Kids nite out - babysitting service

[dpndka]

Has anyone used the kids nite out baby sitting service? If so, can you please post a review?

Thanks!

 

[team disney]

Just thought I would mention that there was a recent Podcast on this. If you are able, listen to the Dis Unplugged from 3/17/10. It was given a good review and offered info that you may not think about.

Best of luck with your planning!

 

[Delphinus317]

I used Kids Night Out babysitting services for my then DS10 & DS3months on our trip back in 2005. It was worth every penny. The woman who stayed with my boys was very nice & maternal. I felt very comfortable leaving my children at the hotel with her. I highly recommend their services.

 

[DrMomof3]

We used KNO twice during our December 2009 trip. We requested the same person for both nights and they granted our request. The 1st night she babysat for our 3 kids ages 5, 3, and 1. She took them to the onsite movie for a while and then put them to bed. The 2nd night she only had the baby and we took the older 2 kids to MVMCP.
I had given the children a bath before going out to dinner since the sitters are not allowed to do any water activities (no bath and no pool). She did bring some toys and games for the kids and came up with some creative ideas.
Our sitter was a student at UCF. She was very nice and the kids liked her. We've from NY so we weren't shocked by the prices and we gave her a nice tip in addition.
We will definitely use them again for our August trip!

Amanda

 

[dpndka]

Thanks everyone! I listened to the DIS unplugged podcast also and it had some good info. I think we will give it a try.

 

[LWatson]

We used it on our week long trip. We were considering it this trip, but its only 5 nights, so we are just going to skip it this time. We really liked our sitter. For the life of us we couldnt get the kids to sleep well at Disney, but she had them asleep w/in a 1/2hr-1hr of us leaving. We booked for 5hrs but only used 4. Time went by though fast. We used the time to go to DTD and eat, shop, and of course Travel time...LOL. We had fun and the kids said they enjoyed her. If we go for a week again we will deff use them to go catch La Nouba.

 

[tdk316]

We had an awful experience with the sitter, but it was handled by the company rather well. I would hesitantly try them again, but only after consulting extensively with the owner. The kids weren't in any danger, but she was less than satisfactory especially since my kids are used to being with sitters. I've only seen good reviews about them so maybe we got a somewhat decent sitter on a bad night?