Is Hosting for You?

Do you live in any area of Weymouth and Portland?
Have you thought about hosting visitors in your home?

Our community of Homestay Hosts provides accommodation for national and international visitors of all ages throughout the year.

Benefits to you

Make money from your spare room without the risk. We check the visitors and are on hand to support 24/7.

Host all year round or just in the summer 6 weeks, and choose to have short or long term visitors.

Make new friends! Many of our Homestay Hosts have made long lasting friendships and been hosted themselves overseas.

Learn about different cultures, find new favourites, and introduce children to various nationalities and accents.

Be part of local, national, and international events either by visiting new found friends or closer to home.

Be an ambassador for our local area and share your favourite places and things to do with your international visitors.

Hosting 4 U? Dates

We are recruiting new hosts NOW for groups in 2025

Students (ages 13 — 17 years) and leaders expected:

German: 18th - 22nd May (4 nights)

German: 24th - 30th May (6 nights)

German: 2nd - 5th June (3 nights)

German: 19th - 23rd June (4 nights)

Spanish, Italian, French, Hungarian, Chinese:

7, 14, 20 or 21 nights between 28th June - 10th August

German: 15th - 29th August (14 nights)

German: 12th - 18th October (6 nights)

Self-catered teachers and activity leaders:

between 25th June - 9th August

Other dates available throughout the year

Contact us today to become a Homestay Host and start hosting as soon as you are ready!

How it works

Who Can Host?

Anyone can apply to become a host! Our current Hosts range from couples and individuals of all ages without children, to couples and individuals with children of all ages. Some of our hosts already have lodgers as well.

First Visit

We visit everyone who is interested in hosting. We will answer all your questions and record your preferences and availability. We check your accommodation and talk through our Terms & Conditions.

Allocation of Visitors

Once you're happy and have signed all our Mandatory Documents we can allocate you visitors. We will make every effort to match this to your preferences and are available to you and your visitors for support 24/7.

For more info on what it means to be a Homestay Host read our FAQs

FAQs

When you join our community of Homestay Hosts, you have the opportunity to choose categories of visitors

Summer Young Learners

Groups of 12-17 yr olds visiting for around 2 weeks. They have a full programme of activities through the day and some in the evening.

Weymouth English Centre at Weymouth College

Weymouth English Centre welcomes students to Weymouth College through July and August. We are their accommodation partner.

Ministay Young Learners

Groups of 12-17 yr olds visiting for 2-10 days. They have a programme through the day and time to connect with their Homestay Host in the evening.

Long Stay Young

Learners

We partner with Weymouth college to host individual young people 16+ studying for between 12 weeks and 2 years, usually a term, semester, or year.

Other Visitors —

Venture Breaks

Adult individuals or groups visiting for 4-5 days and seeking Homestay accommodation. Their venture break could relate to culture, history, art, sport, science or other.

Other Visitors —

Internships

Young adults visiting for 2-6 months working full time in an internship, typically in Administration and Library work.

Other Visitors —

Adults Learning English

Adults of any age joining an English Language Immersion programme, typically for 1-3 months.

Read our Policies for more detail on how we work

Policies

Feedback

"My host family is so sweet with me and if I would choose a family I will choose this one."

"I like my host family, they are very kind people. They talk with me so I could improve my speaking and listening."

"They were very nice and they were interested in what we did during the day and what we would do later. | I love my host family."

From Students

From Hosts

"We were truly blessed to host the most amazing girl." - Jane

"Great, she is very friendly and looked after me well. I have had a great time with my host family."

"They are really nice and answered all our questions. The family was very nice to us, they told us lots about life in England."

"If I could come to Weymouth again I would want to stay with her."

Homestay & Venture Breaks

Is Hosting for You?

Do you live in any area of Weymouth and Portland?
Have you thought about hosting visitors in your home?

Our community of Homestay Hosts provides accommodation for national and international visitors of all ages throughout the year.

Benefits to you

We are recruiting new hosts NOW for groups in 2025

Contact us today to become a Homestay Host and start hosting as soon as you are ready!

How it works

Who Can Host?

First Visit

Allocation of Visitors

For more info on what it means to be a Homestay Host read our FAQs

When you join our community of Homestay Hosts, you have the opportunity to choose categories of visitors

Read our Policies for more detail on how we work

Feedback

From Students

From Hosts

"We were truly blessed to host the most amazing girl." - Jane

"Great, she is very friendly and looked after me well. I have had a great time with my host family."

"They are really nice and answered all our questions. The family was very nice to us, they told us lots about life in England."

"If I could come to Weymouth again I would want to stay with her."

"Great organisation....I've hosted for many years and have had many young people return to us year after year." - Sarah

Is Hosting for You?

Do you live in any area of Weymouth and Portland? Have you thought about hosting visitors in your home? Our community of Homestay Hosts provides accommodation for national and international visitors of all ages throughout the year.

Benefits to you

We are recruiting new hosts NOW for groups in 2025

Contact us today to become a Homestay Host and start hosting as soon as you are ready!

How it works

Who Can Host?

First Visit

Allocation of Visitors

For more info on what it means to be a Homestay Host read our FAQs

When you join our community of Homestay Hosts, you have the opportunity to choose categories of visitors

Read our Policies for more detail on how we work

Feedback

From Students

From Hosts

"We were truly blessed to host the most amazing girl." - Jane

"Great, she is very friendly and looked after me well. I have had a great time with my host family." "They are really nice and answered all our questions. The family was very nice to us, they told us lots about life in England." "If I could come to Weymouth again I would want to stay with her."

"Great organisation....I've hosted for many years and have had many young people return to us year after year." - Sarah

Do you live in any area of Weymouth and Portland?
Have you thought about hosting visitors in your home?

Our community of Homestay Hosts provides accommodation for national and international visitors of all ages throughout the year.

"Great, she is very friendly and looked after me well. I have had a great time with my host family."

"They are really nice and answered all our questions. The family was very nice to us, they told us lots about life in England."

"If I could come to Weymouth again I would want to stay with her."