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[quote=Anonymous]It sounds like you are close enough to public transportation and to some things that you don't need another car.  We've had 4 au pairs and no 3rd car for any of them.  We are 3 blocks to the bus and then a 15 min ride to metro.  We are, however, generous with the use of one of our cars.  When she needs a car and we don't have one to share, then au pairs are good at getting rides with friends with cars.  You will need to make a car available to her to get to and from her classes.  You will need to pay a certain amount toward her classes (about $500) and possibly pay for her transportation to your home from her orientation site (for us, that was about $120).  We provide our au pairs with a basic prepaid phone that has unlimited calls, data and text for $50/mo but there is no minimum requirement.  .  You will need to add her to your insurance plan so that she can drive your car, and the cost for that varies depending on your insurance, her current license (I think German au pairs are cheaper to insure) and her age.  Increased food costs can be a big unknown, depending on what your au pair eats, so talk about that a bit before matching. Most of our au pairs have been very simple eaters and just ate what we put out, but we had one who had a taste for fresh fruits and vegetable AND snacks.  We had to buy twice the amount of produce we normally would and snacks just flew out of the house.  A case of soda that would last us a month barely lasted a week when she was here.  We have found that the biggest unexpected expense was how much it cost to include her in our family outings and activities, such as going to the fair and out to dinner.  We completely underestimated how much she would want to do with us and how much it would cost.  [/quote]

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