Nanny Agency Jobs How-to / checklist

Confirm where you will sleep, when you are responsible for children and what off-duty space means on a trip.

Get the actual sleeping plan

Ask for the destination, dates, lodging type, room assignment and who makes or pays for the booking. Do not accept “you will stay with us” as the whole plan. Find out whether the nanny will share a room with a child, use a separate room, or sleep in another property. Each arrangement changes practical privacy and handover questions.

Separate a room from a shift

A bed does not define working hours. Map the evening handover, overnight responsibility, morning start and any on-call expectation. Ask who responds if a child wakes, and whether you may leave the accommodation when off duty. US DOL domestic-service guidance discusses hours worked in domestic care, including situations where a nanny remains responsible while a child sleeps. The facts, agreement and applicable jurisdiction need review before anyone calculates pay.

Check access and practical needs

Confirm how you enter the room, where belongings can be stored, bathroom access, meal arrangements and how to reach the parent or designated adult. Ask whether the child has a separate sleep space and what the family expects if plans change at night. Avoid circulating room numbers or access codes in an article, group chat or public travel document.

Resolve a changed booking

Fictional example: A family proposes one shared suite for the nanny and two children, then books separate rooms. The nanny asks whether the new arrangement also changes overnight responsibility and the morning handover. A separate room may improve privacy without deciding the work schedule. The parties confirm both items before travel.

Keep the offer legible

Add the lodging plan and duty handover to the travel nanny offer worksheet. If the trip is part of a longer ROTA assignment, connect it to the ROTA handover plan. Do not infer travel insurance, rest periods or reimbursement from a room description alone.

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