Premium Families and Certified Profiles at Au Pair Butrfly

Launched in 2018, Au Pair Butrfly is the leading French au pair agency. Our primary mission has always been to make this program accessible in France to both families and young people who want to travel. The majority of our families in France have now welcomed their first au pair with us, and we have been able to support young people who have come to France from across the globe!

Premium Families and Classic Families

At Au Pair Butrfly we have 2 types of families who wish to host an au pair:

1. Classic families who want to be independent in finding their au pair: They are validated according to regulatory criteria: they have at least one child over 3 years old, have presented an identity document and photos, and have completed 100% of their profile. These families are free to contact you and you are free to contact them. Au Pair Butrfly did not interview them.

2. Premium families who want Au Pair Butrfly to take care of everything for them. These families subscribe to a package that includes: the recruitment of suitable candidates, the paperwork (contract, insurance,...), follow-up and assistance during the entire stay. All these families are validated during a video interview with the Butrfly team. They appear as « Premium Family » in your family search.

Au pairs can register for free and contact all the classic families that interest you!

As an au pair, your profile will be validated according to the following criteria:

You’re between 18 and 30 years old before your move
You have finished high school
You have childcare experience (baby sitting/tutoring/...)
You have an intermediate level of French or English to facilitate communication with the host family
You can provide a valid ID and photos of you

If you want to contact a Premium family, you need to be certified

What is a certified au pair?

A certified au pair is someone that has passed a short video interview with the Butrfly team. When creating your profile, don’t forget to book an interview with our team so that you will have more host family choices and so the team can present your profile to our awesome Premium families!

Why go for an interview and be a certified au pair?

So we can introduce you to the best host families
To show you are motivated to be an au pair in France and to help secure the families that best suit your needs
To evaluate your language skills and discuss your childcare experience
So we can tell our host families a little extra about you as an individual

As an expert in the au pair program in France, we will always offer more value than just an online platform!

As a result, you have two possibilities:
1. Find your host family for free (get in touch with our host families yourself with no assistance from us).
2. Or decide to get our assistance package once you have found your dream host family. We will help you before and during your stay. This package includes drafting your contract, acquiring your visa, assistance during your stay,, access to the au pair Butrfly community, and rematch if you have a problem!