The kids at the table, without cooking.
A neighbour cooks while you handle bath time: come with the kids, or pick up a box for each of them. And among parents, you take turns cooking.
Your kids are welcome.
The host says whether children are welcome. Add them to your request: their allergies count, other guests only see “Lily, 6”, and under-3s don’t pay.
Tonight, the neighbour’s cooking.
While you deal with homework, a neighbour makes dinner. Pick up a box for each of you at mealtime, and eat at home, in your pyjamas if need be.
Among parents, you take turns cooking.
Set up a circle with the school parents: each week, one family cooks for the others. In a private sqwat, the host can even cover everything, and next week, it’s their turn to be invited.
Their allergies arrive before they do.
Enter your kids’ allergies once: Sqwat warns you when a menu doesn’t suit them, before you book.
Cheaper than a delivery.
No delivery fees, no margin: you pay your share of the groceries, Sqwat fee included, and pick it up two streets from home.
The parents’ circle.
Parents from school, nursery or the playground: a private circle to help each other out, and sqwats where kids are always welcome.
PrivateSt Mary’s Reception mumsTaking turns at the stove27 members
PrivateLittle Acorns nursery parentsDinners where the little ones run everywhere19 members
PublicPlayground brunchesSundays, children welcome44 members
Everything, explained.
Can my kids have their own to-go box?
Yes: add them to your request, and each one gets a box. Under-3s don’t pay.
How do I know if the host accepts children?
It’s shown on every sqwat: “Children welcome”. You see it before asking for your place.
How much does it cost, and how is the price worked out?
The app is free. The host estimates the groceries, and Sqwat splits them across every place, the host’s own included: the host pays their share like everyone else. The price shown includes the Sqwat fee (5 % plus €0.99 per place). It’s set from the start and doesn’t change, even if some places stay empty. Your card is held when you ask for a place, and only charged if the host accepts you.
Max price or fixed price: what’s the difference?
With a max price, you pay at most the price shown: after the meal, the host enters what they really spent, and you get the difference back. With a fixed price, you pay the price shown, whatever the receipt says. And in a private or secret sqwat, the host can also cover everything: their guests pay nothing.
What the tax office says: does the host make money?
At home, it’s cost sharing: as long as the host eats with their guests and what they pay doesn’t exceed the real cost of the groceries, it isn’t income. Anything the host receives above that is taxable income they must declare. That’s why Sqwat works out the price from the groceries. For to-go sqwats, the rule is stricter: one to-go sqwat a week at most (beyond that, it becomes a catering business, with a professional kitchen and licences), and what the host receives is taxable, even if it only pays back the groceries.
Sqwat, for everyone.
The table is set.
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