{"id":5867,"date":"2022-03-01T16:11:07","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T16:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/s37407.p1377.sites.pressdns.com\/resources\/en-au\/?p=5867"},"modified":"2022-03-01T16:11:07","modified_gmt":"2022-03-01T16:11:07","slug":"au-pair-tips-packing-list-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-au\/au-pair-tips-packing-list-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Au Pair Tips: Packing List"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>What should I pack for my au pair stay?<\/strong><\/p><p>As going abroad for a year is a really big deal, it can be overwhelming trying to think about everything you need for the&nbsp;journey and stay. To help out, we&rsquo;ve put together a useful au pair packing list. For hand luggage, we recommend taking a backpack as it can be used abroad for sports activities and excursions. So, let&rsquo;s get packed!<\/p><p><strong>What should go in the hand luggage<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Passport<\/li><li>Flight ticket, visa if applicable, other travel documents<\/li><li>Au pair&nbsp;<a data-track-click=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-au\/stories\/16105\/au-pair-tips-why-you-need-a-contract-and-wha\/\">contract<\/a><\/li><li>Proof of insurance, emergency numbers, host family address<\/li><li>Copies of all important documents: passport, medical certificates, driver&rsquo;s license, qualifications, etc.<\/li><li>Mobile phone, charger<\/li><li>Cash (check currency), credit\/laser card<\/li><li>Camera\/video camera<\/li><li>Laptop\/tablet, charger<\/li><li>Dictionary<\/li><li>Vital medications<\/li><li>Neck pillow<\/li><li>Magazine or book<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>What should go in the suitcase<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Clothing: summer &amp; winter clothes, suitable childcare work clothes, sportswear, 1-2 dress outfits for special occasions<\/li><li>Summer &amp; winter shoes, sports shoes<\/li><li>Bathing suit<\/li><li>Underwear&nbsp;<\/li><li>Sunglasses<\/li><li>Necessary medications<\/li><li>Adapter for plug sockets<\/li><li>Cosmetics, hygiene products<\/li><li>Hairdryer if needed<\/li><li>Umbrella<\/li><li><a data-track-click=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-au\/stories\/16521\/au-pair-tips-gifts-for-the-host-family\/\">Gifts for the host family<\/a><\/li><li>Travel guide for the chosen country<\/li><li>Pens &amp; paper<\/li><li>Diary<\/li><li>Photos of family &amp; friends<\/li><\/ul><blockquote><p>Read Next:&nbsp;<a data-track-click=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-au\/stories\/16517\/au-pair-tips-useful-documents-references\/\">Useful Documents &amp; References<\/a>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote><blockquote><p>Read Next:&nbsp;<a data-track-click=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-au\/stories\/16509\/au-pair-tips-communicating-with-the-host-fam\/\">Communicating with The Host Family<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><blockquote><p>Read Next:&nbsp;<a data-track-click=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-au\/stories\/16100\/au-pair-tips-bonding-with-the-host-children\/\">Bonding with The Host Children<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What should I pack for my au pair stay? As going abroad for a year is a really big deal, it can be overwhelming trying to think about everything you need for the&nbsp;journey and stay. To help out, we&rsquo;ve put together a useful au pair packing list. For hand luggage, we recommend taking a backpack <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-au\/au-pair-tips-packing-list-4\/\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1160,"featured_media":35733,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"enable_toc":false,"care_reviewed_by":0,"care_post_updated_flag":false,"care_updated_date":"","last_update":"2022-03-01","view_count":245,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"member-type":[43],"vertical":[],"platform":[2],"class_list":["post-5867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","member-type-all-en-au","platform-resources"],"acf":[],"created":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1160"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5867"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5867\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62505,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5867\/revisions\/62505"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5867"},{"taxonomy":"member-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/member-type?post=5867"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=5867"},{"taxonomy":"platform","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/platform?post=5867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}