing is when you're talking to people about babysitting or making flyers, make sure you talk about your experience and any classes you've taken such as cpr and first aid that will make you look good. Parents want to know that the person they're leaving their child with is more than competent. Good luck, hope this helped.
---Its possible that they would drive. Six miles isn't very far, however they probably don't want to have to do any work for that, especially if there is someone locally that can do it, however if they really like you and want you to work then they should be willing to
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Thanks! :) I was thinking about it, and do you think the family would agree to drive half-way (6 miles each way) to this town in-between both of our towns and my parents drive half-way (8 miles each way) and meet in said town?
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