7 Benefits of Hosting an Au Pair

Having an au pair represents a solution to family's needs, most often in childcare, light housekeeping or helping the elderly in return for an au pair’s safe and welcoming stay in a new environment and the opportunity to learn the language and culture.

1. Childcare solution

Au pairs can help you to take care of school runs, taking them to clubs, helping them with homework and spending quality time with your children while you are away.

2. Light domestic Help

An au pair can help you with light chores around the house, they can tidy the house and hoover, do some small shops, collect and send mail from the post office etc.

3. Culture Conveniences

Your children will be taken care of, and they will get a taste of foreign culture which is very important to open their horizons.

4. Languages

Au pair can introduce or teach her native language to children, songs, phrases.

5. Flexible

An au pair normally works 25-30 hours a week which you can arrange it in a way that accommodates your needs.

6. Affordable

Although every childcare arrangement seems to be very expensive, an au pair programme is less so if you compare it to a nanny live in or live out and a childminder.

7. Companion for the elderly

An au pair can also be an excellent solution for a companion to the elderly.