Stay with a friendly host family in London . Adults, children, teenagers and family groups can eat, sleep and breathe the English language and world famous London culture and history as part of a total language immersion staying with a friendly host family. Foreign students of all ages learning English will find a huge choice of approved London host families on Lingoo.
Staying with a London host family offers a relaxed, fun, yet intensive approach to language learning in the capital. Your child might be preparing for an English exam. Or perhaps you’d like to feed a personal passion to improve your English while visiting London at the same time? Staying with a host family in London offers great value for money and will give you an insight into life in the English capital. With Lingoo you can reserve a host family in London directly, without paying any fees to a middleman. Booking a London host family is so much cheaper than a London language school or through a host family agency.
Staying with a host family in London is an effective way to learn because you live with your host family, practising English all day and avoiding the temptation to speak to other students in your native language. Your London hosts will provide a welcoming environment, support your learning, and offer an authentic window into their lifestyle and culture. And to help you make the most of your stay, you communicate with your host family before you book, getting to know them and their interests.
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Lingoo has hundreds of registered, approved host families in London. We’re confident you’ll find one where you want to stay, that shares your interests, and even your diet or religion. Each London host family has a personal profile that includes their interests as well as references and evaluations from previous guests. And because you’re able to communicate before you travel, both parties avoid that awful moment when you first ring the doorbell and wonder who will answer – because you already know each other.
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Our London host family profiles are diverse. They range from traditional and single-parent families to single adults and retirees. But all of them believe that learning a foreign language should be fun and full of the discovery that classroom settings simply cannot offer. Lingoo's London hosts will help you learn and practise the language in everyday situations and while indulging your hobbies. If you would also like structured language lessons, click here to find out more about staying with a homestay teacher.
Many of our hosts can also arrange to pick you (or your child) up at the airport or station and transport you there again when you return home. The Lingoo contract is also there to help unaccompanied children pass through immigration. The identity of every host is checked personally by the Lingoo team before they can register with us. Together with references and visitor evaluations, contracts for each reservation, and support from the Lingoo team when misunderstandings occur, we ensure that your homestays are safe, secure and offer great value for money. Even your deposit is covered by our cancellation rules. Click here to JOIN NOW.
Looking for more information on host families in London?
- The Lingoo blog is a good source of additional advice if you are looking for a London host. Read about How to pick your perfect host family or how to prepare yourself for a Homestay abroad . More on How Lingoo differs from Traditional Homestay Language Holiday Agencies or Three Ways Parents Can Find The Best Value Homestay Language Holiday.
- Read through our FAQ section A world of languages : Read more on Who are our Host Families? and What is a Language Homestay?
- Look on our Facebook page where we regularly review our host families in London and elsewhere.
- Read our Testimonial page for member feedback on our host familes.
If you are interested in finding a host through Lingoo for your child or teenager, then please click here. If you are interested in finding a host for you or your family, then please click here. To learn about all other membership opportunities on Lingoo, please visit our home page.
Finding a host family in London that best suits your lifestyle and interests is so much easier when you use Lingoo.
A language holiday in London has to be one of the best ways to improve your English whilst enjoying one of the most dynamic cities in the world. A visit to London is perhaps the best way to learn about English history, culture and above all the language? Buckingham Palace, Westminster, Big Ben, St. Paul's Cathedral, the British Museum, London's monuments and places of interest will throw you into English history, culture and the rich English language. For those who are fond of music and the theatre, London offers the opportunity to delight adults and children of all ages and tastes.
Take time to look at the London architecture. Walk among the beautiful houses of Notting Hill and Chelsea, or get lost in the crowd of Camden Market, listening to Shakespeare at the Globe theatre or walk on Meridian Greenwich. Walk along the side of the river Thames eating fish and chips whilst improving your level of English by chatting with your Lingoo partner member.
Lingoo is recruiting host families. Our host families provide accommodation, meals, day trips and social activities for their guests, as well as an authentic experience of their culture and everyday life. No formal language teaching qualifications are required, just enthusiasm to help someone build confidence in their language skills. Read more about becoming a host family.