A travel nanny is a private nanny who travels with the family and cares for the children during trips, holidays, and stays at second homes.
She keeps their routine the same as at home, even in hotels, on flights, and in new places.
Laurine Mallet, Morgan & Mallet’s co-founder, was a nanny for wealthy London homes so she knows what is needed for the role.
She says a travel nanny also needs to read the family’s dynamic in different settings. A child may act one way at home and another way on a long trip.
The nanny keeps things calm and lets the parents carry on with their own schedule.
Below is a sample travel nanny job description you can use as a starting point to make your own.
Sample travel nanny job description
This is based on real roles we fill at Morgan & Mallet and is adapted for each family.
Job title: Travel nanny to a [age range] child / children
Location: [Home base city. List main travel destinations.]
Hours:Full time. Long days when traveling, with rest days at home base.
Live-in / live-out: Live-in when traveling. [Specify accommodation at home base.]
Salary: [Range based on languages, experience, and travel frequency.]
The role:
You will manage the daily routine for [number] children aged [age range] across our home base in [city] and during family trips.
This includes meals, sleep, activities, school support during term time, and full childcare while traveling.
You will pack for trips, plan for time zones, set up activities at each destination, and update us at the end of each day.
When the family is at home, the routine follows a regular nanny schedule. When we travel, you travel with us.
Discretion is expected. What happens inside the home stays inside the home.
What we’re looking for:
- At least three years of private childcare experience
- Pediatric first aid and CPR, current and recognized
- Strong English plus [other languages]
- Comfortable with international travel on short notice
- A current passport with no travel restrictions
- Clean criminal background check and references from former employers
What we offer:
- [Salary range]
- All travel costs covered: flights, accommodation, meals, visas
- [If live-in: private bedroom and bathroom at home base; private hotel room when traveling]
- [Specify rest day policy and time-off arrangement]
- Three-month onboarding period with regular check-ins
If you are not sure how to write the role for your specific family, our recruiters will help you build the description before the search starts.
Using this job description
If you’re using this as a template, you can change the details to match the role according to your family’s travel schedule.
The things worth pinning down are the children’s ages, how often and where the family travels, and whether the nanny lives with the family at home or only on trips.
It also helps to be clear about the travel accommodation and how rest days work between trips.
Travel nannies are one of the harder roles to fill. Only 4.82% of nannies in the Morgan & Mallet database travel regularly, according to our 2025/26 placement data, so most families need help finding one.
Morgan & Mallet places travel nannies for families in New York, Los Angeles, Miami, London, Paris, Geneva, and Dubai.
If you’d like us to write the job description for your family, or help you hire a travel nanny, get in touch with one of our offices or call +1 (646) 965-2308
Looking for a travel nanny position? Have a look at our latest travel nanny jobs on the Morgan & Mallet job board.