power outage

[Anonymous]

Our power went out for the entire weekend. We offered AP to stay with us at our relatives house--she declined and decided to stay with a friend and their host family. Were we obligated to offer a hotel?

[Anonymous]

No. That's totally out of your control and probably happens to most families at least once while hosting (it's happened to us). Now if you stayed at a hotel and didn't let her do so, that would be wrong.

[Anonymous]

Don't worry. She probably had way more fun staying with her friend than being stuck at a relative place or a small hotel room with HF family!

[Anonymous]

You did the right thing. I’m curious as to why you are asking after the fact? Does she seem irritated?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You did the right thing. I’m curious as to why you are asking after the fact? Does she seem irritated?

a little......

[Anonymous]

Unless you stayed at hotel there is no reason to offer her a hotel. Life happens. She needs to understand that. You invited her to stay with you at your relatives place and she declined. Don’t let this to bother you. She made her choice!

[Anonymous]

She can be irritated that power went out but if she actually is irritated you didn’t offer a hotel; that’s silly.

[Anonymous]

Wait but what did you offer at the relative’s house specifically? You took the guest room and offered her the couch or something more reasonable?

[Anonymous]

You realize that she should have been offered a bedroom, right? Even a bedroom at the cheapest motel you could find would be better than a random couch.

[Anonymous]

Only a princess would be upset to not being offered a hotel room in that kind of situation.

You did what you had to do. Staying at a relatives' house, even on a couch, is perfectly fine !

Former AP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You realize that she should have been offered a bedroom, right? Even a bedroom at the cheapest motel you could find would be better than a random couch.

This is crazy, so if the family can't afford an hotel for themself, they should get one for the au pair? or that means they can't afford an AP as we hear a lot on this forum?
OP, you did the right thing and AP is showing you her true color! I mean what if the power outage lasted 2 weeks, the family will have to pay a motel for two weeks while they are staying with relative?? This is how we get entitled APs, all this unreasonable high expectations families who are well off set on other families!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You realize that she should have been offered a bedroom, right? Even a bedroom at the cheapest motel you could find would be better than a random couch.

Ok so a cheap motel that is sketchy and likely may not be super clean would have been better than staying on a couch in a relative or friend’s home? This makes zero sense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wait but what did you offer at the relative’s house specifically? You took the guest room and offered her the couch or something more reasonable?

Op here. I absolutely offered her the couch or the futon in my nephews toy room. I am unapologetic about that. Flame away

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wait but what did you offer at the relative’s house specifically? You took the guest room and offered her the couch or something more reasonable?

Op here. I absolutely offered her the couch or the futon in my nephews toy room. I am unapologetic about that. Flame away

+1 there you go! She got a good deal!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You realize that she should have been offered a bedroom, right? Even a bedroom at the cheapest motel you could find would be better than a random couch.

My guess is this is from the not host mom/not AP for whom nothing is good enough.