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[quote=Anonymous]Hi, 
I am an au pair for a family of 2 kids. The family always seems to go on holiday to the same place every second month for about 4 or 5 days but i really do not enjoy going away with them. When i go with them I am expected to work. They never ask when me join when they are going away but will say we leaving for these dates make sure the kids bags and yours are packed for the trip the night before, so i think they expect me to just go with and that i have no choice as to whether or not i want to go.

I feel as if the family thinks that since they are taking me along with them that i have to work more or do extra to make up for them taking me with. When i am finished my 10 hours (which i will work everyday while away) they will never play with the kids or watch them. They always say to the kids why don't you ask Ap to play that with you or ask Ap to take you outside so I literally never get anytime off. Also I have to share a bed and room with the two kids and have no means of getting around or out of the house so have absolutely no privacy and am constantly with them. My host mom even got angry at me once when i was supposed to be off because she left the kids in the dining room and i was chilling on my phone in the dining room and was like when the kids are around i do not want you on your phone. I was finished my hours and they said i was off so i felt as if it would be okay to be on my phone, i do not go on it when i am supposed to be on duty.

Also when we go away my host parents will fight the whole trip. They fight about absolutely everything like what to do for dinner, which route to take and so on. The fighting puts them in bad moods and makes the whole trip unpleasant and bitter for us all. They also never leave the house at all to see or do anything so we just sit in the house and i have to play games with the kids so i do not get to see anything or do anything so no point in going along.

If i could i would say i do not want to go and i would use those days from my 2 week vacation but they go away so often that just two trips will make up my vacation time so that wont work so what i would like to know is if it is mandatory for me to have to go away with them or is there a way i can say no? I just really do not enjoy the trips and dread going away with them. Any advice would be great.
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