Host families

Mother and blogger Jennifer Landis describes her family's route to deciding to host an au pair option and how the results have been.

In business management, there's lots of literature about "onboarding" new employees – that is, how to bring them quickly and successfully into a new organisation. Host families and au pairs can also profit from these insights.

5 simple tips for giving tasks to your au pair

Heading out for a day trip with the kids can quickly assume the dimensions of a Himalayan expedition. It can feel like a thousand things have to be packed in your bag – and then you still wind up missing something!   

The AuPairWorld Family Handbook is a customisable tool for presenting all the important information about activities in your family so that a new au pair can get off to the best possible start.

What's it really like having an au pair in the summer months? A German-Spanish family based in Barcelona shares their story. 

Finding a productive partnership with your au pair

Each family gets something different when they decide to have an au pair. Use our new tool to find out what your benefits would be!

Some weeks ago, we wrote about what ought to be done if an au pair was to accompany a host family on their holidays. Today we would like to focus on the other option: Below you will find some useful tips on what should be done if an au pair does not come along on the family trip.

The multiple roles we occupy as working parents are sometimes kind of crazy. How do you deal with a (too) busy life?