travel

Hey guys… During the baseball season my family needs me a lot on the weekends so I try to use my free weekend as best as possible. Last weekend I went on a trip to New Orleans with two of my closest friends here…

I have been very busy with travelling, thinking about extending and if not what to do next and, of course, I am still au-pairing 5-6 days a week… Besides all that, I also had a little bit of a writers block and I had no idea what to write about. I was procrastinating, but I am hoping to make it up to you by sharing all of my travel tips with you!

“I guess people don’t know a lot about Detroit. They’ve probably seen the movie ‘8 Mile’, and that’s it. But Detroit has a lot of history and so many interesting…

New blogger alert! We’re beyond excited to finally introduce to you: Minna, our first ever Swedish Au Pair in America blogger. Minna will be heading to the states in July of this year – so you will be able to follow her journey from day one, including her last final weeks back home in Sweden. Ready or not – here she comes! 

I know that a lot of you guys are thinking about becoming an Au Pair, but maybe you are too afraid to make the final step. In that case, please…

I still remember arriving at my host family’s place like it was yesterday. All of the other au pairs on my train were so nervous and we tried to calm each other down. Some of them had talked to their families a lot, some just emailed a few times back and forth. I am their fifth au pair, so while all the other families were waiting with posters and balloons at the train station, it was just my host dad who came to pick me up.

One of the most frequently asked questions we get would probably have to be: “Can I pick the state that I am eventually going to live in as an au…

One of our Au Pair of the Year finalists, South African au pair Rozelle has not only captured our hearts but her story has also captured the hearts of the…

Don’t worry guys, it doesn’t really matter if you end up matching with a Californian host family or not. Chances are, that you will find yourself in the ‘Golden State’…

Credits, credits and more credits. As an au pair, it is mandatory for you to meet the educational requirements of the program before you return home. And there are a…