Universal Aunts - anyone used them? Need a holiday nanny

[Pennies]

My step mum suggested I contact them to find a nanny to come on holiday with us but I've just looked at the site and it seems very old fashioned. Whilst this isn't necessarily a bad thing I was wondering if anyone had actually used them for anything? Do they provide a modern nanny service or will my babies be walked around the promenade in a silver cross permabulator for two weeks whilt wearing highly starched and frilly clothes?

Alternatively can anyone recommend another agency?

Try www.bestbear.co.uk site will also give give nanny agencies in your own area. To answer your question all nanny agencies have kept up with the modern times. For a nanny agency to have been established many years it must have been doing something right. To many agencies come & go.

Hi, Universal Aunts were recommended to me and I used them to get a temporary relief nanny for my 9m old son about 7 months ago when my regular nanny was visiting family in Brazil. The woman they sent turned out to be a complete disaster and I had to get her out practically on the spot (I came home and my son had a mark on his head - the nanny claimed that 'he fell of the bed', how this was possible I don't know...). Mind you, the agency refunded their fee... I have also dealt with Elite Nannies agency in London who were very good.

I second elite nannies.
Also tinies aren't bad at all.

Thank you everyone - useful info here. Sorry you had such a bad experience with them HF.

Another fan of Elite Nannies. They found us our last nanny (who was fab), and are now helping me search for her replacement. They are a cut above many of the other agencies.