Do Education takes a great responsibility in ensuring that your homestay is a safe & an enjoyable experience.  One of the ways we do this is by having first hand knowledge of the area & first hand knowledge of different cities & towns in Canada.  We frequently telephone our students & homestay hosts to promote communication & to ensure the safety of our students.  All of our homestay hosts, including all of the family members go through a complete police check.  They are all interviewed by a representative that is responsible for safety awareness.   If there is an emergency at any time our guardians will be with our students in one hour or less. We use the services of Canada Homestay International.  Please refer to Canada Homestay International's website to learn more about there services & all of their benefits.

What is a Homestay?

Homestay experiences will provide you or your child with a private room, a bed with clean linen & private storage for you or your child's belongings (such as a chest of drawers or a closet).  There will be access to a bathroom with their own clean towels.  Typically, Homestay scenarios can range from a completely immersible family experience, to a very basic room rental.  We aim to provide a complete immersible family experience.  A homestay is a form of tourism and/or study abroad program that allows the visitor to rent a room from a local family to better learn the local lifestyle as well as improve their language ability.  While homestays can occur in any destination worldwide, some countries do more to encourage homestay than others as a means of developing their tourism industry.  Hosting a homestay participant also allows the local family to earn some additional, needed income. Having low profitability, as it is, a homestay can not be regarded as strictly commercial activity, but more of cross cultural exchange & a learning experience.  We refuse homestay hosts who only have the monetary reason to become a host.  Students generally arrange a homestay with their school, but can also informally arrange to stay with a family through social connections, and through a variety of private agencies.

In most homestays, a student lives, eats, and shares the majority of their time in the host country with the hosts and their family. Family events such as dining out, amusement parks, camping, travel, etc. usually involve the host student who may or may not be expected to pay a portion for the participation (tickets, parking, gas, travel expenses, etc.) The student is invited to participate in Holiday festivities (Thanksgiving, Christmas, etc.) and family events (weddings, birthdays, etc.)As well, students may simply be renting a room within a private home with minimal supervision from a host or family.  Host families are always encouraged to help the students adjust to the culture difference.  Most homestay hosts are teachers or retired teachers that miss teaching.  A great host family will ensure that you succeed in your goal of learning English.