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Last Sunday, the annual BAPAA River Cruise event was THE place to be (for an au pair at least)  ;) Starting at 11 am, approximately 300 au pairs were pr…

It's been so busy we have not yet had the chance to post these pics, better later than never! In April, we joined the famous Boat race Oxford against C…

Each year, we select one of our au pairs (based on host family nominations) to win the lovely Smartaupairs of the Year title. With a little bit of a drum r…

The weekend gone, Tuuli, Chloe & Robyn from Smartaupairs attended the IAPA Conference in Munich. IAPA stands for the international au pair agencies associa…

We would like to wish a fantastic mother’s day for all the mums (and of course in particular our lovely host mums)! This year, we continued our tradition o…

As many new au pairs have arrived over the last months we have organised three events in London to help everyone to get to know each other and to find…

Au pairs are often asked to assist their host family in cooking an evening meal for the children. Basic cooking skills can be expected but we recommend tha…

We recently did a survey with our au pairs – here is some of their feedback :)  "Smartaupairs gave me the best match of family you could have! I'm so happ…

Welcome to all au pairs who joined their host family in January! :) An important part of settling in is finding friends in your area. Here are our top 5 t…

Can you believe we are ONLY 12 days into 2017! After New Year, we asked our au pairs to share photos which captured "Christmas/holiday season spirit" - he…

We are really pleased to welcome Tamara to the Smartaupairs team as our intern! Tamara has been an au pair in the UK herself and therefore knows exactly w…

Have you ever witnessed this many Santa's in one place? Nor had we... :) Tuuli, Chloe and Luisa (one of our brave au pairs!) took part in the London Santa…