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Au Pair in America has year round arrivals for au pairs with the peak arrival season being July – September. Many host families ask about a good year end gift for their au pair some of whom have been providing child care for 2 years in their home.<\/p>\n

Given the rapidly changing scene with air travel popular gifts now include covering the au pair’s cost for baggage check and on-board meals. Au pairs traveling to Asia or southern hemisphere countries often have a flight connection with a long layover at an airport. One host family in Chicago<\/p>\n

\"Thoughtful

Thoughtful Year End Gifts for Au Pairs<\/p><\/div>\n

said “I couldn’t bear to think of her sitting for 8 hours at Heathrow so we each wrote her little notes that she opened at different stages of her journey.\u00a0 We gave her some Euros to spend in the Duty Free Port and we received a very nice email several days later telling us that our gifts shortened her journey and made the separation from our family a little easier”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Au Pair in America has year round arrivals for au pairs with the peak arrival season being July – September. Many host families ask about a good year end gift for their au pair some of whom have been providing child care for 2 years in their home. 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