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Are you going to study abroad and unsure whether or not to choose the homestay option? Look no further.

Homestay SOS is a must read for homestay guests and hosts alike. This personal account highlights the challenges you may face; illustrates the pitfalls you will want to avoid, and makes a case for a more regulated, consistent homestay experience for all.

Its aim is to contextualize how the homestay experience impacts learning and wellbeing. It endeavors to impress upon the the decisionmakers in the global educational tourism industry:-

• how vital homestay hosting is to the industry
• that homestay hosts be embraced as ‘partners’ in the industry
• that training and guidelines for hosts be provided so that hosts are not isolating in their own homes, doing whatever they think is the ‘right’ thing, and potentially leaving guests vulnerable.

With recommendations to benefit both guest and host, Homestay SOS is an impassioned plea for more attention to be paid to this vital adjunct to the global education industry.

The author, an experienced homestay host, offers to readers her raw, unfiltered chronicle of events as a guest — an experience that took her so by surprise, it prompted her to write this book.

At the heart of HOMESTAY SOS is a call to action, so that standards are upheld and the basic needs of students are provided for and met.

If you want to benefit from these insights, Homestay SOS is a great book choice.

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