The children will always be our top critics. Here's what the grown-ups have said about us.
157 reviews
Via web
Aug 2021
We contacted Jill ahead of our holiday to see if she could organise someone to help out with our 18 month old son while my husband was teleworking and i was taking care of my 7 week year old son for several hours a day. Immediately i received a warm reply and and we had a great conversation to reassure me about their services. We stayed in the Villa Maria and it was wonderful, while i was with the baby, Becky went round the kids pool, club and playground with my very energetic toddler. From my garden i could hear him enjoy himself and laughing. We were very happy to have her take care of him and his English even though he only spoke Dutch improved so quickly! Thank you Jill for also babysitting our little Joshua when we went out for dinners. We will be very happy to return next years with both kids.
Naomi Hill
Via web
Aug 2021
We have just returned home following a two week stay in Tenerife. During our stay we used Mini Amigos to help sort out childcare. Jill was fantastic at responding to our enquiry and fixed us up with the wonderful Antonia. Antonia was terrific - we left her in sole charge of our six month old daughter every day so that we could take our older two children (aged 5 and 3) to the sea/pool and on longer day trips. Antonia gave our daughter fantastic care: she is wonderfully calm, extremely kind, and obviously very experienced. The holiday was a huge success, largely due to Antonia's help and hard work. Our older two children also really liked her and were particularly happy when she was babysitting. We cannot wait to come back!
Petra Teacher
Via web
Aug 2021
We have just returned home following a two week stay in Tenerife. During our stay we used Mini Amigos to help sort out childcare. Jill was fantastic at responding to our enquiry and fixed us up with the wonderful Antonia. Antonia was terrific - we left her in sole charge of our six month old daughter every day so that we could take our older two children (aged 5 and 3) to the sea/pool and on longer day trips. Antonia gave our daughter fantastic care: she is wonderfully calm, extremely kind, and obviously very experienced. The holiday was a huge success, largely due to Antonia's help and hard work. Our older two children also really liked her and were particularly happy when she was babysitting. We cannot wait to come back!
Petra Teacher
Via web
Aug 2021
We have just returned home following a two week stay in Tenerife. During our stay we used Mini Amigos to help sort out childcare. Jill was fantastic at responding to our enquiry and fixed us up with the wonderful Antonia. Antonia was terrific - we left her in sole charge of our six month old daughter every day so that we could take our older two children (aged 5 and 3) to the sea/pool and on longer day trips. Antonia gave our daughter fantastic care: she is wonderfully calm, extremely kind, and obviously very experienced. The holiday was a huge success, largely due to Antonia's help and hard work. Our older two children also really liked her and were particularly happy when she was babysitting. We cannot wait to come back!
Petra Teacher
Via web
Aug 2021
Thank you Jill for looking after our son Bobby (6 months) 2 times during our stay in Tenerife. Last minute we asked you if you had time to babysit the next day and you responded immediately and helped us. You are experienced, energetic and we immediately felt that Bobby was in good hands. Thanks for everything and next time we will definitely book through Mini Amigos again! Kind regards, Christian Ros Lighting Designer
Christian Ros
Via web
Aug 2021
I cannot recommend mini amigos highly enough! I was really nervous about leaving my 10 month old with a stranger abroad but I really didn’t need to be. I was persuaded to book by seeing such amazing reviews, particularly one by someone I know so took the plunge and booked two nights of baby sitting while we were in Tenerife. Jill was quick to respond and sent over all her documents promptly, which I found really reassuring. Communication was fantastic and she messaged the day before to check we were still ok to go ahead. Jill arrived a few minutes early and text me to let me know she was outside so as not to wake the baby! We had a discussion about all my little girls needs if she woke up and off we went and had a lovely meal and a few cocktails! On the second night, my daughter had a danger nap on the way back from the jungle park 🤦♀️ and wouldn’t go to sleep as normal at 7pm. Jill was lovely, said she was happy to play with her until she was tired and immediately engaged her with her toys. She barely looked up when we said goodbye! Jill kept in touch and text regularly to let me know when she was asleep and that all was well. This meant I could really relax and be safe in the knowledge all was ok. We are lucky enough to own an apartment in los cristianos and come to Tenerife regularly. I can’t tell you how happy we are to have found a reliable service that we will use time and time again! Thanks so much Jill, those chilled evenings were just what we needed xxx
Sophie
Via web
Aug 2021
We have recently returned from costa adeje and were lucky enough to have used Sharron our nanny for 3 evenings. Sharron instantly made a connection with our 6 year old son and he always looked forward to seeing her and asking if Sharron was putting him to bed again! We were able to have 3 meals out kid free which is a rarity with a 5 month old. Sharron kept us updated while we were out and was able to resettle our 5 month old easily when he woke one evening. We will be back to tenerife and looking to use Jill and Sharrons services without hesitation.
Hannah
Via web
Mar 2021
Thank you so much Antonia for your incredible help with our little boy (8-10 months old) during our 2 months stay in beautiful Tenerife. Your experience is golden and you are so talented and passionate about the babies. Hugo absolutely loved spending time with you! He developed incredibly and learnt crawling (hurray!) We're so lucky and grateful we have found you. We will miss you and your amazing energy so much! Hopefully we will come back soon and meet you again! To all Mamas - Antonia is wonderful, don't hesitate to book her immediately!
Karolina Uzdowska
Via web
Jan 2021
After a difficult year we decided to go ahead with our trip to Tenerife, primarily because we knew we would be able to have a break thanks to the excellent childcare afforded by Jill and her team. On a previous trip 2 years ago Jill had given us such personalised care and we were so happy knowing that our son, then aged 2 was being entertained and having the best time. Even in the months leading up to the holiday, Jill was on hand via WhatsApp giving us advice, contacting the hotel for us and putting us at ease. On the holiday itself, Sharron was our nanny. Our 3.5 year old was so excited to see her every day, knowing that he would have the best morning in the kids club, playing mini golf or going to the beach. She was warm, punctual and experienced. We felt so at ease with her. We then brought my 10 month old to join them after her nap and it gave us some much needed time off. She would make sure that they were both fed and happy. My baby giggled with delight every time she saw Sharron and she very much became part of the family on holiday. In such troubling times it was a breath of fresh air to be able to have Jill, Sharron and the team with us. We would never go back to Tenerife with young children without them again!
Dalia Taylor
Via web
Mar 2020
Antonia looked after our daughter (age 4) and son (age five months) during our recent trip Tenerife and was fantastic with them both. She kept them both entertained and happy and gave us complete peace of mind and a break! We would thoroughly recommend Antonia and Mini Amigos.
Sarah Delaney