Brexit Update
It is a welcome update that students travelling from the European countries to study in the United Kingdom at accredited schools and institutions will not need to apply for a visa for stays up to 6 months. [...]
Quarantine Update
When you arrive to the UK, you must travel directly to your place of accommodation and quarantine for 10 days. The 10-day quarantine period is counted from the day after you left your country of departure before [...]
Message from Peter Brown, Director
It’s been a year like no other that I can think of in my many many years of working in the industry for the last 25 years at Hosts International. This year has been like no other, [...]
Interview with Homestay Host
How long have you been hosting foreign students? For over 10 years would you believe! What made you begin? It was two things really. One is that my son moved out and we have a large house [...]
The Lockdown Homestay Experience
What an experience – the lockdown story of our wonderful Dublin host family, Mrs Maria T. It started some four months ago when her student William’s school closed down following the lockdown. The school didn’t just close [...]