Exclusive | Im a superyacht nanny and get paid to travel the world in luxury while watching rich peoples kids how I got the gigs

BB Smalls wasn’t looking for a free ride when she signed on as a nanny to Hollywood honchos, globally-renowned rock stars and bigwig billionaires. But free first-class flights to Bora Bora, $100,000 rooms at the St.Regis Resort and bougie boating excursions along the Amalfi Coast are exactly what she got — not to mention routine shopping sprees at Gucci, Chanel and Louis Vuitton — while on the job.“I’ve been everywhere: Maui, Tahiti, London, Italy, Scotland, you name it,” Smalls, 44, from Los Angeles, tells The Post.Nondisclosure agreements bar her from spilling the secrets and specifics of her eccentric ex-bosses.

But Smalls, now a married stay-at-home mom living in Texas, says, “Nannying for the right people means getting paid to travel.”She’s in the 40% of childcare providers who regularly globetrot, by sky, land or sea with their employers, per data from the International Nanny Association.Smalls just happens to do it the luxe way as a “super yacht nanny.”It’s a post that grants kiddo pros the opportunity to see the sights, as well as how the top 1% travels, for free.

The super lucky even get to nanny on superyachts, vacation vessels spanning over 80 feet in length, which are roughly twice the length of an average yacht.The behemoths come fully staffed with a captain and crew. Chartering the megacruisers can cost between $100,000 and more than $1 million per week, depending on size, time of year and onboard amenities, such as helipads, movie theatres, Jacuzzis and gyms. But most A-list showboats like Mark Zuckerberg, who paid a reported $300 million for his 387-foot superyacht, and Jeff Bezos, with his 417-foot, $500 million ship, rarely sweat over dollars and cents.  Ella Peters, a superyacht nanny of nearly 10 years, said that during peak yachting season, June through August, she’s often booked for back-to-back trips with a revolving door of well-to-do employers from NYC, Europe and the Middle East. “I do love the job,” t...