How to use AuPairWorld
How does it work to search for a host family or an au pair at AuPairWorld? Read our step-by-step instructions and find out how you can quickly find the right au pair or host family for you!
Create a profile
1. Create a profile
- Register for free as an au pair or host family.
- Complete your profile with texts, photos references, video and enter your own personal search criteria.
Find out about the rules and conditions for au pairs and host families in our section Info Host Countries or take a look at our Au Pair Wiki.
Find
2. Find
- View matching profiles displayed in your personal EasyFind, which is based on the search criteria defined during your registration.
- Take the opportunity to modify your criteria any time to see more or less matches.
Make contact
3. Make contact
- Use our messaging system to send applications and messages.
- Host families need to become Premium Members to exchange personal messages with au pairs.
- Discuss via Skype, email or telephone your mutual expectations and all the important details, such as au pair tasks, working hours, pocket money, holidays, travel costs and the language course.
Take your time to get to know your au pair or host family!
Sign an au pair contract
4. Sign an au pair contract
- Once an au pair and a family agree on all the details, such agreements should be written in the au pair contract. In doing so, both parts know their rights and obligations.
- It is also essential that the au pair is covered by an au pair insurance during the whole au pair stay.
Prepare for the au pair stay
5. Prepare for the au pair stay
- If the au pair needs a visa, then the host family and au pair need to prepare all the documents themselves.
- Organise the arrival of the au pair. Exchange information about the date of arrival, flight or train number and make arrangements for meeting the au pair.
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