{"id":1137,"date":"2011-06-02T17:27:36","date_gmt":"2011-06-02T21:27:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dca\/2011\/06\/02\/travel-and-vacation\/"},"modified":"2011-06-02T17:27:36","modified_gmt":"2011-06-02T21:27:36","slug":"travel-and-vacation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dca\/2011\/06\/02\/travel-and-vacation\/","title":{"rendered":"Travel and Vacation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>With Memorial Day just passed and Fourth of July coming up next month, I wanted to remind everyone about program rules on holidays and vacations.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Holidays<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Host families are NOT REQUIRED to give au pairs any specific holidays.<\/li>\n<li>Each host family will make different arrangements on holidays, some au pairs will be off and others will be required to work.<\/li>\n<li>Au pairs should NOT make plans for holidays without checking with your host family\u00a0FIRST.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/06\/luggage-malias-207x300.jpg\" alt=\"luggage malias\" width=\"207\" height=\"300\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Vacation<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Au pair earns 2 weeks of paid vacation during the course of her year.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The host family can pick a week and the au pair can pick a week, if an agreement is not reached.<\/li>\n<li>All vacation should be preplanned (at least 4 weeks in advance.)<\/li>\n<li>All au pair\u2019s friends and\/or family visits\/vacations should be pre-approved prior to purchasing a ticket.<\/li>\n<li>If an au pair travels with their host family, it should be discussed UP FRONT whether this is the au pair\u2019s vacation or if she is working.<\/li>\n<li>If an au pair travels with the host family to work, the host family is required to pay for her transportation, lodging and meals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Important: An au pair MUST have her DS2019 signed PRIOR to her departure from the US. More info. about this can be found on the right side of this page under \u201cTravel Links for Au Pairs.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Memorial Day just passed and Fourth of July coming up next month, I wanted to remind everyone about program rules on holidays and vacations. Holidays Host families are NOT REQUIRED to give au pairs any specific holidays. 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