Finding the right family
Private or agency?
Finding the right
family is tricky, but the major step to a great au pair experience.
So we try to help you to find out, if an agency or a private search
is the right way for you to find your matching hostfamily.
Agency
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private
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Costs: an agency might
charge , depending on the season, between 600 € and 1100 €
Family offers:
The offer is in general limited, as families have to pay high fees
to the agencies and choose a private way. Families contact you,
if they are interested, you can’t contact them.
Visa: You have to
organize it yourself, the agency just gives you the link for the
online application.
Flight: The agencys in
general offer to book your flight, which you pay separately. You
have no influence on the price
Arrival: Some agencies
offer a welcome package in your new home country after your
arrival, such as general information courses ad overnight stays in
hostels.
Rules: Families
have to stick to certain rules, such as giving you your own
bedroom and how much they have to pay you. These are rules that
should be obvious in a healthy au pair – family relationship.
Worst case: You
are in your family and it doesn’t work out. Usually you have to
stay two more weeks in your family from the day on you decided to
leave, if the family doesn’t want to end your placement straight
away. Otherwise the family has to pay for a hostel for you for two
weeks.
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Costs: private
platforms are in general free (for example “aupair-world.com”)
Some charge registration fees as 20€
Family offers:
online platforms have a huge variety of families, with different
interests and needs, just as you. Both – families and future au
pairs can apply for each other.
15.000 families looking for an Aupair just on aupairworld.net
Visa: You have to
organize it yourself
Flight: As you have the
control about your booking, you can find the cheapest offer, but
we recommend to book the flight trough an travel agency
Arrival: You should
book a hostel for your first night, if your new family can’t
pick you up, from home. It makes it easier and you can get over
your Jetlack. But most of the families pick you up from the Airport with Welcome signs which is very cute and an awesome start
Rules: Neither
you nor the families have to stick to certain rules, but if you
make certain things already clear (money, hours, days off,
expectations) before your trip, there should be no problems about
that, because both families and au pair are looking for a good
match.
Worst case: You are in
your family and it doesn’t work out. The families don’t have
to offer you a place to stay until you find a new family. But you
also don’t have to stay if you really want to leave.
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Finding a new placement: You create a new
profile online and start your search again, there are a lot of
families looking for au pairs ASAP and it is an advantage that you
are already in the country. |
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