How We Vet Princess Babysitters
Every childcare company says its sitters are vetted. The word does a lot of work and almost never comes with detail, which is unhelpful when you are the one deciding whether to leave your children with someone.
So here is the specific version.
The Background Check
Every sitter passes a comprehensive background check before her first booking. It covers criminal history, sex offender registry searches, and identity verification, so the person who applied is confirmed to be the person who shows up.
A check is a point-in-time result, which is why it is not treated as permanent. Checks carry an expiry, and a sitter whose check has lapsed is not eligible to be assigned to a booking. That eligibility rule is enforced by the platform at the moment of assignment rather than by someone remembering to look.
The Safety Orientation
Passing a background check tells you what someone has not done. It does not tell you what they will do when a child spikes a fever at nine at night.
Every sitter completes a safety orientation before her first booking covering emergency procedures, childcare protocols, and our specific policies. The one worth naming explicitly: sitters never take children outside the hotel room or home without explicit written permission from you. No walks, no lobby, no pool, unless you have said so in writing.
What You Tell Us Before the Booking
Before every booking you complete a pre-booking form with allergies, special needs, emergency contacts, and any instructions that matter. Your sitter reads all of it before she arrives.
This sounds procedural and it is the single most useful thing in the process. Nobody should be learning about a nut allergy at the door while you are putting your coat on. Use the free-text field generously. If your child has a specific fear, a specific comfort object, a word they use for something, or a routine that has to happen in a specific order, write it down.
During the Booking
Your sitter arrives about ten minutes before the start so there is time to walk through the space and ask questions. She travels in regular clothes and changes once inside, which keeps the character reveal for your children rather than a hotel corridor.
You get a check-in message during the booking. It exists so that you are not sitting at dinner deciding whether calling would be overbearing. If something comes up, your sitter contacts you directly.
Who the Sitters Are
Many come from theater, education, and hospitality backgrounds, which is where the character work comes from. But the reason someone is on the platform is that they are good with children and reliable, and those two things are what we screen for hardest.
Sitters are independent contractors who provide their own costumes and set their own availability. They build a review history over time, and that history determines which bookings they are eligible for.
What We Do Not Do
It is worth being clear about the limits.
We do not take children into theme parks and we do not offer in-park guiding. Bookings happen where you are staying.
We do not staff more than three children per character, or six with two characters. If you have more children than that, we will tell you we cannot cover it properly rather than take the booking.
We do not offer overnight care at present, and we do not currently serve infants. The service is designed for children ages 2 through 10, and sitters adapt their approach to the age group.
Questions Worth Asking Anyone
If you are comparing childcare providers, in Orlando or anywhere, these five questions separate the serious ones quickly.
What exactly does your background check cover? Can parents leave, and is your provider insured for that? How many children does one caregiver take? What is your policy on leaving the room or the property? What happens if there is a medical issue?
You should get direct answers to all five. Ours are above, and the rest is in our FAQ. If anything is unclear, ask us before you book rather than after.