Elena is 21 years old and came to the UK in the summer of 2017. She has been an au pair, looking after two children of the age six and eight for about nine months now. She was originally going to stay for one year but has extended her time with the family for an extra six months. Elena, what made you come to the UK and why did you want to be an au...
Farina kommt aus der Nähe von Hannover und ist im Januar 2017 als Au Pair in die USA gegangen. Ihre Reise als Au Pair war mit einigen Höhen und Tiefen verbunden, jedoch bereute sie keine Minute die Entscheidung Au Pair zu sein. Erste Gastfamilie: Vancouver, Washington State. Ein Mädchen im Alter von zwei Jahren. Rematch: Nach neun Monaten in...
Kathrin ist im Berliner Team von Ayusa-Intrax und betreut die Bewerber des Au Pair Programmes (USA und Australien)- also vielleicht auch dich. Bist du Au Pair in den USA oder planst du dies in der Zukunft? Dann hast du dich bestimmt schon so einige Male gefragt- wie organisiere ich kostengünstig meinen Reisemonat? Ayusa-Intrax bietet verschiedene...
Kirsty is 31 years old, from New Zealand, has a qualification as a social worker and came to the UK in December 2015. She works as a live-in nanny in London and looks after two boys of the ages 9 and 11. What made you come to the UK and work as a Nanny? I wanted to come to the UK to experience the life here. I had been to the UK before, but only...
This is a follow up interview with my American Host Mum, the first part of the interview is in my book: “Rock Your Au Pair Year“. The interview in the book is about the overall experience my American Host Family had. This time, we focus on interview and arrival period. Pam´s family was in the program for 18 Years and hosted 23 au...
Jennie Springer went to England in the summer of 2015. She went to have an amazing time as an au pair, but already after the first few weeks she realised it would not work out with her host family. After consideration she decided to find a new family, without an agency, but with aupairworld. Jennie Springer, 19 years old from a small town near...
Louisa is 20 years old and currently looks after 3 children of the age 1, 5 and 7 in the US state Minnesota. She left Germany in March 2017. You can follow her journey on YouTube (her channel is in German). She recently decided to extend her Au Pair time for a whole year, therefore this interview will mainly focus on the extension program. Why did...
KiwiOzNannies is a London based Agency who place live-in and live-out nannies, in temporary, permanent, full- and part time positions all year around. They are a very friendly and open minded team that offers placements in London and the UK/ International as well as support. How did KiwiOzNannies come about? In 2002 the owners of KiwiOz came to...
Mareike is 20 years old and began her journey as an Au Pair this Summer (2017). She is currently staying with a family in Minnesota and looks after 3 children of the age 1, 3 and 5. You can follow her journey on YouTube: “Amereike Au Pair“. What were your reasons to choose the US as your destination of being an Au Pair? This is the...
About 3 months ago, just before her departure I interviewed Madeleine. You can check out the previous Interview here. Today I follow up on how she is doing and whether her thoughts and expectations turned out to be true or not. Have fun! Madeleine, last time I spoke to you we talked about things that you were afraid of, which were: not knowing...
