Au pair family handbook builder
Answer the questions one section at a time and the handbook fills in beside you: emergency contacts, the children, the daily routine, house rules and the rest of the twelve sections of our printable template. Print it whenever you like — a half-finished handbook prints too, with lines to fill in by hand where answers are missing.
Your answers are saved in this browser on this device, so you can come back later. Nothing is sent to us or anyone else unless you email the handbook to yourself below, and there is no account. On a shared computer, clear everything when you are done: the handbook holds your children’s medical details and your address.
Step 1 of 12 · Welcome & Family IntroductionAll sections
Step 1 of 12
Welcome & Family Introduction
Always in the handbook. Anything you leave empty prints as a line to fill in by hand.
It goes on the cover: “The Weber Family”.
Kindness, punctuality, learning — whatever you would tell them over dinner.
Each section starts on a new page, as in the printed template. Choose “Save as PDF” in the print dialog to keep a file instead.
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Get this result in your own inbox, so you still have it when the tab is closed. One email, no account.
The parts of your handbook that live in AuPairSync
Paper is for day one. The parts that change — a new dose, a new rule, a new pickup time — are easier to keep in one place that you and your au pair both open. These sections have a place in the AuPairSync app:
Emergency ContactsIn the app
Emergency contacts for the family and for each child: name, relationship, phone.
Daily Schedule & RoutinesPartly
Wake-up, meal and bedtime routines. School runs, clubs and pickups are not a routine type in the app.
Children’s ProfilesIn the app
A profile per child: allergies, medication, favourite food, activities, comfort items, friends.
House Rules & BoundariesIn the app
House rules sorted by category: house, safety, going out, pets, screens and media.
Kitchen & MealsPartly
Meal times as routines, and each child’s favourite food in their profile. Groceries and the kitchen rules have no place.
Transportation & Car RulesPartly
Car rules as house rules, in prose. The car, the licence and the insurance have no fields.
Technology & Screen TimeIn the app
Screen rules as house rules in the “screen and media” category.
Stays on paper: Welcome & Family Introduction, Household Tasks, Time Off, Pay & Benefits, Communication Expectations, Acknowledgement & Sign-Off.
The app does not read this handbook. You enter these parts in AuPairSync yourself; nothing you typed on this page is sent anywhere.
Related reading
What to put in an au pair family handbook
What belongs in it, and how to keep it from going stale.
Writing an au pair agreement that prevents conflicts
The handbook says how your house runs; the agreement settles what you both expect.
The blank handbook template
Rather write it by hand? The same handbook, empty, on the templates page.
Emergency and child info card
An A4 fridge sheet and a wallet card from one form.
Why families trust AuPairSync
- We comply with the GDPR.
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- Family data is stored with Firebase (Google Cloud). Transfers to the US rely on the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (Google Cloud), Standard Contractual Clauses and data processing agreements with our vendors.
- Data travels encrypted (HTTPS/TLS), access is restricted with Firebase Security Rules, and you can sign in with Apple or Google.
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- Available on iPhone (App Store) and Android (Google Play).
- The app comes in 7 languages: English, German, Spanish, French, Dutch, Portuguese (Brazil) and Chinese (Simplified).
- Free for 30 days, then €4.99 a month for the whole family Au pairs never pay: the host family's subscription covers them.