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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]+1 on it all being about flexibility. If I asked on this board what I would need to pay a nanny to get what I get from an au pair (split schedule, working evenings without much notice, sometimes weekend hours, accompany on travel) people would tell me it would cost $100k/yr. [/quote]

If you asked this board what it would cost to get a *professional* nanny to do those things, yes, 100k/yr. You lower your expectations and requirements for paying less with an aupair. 
We hosted and the weekend hours were sometimes met with an eye roll or a message to the LCC about how she needed her weekends to 'experience America'.  The travel portion would mean spending extra on a separate room and having to explain that yes, we need you to work at 6pm on a vacation evening because we have a rehearsal dinner and no, it's not your time to 'refresh from being an aupair'.

Hosting did work for our family for awhile but it definitely isnt professional care. You get a young roomate from a different culture who has signed up to provide childcare while they are here. The personality and the expectations of both the family and the aupair make it or break it.

With a nanny, it's contracts and reputation which are on the line. It's not a straightforward comparison.[/quote]

It’s not like you can just get an American “non professional” nanny who will work an unpredictable split schedule. If that’s what you need you don’t have many options. [/quote]

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