Packing for a whole year is not easy. Remember you can ask your family or friends to send things to you once you’re with your host family. Pretty much as soon as you meet the children, your job will start, so just like Mary...
I think if you are going to experience Culture Shock or homesickness, Christmas might be a good time to go for it and get it over and done with. It will certainly feel strange if you have never been away from home, family and...
I was all set to write a blog about dealing with Culture Shock at Christmas, but received such a lovely, happy email from one of our au pairs that I thought I’d share it! Culture Shock can wait… Keighley arrived in the...
Understandably I get asked a lot of questions about the interview stage of the application process so I thought I would put it all down in a post to give you all the details! Why you have to come in for an interview As part of...
Here’s news from au pair Katelin in Fairfax, Virginia, she’s managed to visit five states in four months! She’s also been telling her friends about the Au Pair USA Programme, so I met one of her friends in our office for an...
So what’s Thanksgiving all about? Each year, on the fourth Thursday in November, Americans meet for a feast of food, football and family fun, all in the name of giving thanks. Thanksgiving is a holiday that is all about being...
Hubble, bubble…time for spooky fun Halloween is a really big deal in the USA. Everybody likes to get involved, I had an American friend in London a few years ago who wondered why she couldn’t buy a Halloween costume for her...
I have interviewed some great au pairs recently – people who are really keen to use their childcare skills and go and live the American Dream for a year! It’s often clear from the moment somebody walks through the door that...
Monday 7th September is Labor Day in the USA, it’s a three day weekend, marking the end of summer. It’s time for kids to get back to school and it’s also the start of the NFL season (that’s American football to you and me...
One of the biggest and best holidays happens this Saturday in the USA, July Fourth, Independence Day! It’s a time for fireworks, flags and fun, all with a red, white and blue backdrop and lots of whoo-hooing. There’ll be...