I’m a superyacht nanny and get paid to travel the world in luxury while watching rich people’s kids — how I got the gigs

BB Smalls wasn’t looking for a free thrust erstwhile she signed connected arsenic a nanny to Hollywood honchos, globally-renowned stone stars and bigwig billionaires. 

But free first-class flights to Bora Bora, $100,000 rooms astatine nan St. Regis Resort and bougie boating excursions on nan Amalfi Coast are precisely what she sewage — not to mention regular shopping sprees astatine Gucci, Chanel and Louis Vuitton — while connected nan job.

“I’ve been everywhere: Maui, Tahiti, London, Italy, Scotland, you sanction it,” Smalls, 44, from Los Angeles, tells The Post.

Nondisclosure agreements barroom her from spilling nan secrets and specifics of her eccentric ex-bosses. But Smalls, now a joined stay-at-home mom surviving successful Texas, says, “Nannying for nan correct group intends getting paid to travel.”

She’s successful nan 40% of childcare providers who regularly globetrot, by sky, onshore aliases oversea pinch their employers, per information from nan International Nanny Association. Smalls conscionable happens to do it nan luxe measurement arsenic a “super yacht nanny.”

It’s a station that grants kiddo pros nan opportunity to spot nan sights, arsenic good arsenic really nan apical 1% travels, for free.

The ace fortunate moreover get to nanny connected superyachts, picnic vessels spanning complete 80 feet successful length, which are astir doubly nan magnitude of an mean yacht. The behemoths travel afloat staffed pinch a skipper and crew. 

Chartering nan megacruisers can costs betwixt $100,000 and much than $1 cardinal per week, depending connected size, clip of twelvemonth and onboard amenities, specified arsenic helipads, movie theatres, Jacuzzis and gyms. 

But astir A-list showboats for illustration Mark Zuckerberg, who paid a reported $300 million for his 387-foot superyacht, and Jeff Bezos, with his 417-foot, $500 cardinal ship, seldom sweat complete dollars and cents.  

Ella Peters, a superyacht nanny of astir 10 years, said that during highest yachting season, June done August, she’s often booked for back-to-back trips pinch a revolving doorway of well-to-do employers from NYC, Europe and nan Middle East. 

“I do emotion nan job,” nan 28-year-old proprietor of UK’s SuperyachtNanny.co, tells The Post. “But it is exhausting.”

She charges astir $500 per time for her on-ship sitter services. However, her fees, not including nan modular “four-figure tip” she typically receives, tin summation according to nan number of children aboard and their ages. 

Like Smalls, Peters useful for internationally known hotshots whose names must stay hush-hush owed to NDAs. Her upper-crust clients routinely rent astir 300-foot-long tubs, costing complete $1 cardinal per week, for family cruises done nan Mediterranean. 

The preferred way they sail is famously known arsenic “The Milk Run.” On it, tycoons circuit nan southbound of France, Corsica and Sardinia, Italy — location to Costa Smeralda, nicknamed “billionaires’ playground,” owing to its turquoise waters, fine-sand shores and chichi formation clubs. 

“It has everything my ultrahigh nett worthy families want,” said Peters.

“My favourite ‘pinch me’ infinitesimal was driving myself and my 11-year-old complaint connected a pitchy skis done nan celebrated Faraglioni rocks successful Capri, Italy,” nan Londoner said.

Still, Smalls, who precocious near VIP nannying for contented creation, says working for nan uberwealthy wasn’t ever soft sailing. 

“One Bel Air family wanted maine to nanny for them connected a yacht for an full month, but I wasn’t allowed to beryllium seen,” she recalled of nan overseas demand. “If either genitor walked into a room that I was in, I’d person to hide and clasp successful spot until they near nan room.”

“During my downtime connected nan yacht, I’d person to enactment retired of show and beryllium banished to my room.”

But Peters has only had stellar experiences — and very small downtime — while minding mini moguls connected nan waves. 

“I get up earlier nan children and effort to portion immoderate java successful peace,” Peters says. “When you’re onboard, you person to put successful effort to get a fewer moments to yourself. After that, everything is go, go, go.”

But her skills are worthy each penny.

Peters comes afloat equipped pinch pediatric first-aid training, constabulary inheritance clearance, nanny insurance, h2o information training and a individual watercraft licence — documents that licence her to run pitchy skis and paddle boats.

And while their moneyed mommies and daddies play, she entertains nan tots each day. 

“After my coffee, I shake hands nan kids successful nan greeting arsenic they aftermath up, past provender them a mini meal earlier we do arts and crafts,” Peters began. 

Depending connected nan size of nan superyacht, she either gets her ain room, bunks pinch nan babies aliases shares surviving quarters pinch a unit member. 

“When nan parents aftermath up, nan kids person a due family meal pinch them, past we do a fewer greeting watersports earlier they do a family-style buffet lunch,” continued nan millennial. “In nan afternoon, erstwhile nan sun is really hot, we do much arts and crafts earlier doing much h2o activities aliases stopping disconnected astatine a section colony for crystal pick and exploring.” 

“At night, I provender nan kids meal while nan parents hole for their evening plans,” she said of nan superpacked schedule. “Then it’s clip for bed.”

Sarah Leonard, 25, a superyacht nanny from Maryland, however, tells The Post her days connected nan h2o are much for illustration walks successful nan park. 

“I walk astir 4 hours a time moving pinch nan kids, nan remainder of nan clip I’m capable to chill connected nan yacht aliases possibly explore,” said nan Gen Z. 

She’s spent nan past 2 summers as a superyacht nanny for a South African influencer family pinch a bent towards boating astir Turkey, Greece and Italy.

“I was moving arsenic a scuba diver successful Puerto Rico backmost successful 2023, and I saw a Facebook listing for a yacht nannying position and applied,” said Leonard, a certified rescue diver and CPR master and erstwhile lifeguard. 

For her, nan childcare gig was an unpaid position that came pinch nan perks of enjoying an all-inclusive, saltwater excursion. 

And nan family, comprising a mom, dada and 2 boys nether property 8, treated Leonard for illustration family, giving her a backstage chamber and bathroom, including her successful family meals and “gifting” her pinch a typical token of their appreciation astatine nan extremity of nan two-month journey. 

But Leonard, who’ll beryllium touring Italy and France pinch caller brood this summer, says walking pinch small ones is nan existent gift that keeps connected giving.  

“I get to acquisition nan world done nan eyes of these small kids,” gushed nan superyacht nanny. “It’s magical.”