How do I know that the host families displayed still have an au pair placement?

Through a number of measures, Aupair World ensures the quality of the search results.
In order to ensure that only profiles of thoses families who are currently actively searching for an au pair, are displayed, the following applies:

• Only profiles with a current start date or a start date in the future are displayed. Profiles of which the start date lies in the past can therefore not be displayed.
   
• Only host families who have logged into their profiles within the last 14 days are displayed in the lists. We presume that these are families who are still looking for an au pair, even though there might be a few among them, who have already found someone.
   
• Profiles of families who have already found an au pair are manually deactivated  by the family or the Aupair World team.
   
• Families who have too many unanswered messages are equally not displayed.

Should you notice that a host family is not seriously looking for an au pair, please inform us. We appreciate our users support in helping make Aupair World the most trusted online au pair agency.

Are these host families genuine?

Over the years, Aupair Wolrd has steadily been working on the development of various security measures in order to ensure the quality and trustability of the data provided on our website. Checking profiles is one of them. In this context, it may be interesting for you to know that many of these checks are automatically done by our systems but the biggest part is manually done by the Aupair World Team. Read more about Aupair World's security measures.

As an au pair, you can do a lot to find out whether the families you are contacting are genuine or not.

If you have doubts about a family, stop the contact at once and then contact us. We will be glad to look into the matter for you or take further steps.

How are the search results sorted?

All families in the search lists are listed in the order of their last login. This way, everyone will have the chance to be at the top of the list if he or she regularly logs in and answers received messages.

How can my search lead me to a more specific result?

Please note that the profiles in the search lists can only help you get a general overview of the registered host families, not those who are most relevant to your preferences.

For more specific results, check the EasyFind feature in your profile. Our system filters out all the profiles that mostly match your search relying on more detailed criteria. Using your EasyFind is the easiest way that leads to a successful search.

How do I find my own profile?

After the registration and even during the course of their search for a host family, some au pairs search for their own profiles in order to make sure that they have done everything correctly and that their profile will be found by the families. For this purpose, you need to stand in the shoes of a host family whose profile corresponds with the criteria you indicated in your own profile.

After clicking on "Find an au pair", you need to indicate as an answer to "We live in" the country that you wish to go to. The answer to "We are looking for an au pair in" is the country in which you as an au pair live in. If you wish to find your profile on the first pages, please remember to log into your profile first. The profiles are sorted according to the last login, the most recent at the top.