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Picture this: you’ve headed to the USA with a big list of fun games to play, only for the kids to look at you blankly when you mention...
When you first arrive in the United States you’ll enjoy a 3-day orientation in New York City. This is a great opportunity to ease into life in America...
Working as an au pair in the United States is an incredible adventure. However, you will be living a long way from home and will undoubtedly miss your friends and...
After 12 incredible months of being an au pair in the USA, it’s time to decide what to do next! Here are our top tips for your post-au pair...
Probably the most important step in the Au Pair in the USA application process is matching with the right host family. After all, you will be spending 12 months...
When you first arrive in the USA, you’ll enjoy a 3-night orientation in New York City. During this orientation you’ll learn some important information about your...
Our Au Pair in the USA programme is an incredible, once-in-a-lifetime experience that sees you living and working with a host family in America. Of course, as you...
Happy Thanksgiving! Even though we don’t celebrate Thanksgiving in the UK, Brits tend to have an idea as to what happens from the countless American TV shows...
Spooky season is almost here. Au Pairs find out quickly that Halloween is a really, really big deal in the USA. It’s a fun day and a great...
The majority of au pairs are female, but why let the girls rule the au pair world? Boys can be au pairs too – they just have to apply! If...
Driving is a vital part of an au pair’s job, there are school runs to do, clubs and play dates to zip to and you will...
Make a piñata OK, maybe not strictly speaking a traditional Easter activity, but you can have a lot of fun making an egg shaped piñata, it...
Packing for a whole year is not easy. Remember you can ask your family or friends to send things to you once you’re with your host family. Pretty...
Understandably I get asked a lot of questions about the interview stage of the application process so I thought I would put it all down in a post to...
Each year, on the fourth Thursday in November, Americans meet for a feast of food, football and family fun, all in the name of giving thanks. Thanksgiving is a holiday...
Halloween is a really big deal in the USA. Everybody likes to get involved, I had an American friend in London a few years ago who wondered why she...
I have interviewed some great au pairs recently – people who are really keen to use their childcare skills and go and live the American Dream for a...
Posted: 31 March 2017
Fancy heading out to the USA on our awesome paid Au Pair programme? We don’t blame you! With great weekly wages, plus accommodation and meals included, becoming...
Posted: 21 October 2016
If you didn’t already know, Halloween is Huge in the USA. HUGE. But with all that fun going on, it can be difficult to keep in control of...
Posted: 20 October 2016
In the USA, there’s a new decoration outside houses for Halloween: bright teal-blue pumpkins. The Teal Pumpkin Project was started three years ago by the mother of a...
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