The Cultural Care Host Family App is a fantastic tool that has truly enhanced our au pair experience. The app’s user-friendly design makes it simple to navigate and manage all aspects of hosting. From detailed au pair profiles to customizable search filters, finding the perfect match was seamless and efficient. The app also offers a helpful messaging feature, making communication with potential au pairs and Cultural Care staff quick and easy. It’s clear that a lot of thought has gone into creating a platform that prioritizes convenience and clarity for host families.What sets this app apart is its range of supportive resources and tools. The built-in calendar is a standout feature, allowing us to coordinate schedules and plan important dates effortlessly. Additionally, the library of tips and guidelines has been invaluable for understanding and managing our host family responsibilities. Whether you’re new to hosting or have years of experience, this app ensures a smoother, more enjoyable process. We highly recommend it to anyone embarking on their hosting journey with Cultural Care!

There are a few things that would make the app better. Most of the things revolve around filtering. Right now you can sort of filter based on what you want but it doesn’t work perfectly. Like if I Want an au pair that can ski AND hike I can select those but it will give me au pairs that like to ski AND/OR hike. And we have both dogs and cats and you can only select all pets which again results in an AND/OR. We cannot find people that like both dogs and cats. That means I have to open and scroll. Would be great to be able to exclude things as well. Like exclude people with dietary restrictions. Also it offers me au pairs that don’t include willingness to care for all ages of my children. So I need willing to care for 2-4 and 5-10. But it will show me au pairs who have only selected 5-10. Additionally. The notifications can be a bit redundant. I don’t need to you remind me to talk to an au pair. We typically start chatting in whatsapp after connecting. But the app will remind me I haven’t talked to an au pair for a few days. This requires me to clear the notifications. I only need to be notified of new chats. The other notifications are useless.

This app at first glance seems nice but it lacks features that the website used to provide. It is lacks the ability to be able to search on whether the au pair: has worked in a nursery school/preschool/daycare;Wants to work with the age range of your child(ren); groups ages versus allowing user to select; doesn’t allow the option to hide au pairs who are not interested; groups many of the components in the filters an instead making the user click on every profile; it does not alert a user when an au pair is available and meets your search criteria. These are just some examples of the poor functionality of the app that could be very easily addressed.

This app resembles a dating app experience but the stakes are much higher— an au pair who will care for your children and live in your home. Here’s a list of features I dislike:1. Search has a Strong emphasis on hobbies and interests - these are a nice to have but none would disqualify an au pair and I would welcome interests different than our own for the whole cultural exchange. I dislike that they recommend au pairs based on their interests aligning with yours. Please de-emphasize this.2. Can’t X out au pairs you don’t think are a good fit - please add back so we don’t reach out to same person accidentally.3. Missing relevant filters like type of childcare experience - please add back in.4. I can’t see what they studied in university (I like to know their interests and long term goals and how this au pair experience fits with them).5. Limits to number of candidates you see (filters aren’t transparent) - I don’t like the universe of au pairs being limited so substantially - please be transparent about all filters used and include full universe of au pairs6. Lots of missing info that used to be in profiles like city they are from (helps contextualize the environment they have experience driving in), how they help around the house, date of birth etc. please add back all this useful info that has now been removed.