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— Travel Nanny · Europe
Passport-ready, calm under pressure, discreet in unfamiliar environments — travel nannies introduced privately to families who move between homes, cities and continents.
Travel with young children is a separate discipline. Time zones, unfamiliar rooms, private aviation schedules, long lunches with adults, seasonal residences that change every few weeks — a good nanny at home is not automatically the right nanny for a travel week in Saint-Tropez or a month in Gstaad.
ZEN Family introduces travel nannies to families who need genuine composure alongside professional childcare: quiet in transit, warm at destination, invisible to guests, and entirely present for the children throughout.
— The brief
Our travel nannies hold valid EU or Schengen-compatible documentation, carry recent paediatric first-aid certification, and are experienced with private aviation, yacht travel and cross-border routines. Multilingual profiles (English, French, German, Italian, Spanish) are the norm rather than the exception.
Some are engaged for a single ten-day trip; others rotate seasonally between a family's primary residence and a holiday home. We build both models around your calendar.
— How we match
Travel exposes a nanny's real character within days. Before we introduce anyone, we assess how she handles disruption, unfamiliar households, principals arriving unannounced and children who are tired, over-stimulated or unwell far from home.
Every candidate is personally interviewed, referenced with previous travelling households where possible, and briefed on the specific trip, family and staff structure before departure.
— Where we work
We regularly place travel nannies for engagements on the Côte d'Azur, the Balearics, the Amalfi Coast, the Swiss and Austrian Alps, Belgian and Dutch coastal residences, London, Paris and Monaco. Long-haul trips (US East Coast, UAE, Southeast Asia) are arranged case by case, with candidates matched for visas, endurance and cultural fit.
Documentation status confirmed before we present anyone.
Recent paediatric first-aid training as a minimum.
Composed in restaurants, airports, hotels and around guests.
English/French/German/Italian/Spanish profiles routinely available.
Comfortable with private terminal protocol and long transit days.
Continuous engagements across summer and winter residences.
— Questions
Yes. Short engagements from ten days upwards are common, especially for school holidays and family celebrations abroad.
Yes — we work regularly with families running Mediterranean summer programmes. Yacht experience is confirmed candidate-by-candidate.
We arrange placements for the US, the Middle East and Asia case by case, subject to visa timelines and candidate availability.
We advise on fair market rates for travel days, per diems, accommodation and time off in destination — clarified in writing before departure.
— The Next Step
Tell us the dates, the destination and the household. We take it from there.