You are welcome to indicate your wishes on the registration form and we will try to comply with them. However, a specific city should not be a main criterion of your AuPair stay, as this can result in a longer duration of your placement.

If we find a family that suits you but lives in a different city or area, we will still let you know.

We recommend 2-3 photos of yourself, which can be used as a profile photo on our website, as well as several photos showing you with children that you have already looked after.

Photos with friends or your own family are also quite suitable. Group photos or other puzzle games (guess who the AuPair is...) are unsuitable, party photos or the stiff pinstripe suit are also rather unsuitable.

Also, please do not use photos that have an image manipulator applied to them. (Facial beautification or similar) Such filters are used in social networks, but have no place in applications.

Definitely no unnecessary ballast!

First and foremost, find out about the climate and the current weather in your host country and pack warm clothes. Some people from warm countries underestimate the winter temperatures in Europe.

Imagine you get on the plane at a sunny 30 degrees and leave it 6 hours later at 3 degrees and rain...

So the first cold is already programmed.

You don't need 10 towels and 5 tubes of toothpaste either...

You will get most of these things from your host family. Everything else is available here in every supermarket or drugstore.

Apart from the course of your illness, not much will happen.

Your host family will take out health and accident insurance for you, covering you in the event of illness.

In completely new situations, children are quite quick with spontaneous absolute evaluations.

Statements like "I don't like this one!" are not rare there.

The situation is new for the children as well as for the host parents and yourself and it can be difficult for them to accept a new person when they have only spent time with their parents.

Before your arrival, make phone calls and video chats with the future host family and also talk to the children so that they can get a first impression of you.

Try to integrate with your host family as soon as you arrive and get involved in all family activities that are offered to you. In this way, the children quickly learn to perceive you as a big brother or sister.

The process of getting used to you takes a little time. Be patient and be open with the children about their opinions. This will arouse their interest and gain their trust more quickly.

Find out in advance about the culture of the host country and talk to your future host family about the culture of your home country.

The background of the au pair program is a mutual cultural exchange, which is about learning valuable things about a new culture for both sides.

First, don't be afraid to speak up!

Even if you make a few mistakes at first, your host family will understand what you want to say.

Try to participate in family conversations. Ask questions and show interest in the culture of the host country and the interests and hobbies of the host family.

If you don't understand something yourself, ask again and ask for the sentence to be repeated.

Stick to the children of the family. With children you learn a foreign language much faster and easier. And at the latest when you attend a language course, your pronunciation and grammar will improve quickly.