Foreign or international students looking for quality homestay accommodation at reasonable prices will find a huge choice of host families on Lingoo, the language exchange and homestay club.
Lingoo is different. We are not an agency but part of the sharing economy that allows international students get in contact directly with local hosts and take control of where they stay. You decide where you stay, who you stay with, when, and for how long. And because you make bookings and payments directly with your hosts, you also make big savings. There are thousands of hosts on Lingoo for to search through.
As a foreign student, staying with a host during your gap year or working holiday is all about experiencing new and different cultures and learning or improving a new language. People who participate in a student exchange often say they have the time of their lives. They see the world from a new perspective, gain understanding of a new culture, as lifelong friendships and bonds are formed with their host family.
The best way to improve your language learning is when you are relaxed and having fun. Because you’re practising all day, learning new things, and sharing every day activities in your target language, you learn faster and without realising how much you’ve learned.
Pick a host who shares your lifestyle, hobbies and interests. Go through the reviews and get to know them before you make a reservation. Your homestay hosts will welcome you into their home, provide home-cooked meals, an insider’s guide to the local community, and take you to see the sights and sounds that tourists can only dream of. We’re confident you’ll find a homestay host on Lingoo that you actually want to stay with.
The Lingoo homestay hosts who provide accommodation for foreign or international student are a diverse group, ranging from traditional and single-parent families to single adults and retirees. The one thing they all have in common though is that they firmly believe that learning a foreign language should be a fun and natural process.
We have homestay families living all over the world, speaking the major languages. Look at the bottom of this page for more specific information on the language or country you are seeking.
Our hosts will help you learn and practise the language in everyday situations, such as cooking, chatting around the dinner table or practicing a hobby or interest. Our homestay families understand that an important part of their role is providing students with a cultural as well as a language immersion. For those students who would also like a more formal approach, you can always decide to stay with a homestay teacher who will, in addition to accommodation, also provide structured language lessons during your stay.
Through our vigorous validation process, we ensure every homestay is safe, secure and great value for money. The identity of every host is checked personally by the Lingoo validation team before they can register with us. Together with references and visitor evaluations, contracts for each reservation, and support from the support team, we ensure that your homestay is the ideal way to improve your language skills.
Instead of going through an expensive school or agency, you can find your ideal homestay host, by searching through the Lingoo data base. Lingoo publishes the profiles of approved homestay hosts from all over the world who are ready to welcome you into their homes and share their culture and language.
- If you want to learn or improve your French, we have many French homestay members living in France, Belgium and French speaking Switzerland and Canada.
- If you want to learn or improve your German , we have many German homestay members living in Germany and Austria.
- If you want to learn or improve your Italian we have many homestay families in Italy.
- For Spanish learners we have hundreds of homestay families in Spain and a growing number in South America.
- We have a large number of English homestay hosts living in all parts of the United Kingdom – England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Look for homestay hosts in one of the popular cities: London, Cambridge , Oxford, Brighton and Bournemouth.
- The Republic of Ireland is a very popular destination for students seeking an English speaking homestay made easy by the use of the Euro currency. Look for homestay hosts in one of the popular cities such as Dublin, Cork, Kerry, Galway or Limerick.
- Further away, Lingoo has a growing number of English homestay hosts in America (U.S.A). and Canada and also Australia and New Zealand.
Lingoo is the only site of its kind on the market and all of our homestay hosts have followed a registration process with a clear protocol governing identification and security.
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.