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[quote=Anonymous]We have had au pairs for years and are pretty experienced host parents, but we haven’t vacationed with an au pair for a while because of having a newborn and then Covid. When I created our au pair’s schedule for this week, I mostly put her on in the mornings so she can help me with all three kids at the beach.  One is still a toddler and the other two are under 8 and it doesn’t feel safe to watch all three by myself.  Then, we have put her on for a few evenings so that we can go out to dinner together or meet friends who live here for dinner. Add in the travel days where we always count as working hours and we have used all 45 hours.

We are vacationing in a pretty cool place and the times she is not working is when we do other things (kayaking, trip to an island, wild life park, etc.).  I have no problem taking her along on these trips but don’t know if asking her to come will feel like I am asking her for extra work.  Our toddler, especially, will not understand that she is around and he can’t ask her for help.  Our au pairs over the years have all been the kind who worked their hours and then disappeared into their rooms or off with their friends, which is fine with us. At home, this au pair is the same and we rarely see her when she is not working.   I assume that she would still want her downtime now and haven’t been inviting her to come along.  She doesn’t seem bothered but I would have wanted to come along on the outings when I was that age.  What would you suggest?  Invite and explain that it’s her choice entirely if she wants to come or just let her have her free time.  I guess my concern is that she will come and feel like it wasn’t her choice and we are trying to squeeze extra work out of her. [/quote]

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