What is a homestay?

A homestay is the only housing option that provides international students and visiting scholars the opportunity to live in an American home while studying in Philadelphia. By sharing life together with their hosts, students have a first-hand experience of American family culture and a chance for regular, relaxed conversation in English. Students love the safety and comfort of home while living in an excellent environment for serious study. Students find that a homestay is much more than just renting a room in a house. A homestay is a place that makes you feel right at home.

Each homestay includes:

  • • Special friends and family where you live
  • • Safe, affordable accommodations
  • • A comfortable, fully furnished, private bedroom
  • • Daily, self-serve continental breakfast
  • • Three family-style dinners each week
  • • Internet access
  • • Microwave, refrigerator, and laundry facilities
  • • Regular and relaxed conversation in English
  • • Rich variety of American cultural experiences
  • • Lifelong memories of your American family

Who are our hosts?

All of our hosts are different. Some host families include a husband, a wife, and children. Some are single professionals. Some are retired Americans who enjoy sharing their homes with students and scholars from all over the world. Each host is chosen for their warm hospitality, gracious home, and close proximity to the universities and programs we serve.

Meet the Homestay team

Dotty & Bob Larson
Homestay Coordinators
Right at Home Homestay, LLC.

"Hosting international students and scholars with Right At Home Homestay has been our joy and delight for almost a decade. We look forward to welcoming you to the City of Brotherly Love, also known as Philadelphia. We will do our very best to help you feel right at home with the great hosts that participate in this outstanding program."

Beth Van Horn
Associate
Right at Home Homestay, LLC.

"I love to travel because I love meeting people. I have hosted international students and scholars with Right At Home Homestay for many years because can I meet people from all over the world right in my own home. I look forward to meeting you, too. Welcome to the Right at Home Homestay family!"

“Since 1995, my family and I have been welcoming international students and scholars to our corner of the world. Philadelphia, the birth place of America, is rich in history, culture, and entertainment. University City, our own vibrant neighborhood, is a center for world-class institutions of education, medicine, and technology. Here, wonderful hosts open their homes to students and scholars from around the globe. Together, we welcome you to the Right at Home Homestay family. Now take a deep breath, relax, and be comfortable. We want you to feel right at home.”

Anne Cohen
Proprietor
Right at Home Homestay, LLC.