I would HIGHLY recommend this service if visiting the Whistler area with children. Tara the owner was exceptionally communicative throughout the entire process, very easy to work with and accommodated all our requests. We had to change our reservation and she did all the paperwork and ensured we still had the same babysitter for the entire stay. The babysitter was awesome, showed up right on time, texted photos throughout the day, adjusted times as requested and was super interactive with the babies. I will definitely use again! read more

Rocio was great! We'd never done a service like this and she made sure our boys had the best day while we got to ski...would highly recommend!!! read more

Our first time trying this service and it was excellent! Our babysitter was lovely, very experienced and knowledgeable, and our kids loved her. She took care of them for a date night and they were sound asleep and happy when we got home. So glad to have found this resource as we visit Whistler every year. read more

Thanks to Noelia for helping us out with a last minute babysitting booking! She showed up right on time and our baby, who can be fussy, left easily with her. They played and he went down for a nap easily. We were so pleased! read more

Horrible experience, our kids were traumatized. The babysitter they sent us was not a good fit for babysitting. She didn't feed or changed our 2 year old for 6 hours and yelled at her for crying. read more

I can't speak more highly about my experience with Marta. She was absolutely amazing with our 4 year old son Hunter. My husband and I went mountain bike riding and we received txt messages and photos of our son having a wonderful time. They played at the park, library and went for walks. She was comfortable and engaging, our son loved her. We called the day before and Tara said Marta would call. She did in the evening to confirm. I filled out the nanny paperwork she had an I requested to take a picture of her photo ID (something you should alway do). She made our ride day amazing and our son had a blast read more

My wife and I used Babysitting Whistler for our 3 1/2 year old son so we cold ski together for a day and had a wonderful experience. Our son was cared for by Nancy. And she was great. I was worried our son was going to stuck in our room all day, but Nancy took him all over, on a bus ride, up the gondola, to the library, out to ice cream, Olympic Plaza. He had such a good time. On top, we even got pics ever hour showing us, while we skied, all the fun they were having. We would definitely use them again. read more

I am basing this review from the one babysitter we had. I am only familiar with care.com back in USA, where you get to interview the sitter yourself, and where either you run a background check or the sitter provides a background check. I decided to go with this place, as it had positive reviews on yelp/trip advisor and most importantly, they state that they are licensed/bonded and background checks are done. We had the same babysitter for 2 days but I wish I just asked for another one on the second day. I am not confrontational, so I just kept it as is, hoping the second day would get better. If you are ok with a sitter who completely disregards any instruction you give her or doesn't really care about keeping conditions sanitary for your baby, but is good at making your baby laugh and smile, you would be ok with the sitter we had. As my husband said to me, "as long as the baby was not harmed, it's not like we are hiring her for longterm"... On our first day, the sitter communicated with me via texts during her hours w/ my 7month old. I was totally good with communicating and didn't mind at all. I was bothered though when she texted to either turn the baby camera off or to face it towards the baby sleeping. I told her it can face the baby while she's sleeping, then to turn it towards the playmat when she was awake. No response. Both days, the sitter just left the camera facing baby's bed, so I could NOT see what was happening during the activity time on the playmat. Therefore, I could not witness any of the interaction between the sitter and the baby. I texted her on a different topic that if she was planning on taking the baby outside (as she had asked when we met and i said that was fine) to put her jacket on. She texted me how much she was eating, napping, etc and a happy video of my baby laughing from her phone. I then texted her that if she does take the baby out, that she needs a sweater and a cap as well. I was trying to give her specific directions via text, as we had not discussed where my baby's outdoor clothes were located nor had she asked me. Anyway, we see sitter in the village and my baby only has a sweater on w/ my jacket over her legs (this is march in whistler). I want to assume that the sitter overlooked the text about putting on the baby's jacket. We ended up running into her in the lobby and i just said to her "oh her jacket is not on?" and told her where it was, as she and baby were headed back out again. I felt like things just got worse on second day. I had read off instructions to her the first day in terms of washing hands, feeding,napping. I myself don't remember instructions people give me, and i find it easier if I write it down. Anyway, neither days did the sitter wash her hands before handling the baby, at least while I was there, unless she decided to wash her hands after I left. When I saw her walk on the baby's playmat with her shoes and also sit on the playmat with her shoes on, with my baby, I was like... i realized she could care less about being sanitary for baby's health/sake. My baby tends to put everything in her mouth (as most teething babies do ) and the last thing I wanted was her to get sick. On top of this, I had placed my baby's jacket on the ledge on top of the sofa seat, not the part where you sit. I come back to the room since I had left my gloves behind, and I see the baby's jacket thrown on the hotel floor (who knows how many people have stepped on the hotel floor?) The second day, the sitter stated that my 7 month old would not eat more than 3 ounces (she normally eats 7-8ounces) during her 4 hours of sitting. She said the baby would cry when she offered more. My baby had been gulping her formula the whole week as if she was going through a growth spurt, so I thought it was odd that she wasn't interested in feeding, but I am going to take the sitter's word for it. Sad to say, this has been the least pleasant babysitter experience for me. read more

I've used Babysitting Whistler three times and have been lucky all three times. I've had Malachi and Nancy. Malachi took our 2.5 yrold to the park and then napped him one day during boarding season. Next night Malachi put him down and stayed with him while he slept. It was nice that they booked the same girl two days in a row. My son recognized her and day two was easy. Both days he was happy and we were very pleased! Tonight we had Nancy and our friends shared a different sitter for their 1 yrold and 3 month old. Nancy came prepared with books and was fantastic with our son. Unfortunately, our friends sitter was overwhelmed with 2 kids under 1. Nancy ended up rolling the stroller for one of them outside our hotel room while our son slept (with the door latched open). Nancy seemed very experienced and ended up coming to the rescue of the other sitter. So far great experiences but we usually only request sitters around nap time or bedtime. After tonight we thought maybe sharing sitters for under 1 year olds might be too tough. Though Nancy seemed like she could do it no problem lol. We work in the service industry so we tip and don't mind it at all. We were very pleased with Malachi and Nancy. No complains. Both texted me updates. I felt like my son was well taken care of. read more

Babysitter texted me to confirm, arrived on time, even early. The kids did she was good, nice. Brought them out for dinner. Recommend from some major hotels - good to use for a parents night out. Have cash to though- we only had cc or American $$ so that was a hitch. read more

We felt it was important to share our positive experience with Babysitting Whistler, given how having a stranger watch your kid can be an anxiety-ridden thing, and parents hoping for a night out or care whole they are skiing should know that this is a great option. We had Lauren from Babysitting Whistler watch our two younger kids for an evening while my wife and I went on a date around town. Lauren was excellent - our kids the next day were asking us if she could please come back. She was on time, she was communicative, and she was flexible with/adaptive to our needs. As a family who has used a large variety of babysitting services in Seattle, we know what great care looks like, and Lauren definitely met and exceeded the bar. We'd recommend her to anyone looking for care, which speaks to Babysitting Whistler as a service we'd use again in a heartbeat. read more

We had a fantastic experience with this company and especially, Emily! She MADE our trip. She made it easy to be away from our two year old and hit the mountain. I was hesitant to use a service as I had a very scary experience with a babysitting service in Tahoe years ago with our older daughter, but this experience was the opposite. Emily was in constant communication via text as well as sending many pictures each day documenting their fun excursions. My son was also dealing with an ear infection so was a little bit fussier than normal, but Emily was able to have the patience needed for the week. I would HIGHLY recommend this company and especially Emily! read more

I loved Babysitting Whistler! I put in an online reservation request on a late Tuesday night and received a confirmation around 9-10am the next morning that I had a babysitter. I called and gave my cc number over the phone to hold my rez. The girl on the phone was so nice. She told me the name of my sitter and how great she is with little ones. The night before my appt the sitter sent a text to me and verify her start time for the next day. How great is that?! The next morning she arrived 10 min early so I could go over things with her (feeding, naps, where the diapers are etc.) She was happy and seemed very nice. I felt very comfortable when I left to hit the mountain. My sitter watched my baby for 9 hours one day and 5.5 hours the next. She sent me a few texts thru the day to tell me how my baby was doing. It was SO nice to have those little check in's. My baby is 8 months old. I have only left him with dad for extended babysitting. I was a little nervous to leave him with someone he did not know for such a long time, but it went SO GREAT! I could tell my baby was happy after the first day. When the sitter arrived the next day he was happy to see her and she happy to see him. I have NOTHING bad to say about this service. The only con is their hourly rate is a bit pricey. If you have 2 or more kids then the cost can be very cheap. We only had one kid which was $17/hr. In the end, we were willing to pay the higher price for peace of mind than to hire someone randomly off Craigslist at a lower cost. I highly recommend this service for any parent in Whistler. read more

I've been using Babysitting Whistler for 3 years now and for more ski trips than I can count. I've always had excellent sitters who were good communicators and took great care of my children. This year, we had a new baby and I was slightly more anxious given the young age of my daughter. However, each time Babysitting Whistler sent us great infant specialists. It has been so nice to be able to enjoy my ski day without worrying about my kiddos. read more

We used this service two evening in January so my husband and I could have a few nice dinners out. We have a toddler and infant so they made sure to send a sitter that had infant experience- they called them infant specialists. Our sitter's name was Sterling and she was so sweet. We were fortunate to get her both nights too which was great. She was wonderful and our kids were well taken care of. The only reason I can't give them 5 stars is they don't give any details on who they've assigned to you beyond the sitter's first name. Maybe I'm just a crazy parent but I was a little uncomfortable initially not knowing any other details about this person that was going to watch my children while I was out. They reassured me that they do full background checks and ensure the sitters are CPR certified. And I love that they do that. But I personally was hoping to be able to lay eyes on those documents myself to verify. I understand they're trying to preserve the sitters' privacy but I feel like there could be some sort of middle ground to give parents some piece of mind beyond just a first name. Call me crazy! Overall though I would definitely use the service in the future. read more

Babysitting Whistler was awesome. I made my request online through their easy-to-use form and received a confirmation e-mail a short while later. We needed a sitter for 2 nights for a group of 4 kids and 1 day shift for our little guy who doesn't ski yet. Katie F, was our sitter the entire time and she was LOVELY!!! She arrived a few minutes early, texted us the day before we arrived in Canada, and planned a few activities for our kids. I wish we could have taken her home with us! Anyway, this service was amazing and I recommend it for anyone travelling to Whistler who would love a night out without the kids. Thanks Babysitting Whistler! read more

I've used Babysitting Whistler for 8 years, more times than I can count. I've had nothing but extremely positive experiences, wonderful people caring for my two kids, bringing pens, colouring books, and other fun stuff, as well as taking them to outings, swimming and more. We do a lot of business in Whistler and are there frequently, I've booked on short notice and they've always accommodated us. One of my children has some extra needs and we had nothing but wonderful things to say about BW. read more

Our friends and I coordinated two sitters for our four kiddos. The company was nice to work with and helpful on email and phone. I had to call to confirm sitters the day of but everything else was nice. The two sitters, Catrin and Sophia, were great - came on time and sweet with the kids. We stayed at the Snowbird complex and the sitters were able to take kids on shuttle to and from the indoor climbing gym. Nice experience overall. read more

We have used this service on two trips now for our 3 and 7 year old and have been very impressed with all the sitters. We will continue to use them and our kids are actually excited to have their sitters since they make everything so fun. Highly recommend! read more

I used Babysitting Whistler last weekend and I was very happy with them. Our sitter was prompt, the kids loved her, and she was kind enough to text me as soon as they had fallen asleep. I absolutely plan to use their service again. read more

We were in Whistler recently for a wedding. Our son was 3.5 months old during our visit. The wedding was adults only which meant our baby needed a babysitter or we both couldn't attend the wedding. Babysitting Whistler to the rescue! They were wonderful! I thought the price of $17/hr was quite reasonable especially considering the care that a 3.5 month requires. Jen called us at our hotel the night before to arrange the details of our evening. She even agreed to come a half hour earlier than we had booked for because I wasn't sure how long it would take me to get from the hotel to the wedding location. She arrived on time and immediately held our son. She was so comfortable with him and he didn't bat an eyelash - he was comfortable with her, too! I went over the details of his care and set off for my wedding. She took him for a walk and he was sound asleep in the crib when we got back to the room. We were so impressed with the service we received and the excellent care our son received. We were gone for 7 hours total and felt totally comfortable with everything. Should we ever be in Whistler again and need a sitter, we will call Babysitting Whistler for sure! Simply wonderful! read more

Booked a nanny for seven days, and I am pretty disappointed so far. It's our 4th day and 3rd nanny already. Almost every day we've had to explain everything again about our kids, the appartment, etc, losing 30min of skiing every morning. The nanny's were nice overall, though with a few poor surprises: one put our kids infront of the TV most of the day and only left the appartment for 1 hour, and another took a taxi for picking up our kids 5min walk from our appartment for which we had to foot the bill, without notice. Will probably look for another service next time. read more

Baby Sitting Whistler is outstanding.. This was our first time using a sitter while traveling with our 5 and 3 year old. We were instantly comfortable with Ruby our assigned sitter the moment we met her. She was early, well spoken and the kids loved her, to the point when she left they asked her to come tomorrow. She organized their dream day over seven hours that included gondola rides with a hike, hot wheels car racing, swimming, biking and ice cream. She was just as upbeat and energetic as when she picked the boys up seven hours later. Communication was outstanding as well, from the moment we scheduled her to text updates during their day. Change from the activity money we provided was waiting for us on the table when we got back. Thanks Ruby for showing our boys such a great time! read more

we used babysitting whistler for two weeks - one week was over christmas -new years week and one week was over a blissful powdery wk in march. at the time, our daughter was 12 months old and 15 months old, respectively. during christmas week they sent us almost a different person each day. one thing i would recommend is that they try to send one person for the entire week. and i understand maybe they do it this way to ensure no cancellations, esp. b/c the nature of the business can be very last minute with bookings and cancellations. they are very good about confirming and booking and having the sitters call us. during the week in march they sent us the same person everyday except for one day. all but one babysitter were all experienced and very good to good with the baby and able to put her down for a nap. she had a great day because of those sitters so we couldn't be more happy. i wouldn't hesitate to use them again. the follow up process and evaluation is very thorough so they utilize your feedback for their business. my guess is to train their sitters more for where there are weaknesses. read more

Wish I could give them a rating... emailed them a week prior to our trip, then called a couple of days after without any response! We had to alter our ski plans because this company couldn't bother telling us if they have a sitter or not. We get it is busy season but it would have been nice to receive an automatic response stating they are not available instead of leaving families hanging. read more

Adding an overdue update to my 2010 review. Used this service again over theis last Summer. This time we had the addition of two more kids! We had a fabulous nanny, who took excellent care of our 7yr old and 3 yr old daughter and their 4 yr old friend. She took them out to dinner, was engaging with us and and them and very professional. She sent us tect updates, and the kids weere happy to see her the second evening. I wish more vactation hot spots had such a wonderful service. Thanks Babysitting Whistler!! read more

We go to Whistler 1 week a year and like to enjoy some of the great restaurants sans kids. For 6 years we have booked babysitters through Babysitting Whistler, and just know that we, and are kids, are set for a great evening. ALL of the sitters are professional, warm, very chill and great with our kids. They're all up for wagon wheeling the kids around the village or taking them out to the movies, too! The booking process is also seamless. I can't recommend this company enough. read more

I was apprehensive about leaving my baby with a stranger but Emily from Babysitting Whistler was fantastic! My son had fun with her and I appreciated the updates throughout the day. Communication via email with the office was always quick and helpful! read more

I would highly recommend Babysitting Whistler to anyone who needs young ones looked after whilst on holidays. We had a fantastic girl who took great care of our 14 month old son. All our bookings were done on-line before we got here and then we just made contact via the phone once in Whistler. They organized for the babysitter to come and meet with us the day before and that gave us a good opportunity to run through routine, food, sleeps etc before the first day when we needed to be out the door for ski school. Our sitter was a delight and nothing was a problem for her. She kept in contact every day via text and even sent us photos of your son out and about having fun. She made him lunches and even took him on the bus to an indoor gym play center. I was totally comfortable and extremely happy with the care she provided for our son. Thank you for being a part of making our holiday so memorable! read more

We were SO happy with Babysitting Whistler! We were in town this last weekend celebrating our 5th wedding anniversary, and we had our 11 month old with us. We wanted to be able to go out to a nice dinner date, so I booked a babysitter through Babysitting Whistler for last Friday. I should add that up until our trip, the only people to babysit/put our baby to bed besides us have been family members, so we were a bit nervous for our first real babysitter (who knows how bed time would go!). We called the company upon arrival in Whistler and they said we should hear from our babysitter (Emma) either that night or the following morning...but due to some cell phone issues on our end she couldn't get a hold of us until a few hours before she was scheduled to come to our condo. She asked about any allergies etc on the phone. She showed up right on time and put our minds at ease immediately with the way she interacted with our baby. She told us that she is also a paramedic so that definitely helped ease any anxiety I had! We enjoyed our date night immensely, and she even texted me as soon as our baby fell asleep which I thoroughly appreciated because then I felt like I could relax even more. When we returned to the condo, she said that our baby was happy the entire time they played together. I highly recommend this company, and we will be using them again the next time we are in town! Thank you, Emma! read more

This service is as good as it gets. Better than any babysitters or nannies that we've been able to find back home.

We had a really wonderful experience with both of the sitters that were sent through Babysitting Whistler. We were staying for a week long ski vacation with a large family and the two littlest needed to be cared for off of the hill. We had one sitter for the first day (a weekend) who entertained some of the older kids with games and activities, and then a second sitter who stayed for four days with two two year olds. They were both fun, responsible, communicative with parents and totally comfortable taking charge. The 2 year olds loved their sitter (Fanny) and we felt as though we could just walk out of the house and that she would take care of things. She took them on outings to the library and played in the snow. Their faces lit up when she came in the door in the morning. It made our vacation much easier. read more

We had Kim babysit for us while staying at the Westin. She was there from 9-5 three days and 6-10 one day. Kim did an absolutely phenomenal job with our 2 babies, age 4.5 months and 1.5 years. She texted me 4 days before we arrived to introduce herself. She was so sweet and as soon as we met her we knew our kids would be safe and taken care of. She took the kids to the library for music and crafts while we were skiing, as well as took them on walks, sang songs, fed them lunch, snacks, and bottles. Diapers and clothes were changed when necessary. She sent pictures and texts throughout the day so we knew what was happening. We were really happy with Kim, not only with how she took care of our kids but also with how she interacted with us. She responded to our texts immediately. She also stuck around after we got back to chat with us about her experience and fill us in on everything that happened during the day, from how many diaper changes there were to the songs they sang to the behavior of the kids throughout the day. She even wrote down the times the kids ate and napped. Excellent babysitter, wish we could have her around all the time for us and we highly recommend her, especially for infants and young children. Thank you so much to Kim and Whistler Babysitting for providing us a flawless service and our making our vacation fun and worry free. read more

I was nervous about being in a different country and hiring a babysitter to watch our 9 month old but had called a couple days before our trip to book with babysitting Whistler. I booked on Thursday for Saturday night and on Thursday night out babysitter text me to confirm Saturday. When we checked in to the Delta we asked the concierge about babysitters and they recommended babysitting Whistler, which put some of my worries at ease. On Saturday night our babysitter, Louise, showed up right on time and our daughter was comfortable with her. She usually screams whenever I walk out the door. Louise was great! She got our daughter to sleep and text us halfway through our time away to let us know everything was going well. We will definitely be using them again next time we visit. read more

The nannies are inexperienced. Our nanny did not change the baby for 6 hours. We came back earlier than scheduled and we found the baby's diaper full of pee and poop. The concierge of our hotel called to complain but the owner was missing. She did not follow up to apologize. We asked for a different nanny for the next days. The next nanny was ok. read more

A truly great experience for us and our daughter. While we enjoyed the slopes, Jade entertained my daughter all day, going to park, on the gondola, they went for lunch! My daughter said jade was so nice to her! read more

We were staying at the Fairmont in Whistler for a conference and needed a sitter for two nights while we were there. The hotel referred Babysitting Whistler to us as the first option. Their online reservation request form was super easy to use. You can even request the same sitter if you need multiple dates. I received an email confirming my reservation within 24hrs and then I received a text from the babysitter two days prior to our arrival. My boys are 10 and 8yrs old. Mimi took the boys to dinner both nights, swimming at the hotel, on a short hike and did arts and crafts with them. It was important to me for them not to be stuck in the hotel room for several hours while we were gone. Mimi was on time and flexible as we needed a little more time to get ready:) I checked/texted in a couple of times during the time Mimi was watching our boys and she answered me right away. Another high mark was the concierge at our hotel mentioned that she uses their services all the time for her kids as well! Highly recommend if you need/want some adult time and have the kids with you. read more