I am very familiar with hosting agencies and ask that agencies or any area coordinator, area representative, or local coordinator will not reply to this question. I am asking this question from the point of view of a potential host family, host parent, host sister, or host brother with no hosting experience. I would like [...]
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What is the most important question you have about hosting a high school foreign exchange student?
April 22nd, 2013 
JustHost How safe is studying abroad and staying with a host family?
March 8th, 2013 JustHost I’m wanting to go to England for two weeks next summer. The program will have me staying with a host family and my mom doesn’t want me going thinking that the family might be crazy or horrible. Has anyone been to England on a study abroad program? Chosen Answer: Your exchange program should be able [...]
What Australian gifts should I get my Italian host family?
January 19th, 2013 JustHost I am going on exchange in Italy for for months and I need some ideas for gifts to give my host family. My host mother and father are a teacher and a food shop owner, and I have two sisters, aged 17, and 22. What Australian gifts should I bring them as a token of [...]
When is the best time to apply to host an exchange student?
December 26th, 2012 JustHost My family wants to host an exchange student. We are not sure when to apply though. It is the middle of the academic school year and we were only want to host a student for the summer. Should we go ahead and apply? Because some websites say that they host families go through interviews, recommendations [...]
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2 Comments »Can college students host a college foreign exchange student over summer?
December 5th, 2012 JustHost There are 4 college students living in a house near campus. Are we too young to host a foreign exchange student for a few months in summer. Chosen Answer: To host? Yes. No reputable exchange program would place a student with a bunch of college students. However, there is absolutely no reason you couldn’t rent [...]
What is something I can bring as a gift for my Italian host sisters?
July 8th, 2012 JustHost I am leaving for Italy next weekend on an exchange for 3 weeks, and I need some ideas of gifts to bring my host siters. One is 11 years old, and the other is 13. I really do not know much about them, since their brother is the one hosting me. They just live in [...]
How do i go about about getting a host family in california?
March 28th, 2012 JustHost Im 16 and just finnishing my last year at school and taking my GCSE’s in England. Next year i really want to move to america and go to high school there, and someone suggested to me host families. How would i go about getting a host family, ideally in California? Thankyou x x Chosen Answer: [...]
What do they ask you about when having an interview to host a foreign exchange student?
March 13th, 2012 JustHost I have been wanting to host an exchange student and the only thing i need now is the interview. im just wondering what is it like? Chosen Answer: They will want to know about the place where you live – will the student have a private bedroom and be treated like the rest of the [...]
