Calling all au pairs – past and present – this is your page! Do you have advice to share with anyone else wanting to be an au pair? Experience that would benefit others? Stories to share about your au pair life? Feel free to add it to the comments below.
Questions are also welcome – Feel free to speak up if you have an answer to someone else’s question, don’t be shy … someone might benefit from your help!
If you are posting your email address to connect with others, be sure to put it in the following format (to limit spam): talya at bestaupairguide dot com
You can also submit your info/advice/stories to info@bestaupair.com. And for more tips on being an au pair, don’t forget to to check out my eBook.
p.s. Please note that this section is NOT a place to post that you are looking for an au pair to hire. If you need an au pair, please consult an au pair agency. Due to fraud, I will not approve any au pair job offers or similar comments here. See my post on au pairs and human trafficking if you need more on this issue.
Hi everyone!
I’m currently an au pair in France – very close to Tours – and will be here until next summer. If there is anyone else in the area who would like to meet up, just send an email
ashleygroom@hotmail.com
Hi,
I´m Sam from the UK and I´ve just returned from Paris. I spend a year with an American French family and had a fantastic time. I even managed to improve my French and make some good French friends
I found my au pair job on http://www.nannygps.com. I found the website very helpful and there were many families looking for au pairs. Well worth a look. They also had au pair jobs listed for other places around the world
good site!
Khaleelah and Ashley- I am moving to Paris in 7 days to be an au pair for the year! It would be great to meet up with both of you once I am settled!!
Hi!
I will start working as an au pair in Dubai in a week. I will live in The Lakes area.
I would love to meet some new friends there
enni78@gmail.com
Hi, i’m Vale. I come from Italy and i’m currently an aupair near Salisbury UK. I’ve been here for 4months. I wuold like to meet other aupairs like me. Please contact me: vale_mele_87@yahoo.it
Hi, Im Melanie and i’ve been looking for an au pair job for the year after i graduate high school. I want to start August 2011, i’ll be 19 then and i have Germany as an option. Can anyone reccomend where I can begin my search. I’ve had some difficulty finding good sites here on the internet. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Melanie
I used au pair -agency.com the Almondbury site and had a wondeful year in Germany.
Hi all,
I’m applying to be an au pair in the US via a local agency in China, but I’m having doubts. Like Krista said she was treated like a “slave”, this idea is really intimidating.
Melanie – I’ve just gotten set up with a German family and I’ll be heading over there in Feb 2011. I used http://www.aupair-world.net and found it to be a really good site – there’s a lot of info on there about visas and all sorts of other stuff.
so i have finally settled down here, Germany, Offenburg, BW (close to Karlsruhe, Stuttgart.. not so far Frankfurt). If there are any others english-speaking au-pairs in this area… let me know))
Hi, i also used almondbury au pair agency http://www.aupair-agency.com
They attracted me because the host family has to pay to host you, this means that the people looking on the site are seriously wanting an au pair and won’t be wasting your time.
I’m currently in Vienna for a year, and if anyone is living in Vienna or nearby please feel free to contact me at charlotte_joy@hotmail.co.uk
Dear Zuzana,
I read your message. Can you contact me?
I’m an au pair too in Birmingham.
Bye.
Sherihane
sheshe18-05@hotmail.fr
Hi, I’m an aupair, I’m living in Birmingham.
Can you contact me with my email, if you are an aupair in Birmingham too.
Sheshe18-05@hotmail.fr
Sherihane
Hi
you are not happy about your curfew? those days passed…
I was an au au pair in beautiful southern California for one year. I got a great family, great kids, great location.. everything was perfect until they told me to put me under curfew!! That really did not make me happy all that much… so i decided to do something about it! if you wanna know, read my article
I found a way to negotiate, and I also know if I did it, you can do it!
http://www.aupairexperiences.com/curfew-and-how-to-deal-with-it/
Hi,
I am Raiza from Philippines. I already have a host family in the US but the problem is we are new to these things and we don’t want to go to agency because we already knew each other. We just don’t know what to do next.. PLEASE help us out. Thank you!
Thanks! I have been taking a loooong break due to an international move, but will start posting again within the next several days. All the best to you!
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hello, it’s nice here so I am just saying hi. I’ve been watching it for a while now.
Hello, I am an au pair in Thoiry, France, very close to Geneva, Switzerland, I would love to meet some other au pairs in the area.
hello everybody,
I’m an Au Pair in Brooklyn, new York now and I’m searching for people who live there too! Please write me if you live there!
Greetings
Natalie
Does anybody have an experience with the au pair program from In Via Caritas.de? Generally, how long does it usually take to find a family, process the application, until finally you can go to your family? Are you strictly required to have experience in taking care of children?
Thanks..
Hi Natalie,
If any au pairs in Brooklyn get in touch, I’ll be sure to let you know. How do you like NYC?
I’m not familiar with Via Caritas, and I think it the whole process usually takes several weeks but really all depends on whether you find a suitable family right away. As an au pair experience with children really is somewhat necessary, but I wouldn’t say that it is a total must. Working as an au pair is not a ‘professional’ position like a nanny job is, but it is helpful if you have at least some experience with kids (host families are more likely to want you to work for them and you need to know that you can handle working with children several hours a week without going crazy).
really nice site and I hope nice people… Me I am an au pair in UK
Hi,
Looking to meet other Aupairs in the area. Been living in Germany for 3months. Been at two homes so far one in Wiesbaden and now living in Heidenheim. Where the family seems to be a better fit and recently got my visa to stay here. Would be good to know some people in the area. I am located about 1.5 hour east of Stuttgart and 2hours north west of Munich. Message me livetheadventure@hotmail.com
Hi Dan,
Welcome! I hope you are able to meet some other au pairs in your area. How are you liking being an au pair?
Hi there,
For anyone who is looking to provide services as an Au Pair, or anyone who is looking to hire an Au Pair, check out http://www.greataupair.com
Good Luck
Erin
Hi Im an au pair in the French Alps, Morzine about 1hr from Geneva, struggling a bit, haven’t really met anyone! Please, Get in touch if your intrested, would be great to find people in a similar situation to me!
Hi Elena in Thiory.. I think we’re in a sinilar area… (alps) but can you drive?
Email me if your intresested: stephaniecarrier@live.co.uk
I’m trying to figure out how I’m going to fund my next semester, since apparently my parents aren’t going to. I’ll get student loans if I have to but I already have messed up credit (long story) and my options are pretty limited. I’m looking into grants and scholarships but I’m hoping someone can point me in the right direction.
I just signed up with these guys: scholarshipzone.com
They look like the most legitimate that I’ve come across so far, and I’ve found a bunch of scholarships to apply for (they help with the process). Does anyone have any experience with this sort of stuff?
Hi,
I am au pairing near Valbonne in France (close to Antibes, Nice, Cannes) I have been here for two weeks and havent really met any other au pairs. Please let me know if you are close by.
Thanks.
This blog is very good and informative. It is pretty hard task but your post and experience serve and teach me how to handle and make it more effective and manageable.Thanks for the tips. Today I am lucky and I find a lot of nice posts.
Grüssr!
I am au pair in Bern (CH) and would love to meet others who are doing the same!
liinaparn@gmail.com
I found it through http://www.aupairwould.com . There is a lot of information about different destination countries etc. It’s free to use, future au pairs and families have to fill in a profile with standard questions. I know also other two girls who found their families from that webpage. I first visited my family (they paid for it) and this is definitely good for the both sides.
Hallo!
Ich arbeite als Au Pair in der Nähe von Bühl (Baden). Karlsruhe, Offenburg, Baden Baden sind in der Nähe…. Wenn Du auch Als Au Pair in der Nähe arbeitest, schreib mir bitte
aradvile@gmail.com
It would be very nice to meet you, because I am living now in Rheinmunster, it is not so far away from Offenburg 
Hi Olga!!! You didn’t write your Email…
is anyone au pairing in Naples Italy?
if yes please contact me as there isn’t many people that speak English here and it would be nice to make some friends
jade
Hello,
Anyone working as Au pair in the Netherlands ?
I would like to meet other au-pairs ! And plan some activities, day trips or something.
claire.janssen@yahoo.com
Hello to our most recent au pairs!
I hope you are able to make some connections here on Best Au Pair Guide. Please let me know if there is anything I can do to help you out.
Radville – I will say that if you are looking to meet people, a great place to post is on Toy Town Germany. You can start a post and probably can meet people in your area.
Hey! If one of you could please direct me to a reliable au pair agency that would be amazing! I am an American looking to work as an au pair in the Netherlands.
Thanks everyone!
I would look into the member agencies from the International Au Pair Association. They have 150+ agencies. Their member link does not appear to be working at the moment, but you can find their site and contact them at http://www.iapa.org
Hello!
I just recently started my Au Pairing with a wonderful family in Hannover, Germany. I am living in a gated little village, which is absolutely beautiful.
So far it has only been a few days, but I am already needing to get out and am desperate to make some friends. At first, I was thinking that my language class was going to help me a lot in making friends, however, most of them don’t start until next year.
So, if you are also an au pair in Germany, please let me know! I’d love to have someone to travel with and make friends.
Celine,
Best of luck to you with your au pair job! It is great that you have a good family and that you like where you are living! Have you seen the website Toy Town Germany? It would be another place for your to maybe make some contacts. There is not a separate listing for Hannover, but they do have an “other cities” section where you could post about wanting to meet other au pairs in the area. You can also find out about fun and interesting events in other areas of the country. I hope this helps!
hey there,
My name is Nicole, i just recently arrived in Vienna, working as an Au Pair and would love to meet other aupairs in the area!, please feel free to contact me at aupair_nicole8@hotmail.com
Hello,
I have 2 posts
1) I’m looking for an au-pair who would like to live with us and take care of our 1-year old in a small town in the Netherlands.
2) My current au-pair is looking for other au-pairs who she can contact in the Netherlands.
Hi Saskia,
Thanks for reading and posting. Is your current au pair taking languages classes? Just curious, because that is usually a good way to meet other people, even au pairs.
Which nationality should your au pairs be? Are you looking for an au pair from a specific country or is that open? I ask because that would narrow down which agencies would be helpful to you.
HELP! I am a girl from the United States looking to Au Pair in Italy.
What is the best website out there to use? Alot of them look fake!
Which ones have you had luck with?
I wanted to be an aupair in scandinavian countries such as Sweden, Denmark or Finland.
Can anyone suggest me the best websites where to look for it?
hi! id like to be an au pair. ive meet many employers but they were all scam. can somebody please help me find a site where i could find a family that is real. i dont want to have false hope again. thank you.
hey!
i’m Sarah from australia and i just started as an au-pair in norway! I would like to meet other au-pairs here! please feel free to contact me, snowely@aol.com
Hi Sarah – welcome! I would love to hear how your au pair experience in Norway turns out, I don’t know anyone who has au paired there. Keep us posted!