If you have found your way to this page then you must be looking for accommodation and presumably in Oxford. But what is a home stay? Of course, it is linked to cheap travel and tourism with cheap holiday accommodation but it is much much more. It has many qualities that you will not find in an Oxford hotel or even in a hostel, a guest house, a holiday rental, an inn or a Bed and Breakfast (B&B).
You stay in a regular Oxford house but what makes staying a home stay different from other travel holidays?
One thing about a hotel, guest house, hostel or bed & breakfast holiday stay is that you normally arrive as a stranger and leave as a stranger. That doesn’t happen in our home stay!
Of course staying with a host family varies from home stay to home stay but here are some features of our home stay:
You will stay in a ‘real’ home not a place designed for tourists; you will be special - there will be few other guests staying.
Expect a friendly welcome and with the host trying to make your stay a happy one.
You will find a clean, tidy, safe and friendly environment.
You will enjoy an enriching learning experience.
You will experience normal day to day life of people who live in England – this is sometimes described as seeing through a window opening onto another culture.
Some experiences will be new - that is part of the joy of staying in a home stay. It is a cross cultural activity - both we and you will gain from the experience.
As hosts we live on site - it is our home
As hosts we will care for you as an individual - it will help if you inform us of any special needs like diet or allergies
You will be staying in an Oxford house – fairly central and with good transport links.
The experience can include language study as the host is a qualified English language teacher.
Depending on your package you may share the evening meal with us, your hosts.
We have long experience of running a successful home stay and are confident that we can make your stay with us very pleasurable.
