Aupair advice: How to meet other aupairs.

If you are anything like me, one of your main worries will be about meeting other aupairs who you can hang out and spend time with. This will widely vary on your location.

There are some countries, like France, Germany and England where hiring aupairs is a very common thing. In these countries meeting other aupairs and being able to get together with them will be much easier, as you might have another aupair right next to your house. In the other hand, there are other countries where hosting au pairs is not such a common thing and where meeting other aupairs will be harder; Spain and Portugal for example are countries where hiring aupairs is not as common as it is in other countries. 

This will also depend on where your family lives. If you are going to stay in a big city or close to a big city it will be much easier to meet other auparis or exchange students who you will have lots of things in common with. If you are told that the host family lives in a small town away from any big cities keep in mind that finding other aupairs will be harder. But don't get me wrong, this can also mean that if you don't spend time with other aupairs you might spend more time with the host family getting to know other places and you might also make a group of local friends, which will be great for your experience!

If, as I said before, you are going to be living in a big city or close to one you can find a group of auparis in the area through Facebook; if you are going to be staying in Paris for example look for groups named "Aupairs Paris 2015" or "English speakers Paris" and you will find various groups of people you might enjoy meeting. 

Then again, if you sign up for a language course you wil get to meet other aupairs and foreigners who you can hang out with. 

And lastly, in big cities there are many clubs where they make aupair meet ups and who make monthly or semi-montly meet ups and who also make trips about twica a year.

So, in conclusion, if you are an open minded person and willing to meet new people, no matter where you go, you will for sure find people to spend time with.