Karen S. Relstab

Spring Discount Promotion

Posted by: krelstab on March 1, 2010

Spring Savings - Save $350
The spring season represents new beginnings -making now a great time to secure childcare by hosting a Cultural Care au pair. Families who apply between March 1, 2010 and March 31, 2010 are entitled to a $350 program fee discount. The weekly cost is just $330-or $7.30/hr (per family, not per child). To qualify for this discount, families must be new to Cultural Care Au Pair and welcome an au pair into their home by October 22, 2010.

With A Live In Au Pair Parents Enjoy A Date Night!!

Posted by: krelstab on February 25, 2010

While many families use the full 45 hours per week with their au pair, there are many other families who don’t.  While many families think about the au pair hours in relation to when they are at work, one way that we’ve found host parents have also benefited from the help an au pair provides is by establishing a date night once a week.  Those couple of hours where the parents can go out to dinner and reconnect allows them to come back to the house as a stronger team and more on the same page and that has benefits for the whole family.  So, if your families have some hours to spare, encourage them to put them to great use and invest in date night.

If you would like to learn how you can become a host family call me.

Karen Relstab

Local Childcare Coordinator

847-680-3794

Hosting An Au Pair Is Affordable…

Posted by: krelstab on February 23, 2010

What do you do when you have children but your budget doesn’t quite stretch far enough for one of you to take time away from work to look after the children. Well one option could be to hire in an Au pair to look after your children while you go back to work and earn the money to keep you all afloat in the tough financial climate that we currently find ourselves in.

If you decide to hire in an Au pair then you could end up making significant savings over putting your children into day care nurseries. For a start the money that you pay to an Au pair would be significantly less than paying for day care, as the wages of the Au pair are part subsidised by the fact that they obtain free accommodation, this of course does come at a certain cost to you as your food bills and or water/electricity bills might increase, but that increase should still be significantly less than sending your child to day nursery.

Of course what you can expect in return for that hospitality is complete private care for your children. Obviously if you put your children in to a daycare then they will interact with other children, but by interacting with their own personal nanny they should still achieve all the beneficial social interactivity skills.

People who claim that they can’t afford to have a live in nanny or au pair usually haven’t taken the time to see the monthly cost implementation of having a live in nanny. The fact is it doesn’t matter whether you have to go back to work because you have to or because you want to, you would still be financially better off with an au pair than sending your child to a nursery.

Contact me if you would to learn how affordable hosting an au pair is.

Karen Relstab

Local Childcare Coordinator

Telephone 847-680-3794

email karen.relstab@lcc.culturalcare.om

LCC Meeting This Sunday January 31, 2010

Posted by: krelstab on January 29, 2010

Dear Au Pair,

This Sunday January 31, 2010 there is a LCC Au Pair Meeting.

Here are the details

CEP (Continuing Education Program)

Household Poisoning Prevention and Safety

2 PM to 3 PM

Round Lake Beach Civic Center

2007 Civic Center Way

Round Lake Beach, Illinois

Just west of of Home Deport on Route 83 and right next to the Round Lake Metra Station on the Antioch-Chicago train line.

Karen

AU PAIR IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE!!!

Posted by: krelstab on January 27, 2010

Dear Family
Vanessa from Brazil is looking for a family in the Chicago area.

She is from Tres Lagoas, Brazil and is 25 years old. She is one of 5 children; a non smoker, in good health, swimmer, and has good English. She has a J1 Visa and has completed her first au pair program year. She is extending until August 2010. She is a licensed driver and has been driving in the US. She has an extensive au pair application and extension addendum.

Vanessa studied tourism in Brazil and has over 1000 hours of childcare prior to arriving in the US. She is currently in the Chicago area and can be interviewed. She likes to read, study English and Spanish, travel, enjoys music and dancing, photography, and camping. She has experience with caring for a autistic child.

If you are interested in hosting an au pair and would like to discuss Vanessa’s qualifications, or hear about one of the hundreds of great au pair candidates please call me.

New Year Discount! Save $500!
Apply between January 4 and January 31, 2010 to enjoy a $275 selection fee waiver and a $225 program fee discount for a total savings of $500! To receive this offer, who will need a code to place promotions box of your application. Families must be new to Cultural Care Au Pair and welcome an au pair into their home by October 22, 2010 to qualify for this offer.

Call me for the promotion code.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,

Karen S. Relstab
Local Childcare Coordinator
Cultural Care Au Pair
Telephone 847-680-3794
email karen.relstab@lcc.culturalcare.com
Personal website http://krelstab.aupairnews.com

I help families find a solution for their childcare needs with my experience as a Local Childcare Coordinator. Since 2004 I have help hundreds of families find childcare that is flexible and affordable. I have a passion for what I do and would love to help your family.

Welcome To Our Group Dulce Maria!!!

Posted by: krelstab on January 24, 2010

Dulce Maria From Mexico

Dulce Maria arrives today!!!! Let’s give her a big welcome.

I am looking for a volunteer to be her au pair buddy.

Karen

Why Are Au Pairs The Choice For So Many Busy Families?

Posted by: krelstab on January 21, 2010

Dear Family,

Why are au pairs the choice of many busy families?

* Quality childcare coverage for 45-hours a week
* Au pairs manage kid’s meals, laundry and clean up
* Program is regulated by the US State Department
* Our Au Pairs receive training from our Au Pair Training School
* Your kids will be exposed to a new language and culture
* Au Pairs drive, so lessons, play dates and games are no problem
* Au Pairs earn a stipend of $195.75/week — per family not per child!
* You create a schedule that works for your family
* Sick days are no problem! They live-in!
* Au pairs have medical insurance coverage
* The Au Program manages all of the visas & flights
* The Au Pair provides local support year round
* Au Pairs may stay up to 2 years
* Au Pairs are between 18-26 years of age
* All of our au pairs are fully screened
* Au Pairs are proficient in English
* Overall cost to you is less than $350/week per family not per child

Here are some of the great au pair candidates we have available.

Melissa, 20, from Germany
“I like children and I would like to improve my English. I also want to learn about the American culture and get to know new people.”
Additional information about Melissa:

• Infant-qualified au pair
• Driver’s license year - 2007
• Interests and Hobbies: Skiing, swimming, inline skating, drawing, listen to music, traveling, meeting friends, reading.

Natalia, 22, from Germany
“I love children and spend more time with kids. I have small niece Kristina, she is 10 months now. I dance with children, I lead two dancing groups. I have much fun with children!”
Additional information about Natalia:

• Infant-qualified au pair
• Driver’s license year - 2006
• Interests and Hobbies: Soccer, basketball, national costume dancing, dancing

Mariana, 24, from Brazil
“I want to be an au pair because I love children and follow their growth. I want to learn about a new culture too. The au pair program is the only one that connects the points that I am looking for: work with children and the possibility to know another culture.”
Additional information about Mariana:

• Infant-qualified au pair
• Driver’s license year - 2006
• Interests and Hobbies: Riding bike, hiking, roller skates, go to the movies and theater, play games with children

Hyoyoung, 21, from Korea
“I love children. The au pair program is a great one for me. I always enjoy cooking so I can make cook for the children. My major is dance so I can teach the children ballet and any sports they would like to learn.”
Additional information about Hyoyoung:

• Infant-qualified au pair
• Driver’s license year - 2009
• Interests and Hobbies: Dance, swimming, ballet, cooking, window shopping

New Year Discount! Save $500!
Apply between January 4 and January 31, 2010 to enjoy a $275 selection fee waiver and a $225 program fee discount for a total savings of $500! Families must be new to our au pair program and welcome an au pair into their home by October 22, 2010 to qualify for this offer.
To find out more about these au pair candidates, how you can become a host family and to take advantage of this offer please call me.
Karen 847-680-3794

Welcome Sabrina, Leonie, Laura, and Flavia!!

Posted by: krelstab on January 15, 2010

Au pairs from nearby communities of Long Grove and Hawthorne are joining our group.

Let’s give a warm welcome to each of them. I will be sending out a new list of everyone in my group shorty with email addresses and cell numbers.

Please reach our to these au pairs and welcome them.

Your LCC

Karen

Leonie From Germany

Sabrina From Germany

Flavia From Brazil

Laura From Switzerland

Cultural Care Au Pair offers 3 Ways to Match!! One of the Reasons Cultural Care is the #1 Au Pair Agency!

Posted by: krelstab on January 15, 2010

Cultural Care Au Pair host families now have the ability to review even more applications and au pair profiles with our new 3 Ways to Match, a program feature that let’s host families select the style of matching that best suits their needs. Host families can now search through multiple candidates on their own timeframe, set an appointment for a consultative matching session or work one-on-one with a placement manager who carefully selects possible matches. Best of all, our 3 Ways to Match allows you to enjoy the benefits of all three matching styles to help you find the right au pair for your family.

To get started
Whether you’re a new family to Cultural Care Au Pair or have already hosted an au pair, our 3 Ways to Match makes it easy for you to begin reviewing au pair candidates right away. Simply fill out your new or repeat application. Once it’s processed, you can log into your account and begin matching. Here’s how it works:

Personalized, exclusive matching
Enjoy the benefits of our trademark one-on-one matching. Your placement manager will select carefully screened applications for you to review based on your family’s unique needs. Each au pair is exclusively reserved for your family’s review, which means no two families are contacting the same reserved au pair candidate at the same time.

Consultative matching
Review our pool of au pair candidates in real time by setting up a consultative matching appointment by phone with your placement manager. This highly effective method allows you to carve out time with your placement manager to review available candidates who are not being reviewed by other families. At the end of the appointment, you have the opportunity to have up to three candidates maximum reserved for your family exclusively.

Search & Select
An enhancement to our current profile review system, this new feature offers families the ability to build a list of au pair profiles available for review. Families can narrow the search field and request, for example, a driver, a second year au pair or someone available now. If you find a candidate of interest to you, you may add the au pair to your list and notify your placement manager of your interest by clicking the Notify Placement Manager button. Your placement manager will review your suggested matches and place up to three of those matches into your host family account for further review of their full application.

Sample & Save - try our 3 “Ways to Match” risk free
Now for a limited time only, host families who apply to Cultural Care Au Pair will have the opportunity to try our 3 Ways to Match FREE. New families who submit an application from January 14th to January 19th, 2010 and take an au pair into their home by October 22, 2010 will have the $75 application fee waived, in addition to our $275 au pair selection fee waived. In addition, families applying will also receive a $500 discount off the program fee - a total savings of $850!

There’s never been a better time to begin your search for an au pair. For more information about our 3 Ways to Match or our limited-time-only $850 discount, contact your local childcare coordinator.

Karen Relstab

Local Childcare Coordinator

Telephone 847-680-3794

Email Karen.Relstab@LCC.culturalcare.com

Welcome Marianne!!!

Posted by: krelstab on January 15, 2010

Marianne is a new au pair arriving to our group on March 19, 2010.

She is from Denmark!!!

Let’s all email her and give her a warm welcome.

I am looking for a volunteer to be her au pair buddy.

Your LCC

Karen

Marianne arrives on 3/19/10