Welcome to USA Homestays

We’re glad you found USA Homestays! If you want to live with a host family during your university studies, you’re in the right place. We want to give you a host family that will be your home away from home!

Living with a host family offers many benefits that you wouldn’t have in an apartment.

1) In a host family, you’ll learn English faster and better as you practice with native speakers every day! Most students who live with a host family get higher IELTS and TOEFL scores than those who don’t.

2) Host families immerse you in American culture and help you understand American life from the inside. Most international students only experience American culture as an outside observer. In a homestay, you share life and culture in a fun way with an American family!

3) A host family provides a safe and comfortable living environment. The family’s home becomes your home, a place where you can rest at ease. The family can help you get around the city and avoid any difficult areas.

4) When you live with a host family, you live with people who love and care for you. They aren’t just opening a room to you—they’re opening their lives to you! They want to help you flourish and be successful. And if you’re having a hard time, you always have someone there for you!

You can bring your cares, concerns, and stresses to the family any time you need to talk.

5) Amazingly, host families are actually cheaper than apartment living! The cost of food and utilities are included in your homestay fee—those costs would usually add around $300 to your cost of living in an apartment! On top of that you get the added value of improving your English and experiencing culture!

If you want to live with an excellent host family while you study in the US, please check our locations page to see if we are currently serving in your destination. If you want to know more, read our frequently asked questions.

To apply for a host family in the US, click here!