Agencies & Local Counselors

An Easy Way To Find Which Au Pair Agencies Serve Your Area

by cv harquail February 12, 2015

Here’s a great question from NorthWestHostMom: What’s an easy way to find out which Au Pair Agencies serve my geographic area? Other than calling each and every Agency, is there a simple way to identify my options? This is a not only a common question asked by potential host parents — Current host families that […]

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Why Can’t I Buy AuPair Plane Tickets and Save Money on Agency Fees?

by cv harquail February 8, 2015

What if you had 100 million frequent flyer miles? Or a $700 credit with an airline that flies from NYC to your Au Pair’s home city? Could you purchase your Au Pair’s plane ticket– in either direction — and save money on your Au Pair Agency fee? Our first au pair’s 2 years is about […]

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How Should Au Pair Candidates Choose An Au Pair Agency?

by cv harquail December 8, 2014

Here’s something we’ve never talked about: How Should Au Pairs who want to come to the USA choose the agencies to represent them? (note: let’s only do US Agencies in this post– I’ll do another one for ‘international’ agencies) We Host Parents know that there are a few differences in Au Pair Agencies that […]

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What do Au Pair Community Counselors Want to Know?

by cv harquail October 29, 2014

Community Counselors, LCCs and ARs, are the unsung heroes of the au pairing community. A fabulously great community counselor is rare, a good community counselor is often taken for granted, and an underperforming community counselor can sink an entire cluster of au pairs. Given the importance of their roles, it’s kind of surprising how rarely any […]

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How to Switch Au Pair Agencies, Gracefully

by cv harquail October 16, 2014

Host Families choose their particular Au Pair Agency for all sorts of reasons. They might choose the agency their neighbors use, the agency that has the best promotional deal, or even the agency that has a name they can spell correctly when they are googling in the middle of the night having been awakened again by […]

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AuPair in Rematch? Best Places to Find a New Family Fast

by cv harquail July 25, 2014

Sharing from behind the scenes here at AuPair Mom — I often get emails like the one below from either AuPairs or Host Parents hoping to help someone make a rematch quickly. As we all know, au pairs have only two weeks or so to find a new host family before they get ‘sent home’ […]

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What Au Pair Agency Selection Process Works Best For You?

by cv harquail April 9, 2014

A guest post comparing Cultural Care and GoAuPair, by MultiTaskingHost Mom On AuPairMom we spend a lot of time sharing tips for matching with an AuPair. It makes sense that we focus on the interview questions, how to evaluate experience in a certain skill, and how to interpret the vibe given by the potential au […]

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Do Au Pair Agencies Really Rematch Au Pairs Who’ve Violated Safety Rules?

by cv harquail December 30, 2013

When it comes to host parents asking for a rematch, there are many grey areas. Whose fault was the problem? Did the parties try hard enough to fix things? Is the issue worth rematching over? We can debate these questions in almost every case. Except one– when an au pair violates a safety rule. If […]

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Is There a Sensible Way Around “Infant Care” Restrictions?

by cv harquail September 14, 2013

This question is a great one for Local Counselors to answer– have you had experience with this issue? Dear Au Pair Moms ~~ We have found a prospective au pair who is just great and seem like she would fit perfectly into our family. She has been in the USA with another family and […]

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Do Facebook Groups Really Help Au Pairs Find Host Families?

by cv harquail July 7, 2013

When it comes to looking for a new au pair, I’m a big fan of staying “inside the box”. Maybe it’s the cautious side of my nature, or the lazy side, but I’ve not been tempted to look beyond the official agencies. Meanwhile, unaccredited websites and facebook groups have sprung up all over the ‘net, offering […]

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