Can anyone recommend a service or a person for babysitting. Staying at the Marriot and wanted to get out a few nights while we are there without our 4yr.old.

anyone have any experiences with the babysitting services, good or bad?

We stay at the Divi Village and for the past five years, we have brought our grandson, who is now five years old. The hotel should have a list of good babysitters available for you. We try to get the same sitter as we go out a few nights and like the continuity. It works out that the Divi's telephone operator sat for us after her work hours. This worked out well for all concerned, but she left Aruba and moved to Denmark. After trying to get the same sitter for our stay, we now have one of Divi's front desk person's mother that sits for us. She is very dependable and looks foward to us coming down in March and October. Our grandson loves her so much that he informed us that he wants to marry her this coming trip. Once we stayed at La Cabana and had a very nice sitter there as well. The rate was $9.00 US /hour, $10.00 after 11pm and weekends. We give our sitter the $10 no matter when we use her. It does add to the cost of an evening out, but it is well worth the expense for a break for my wife and I.

We have used babysitters when our kids were younger but at a different resort. If there is a kids camp or kids program put child in that to give you some free time and it also lets your child have some fun too. You can both get to know some of the staff who work with the kids and then approach them to baby sit for you. Usually they do night time babysitting. In addition, some of the kids camps have one evening when they run the camp instead of the day. Enjoy!

you must not have children or a life.

who does little miss bj use to watch you when she needs a break?

Big Johnson - Your comments all over this message board are not only disturbing, but uncalled for. People post messages on this board for valid opinions for particular information in Aruba. By all mean they are not asking for your negative, inpartial and totally ignorant comments.

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All Aruba Message Board Users.

amen - his messages are really disturbing all over the place.

My husband and I used the Occidental's babysitting service for our 17 month old in October. I was more than a little nervous about doing this but Natalie was fantasic. She was the sister of one of the ladies in guest services. I did pay her more than the required 10 dollars per hour each of the three times she watched our son just in hopes she would do an extra special job each subsequant time. We never went off the grounds of the hotel when we had the sitter.

check out www.arubababysitting.com !!!!!