What you need to know before becoming a host family | Exchange Student Tips | Host Family

Hey guys,
today I have a very special video that was requested by one of my lovely viewers. In this video I will give you all of my tips on how to be a good host family to an exchange student. I have comprised a list of tips for host families coming from the perspective of a former exchange student.
I hop you enjoy and can take away some advice on how to make your exchange student feel most at home.
If you have any questions or other video idea suggestions, please don´t hesitate to let me know down in the comments.
Lots of love,
Laura

[@infantryshooter]

Wow! Lots of details, always best to get information from the voice of experience. Thank you so much for making this video!! Well done!

[@honey27003]

Thank you so much. As always if there are any open questions, please don´t hesitate to ask away :) Gonna do a separate host family Q&A in the future as well though

[@pamdefrees]

You did such a great job giving advice to host families. Thank you for sharing!

[@BenjaminLammers27]

Thank you for making these videos! We are considering hosting a student someday soon.

[@amkovi89]

Thank you, Laura!!

[@honey27003]

thank you for watching! Host family Q&A is coming very soon as well. Probably gonna film that tomorrow so if there are any questions you have, let me know!

[@SaraDaviesAldworth]

We are considering becoming a host family and this is a great video of tips- thank you for making it and explaining how we can make a great temporary home for a student!!!

[@joefukushima4084]

Excellent content, we are thinking about doing this and your videos really help. You are so eloquent!

[@honey27003]

Thank you so much!!!

[@katlizski]

Thank you for these videos

[@honey27003]

Thank YOU for taking the time out of your day to watch them. Sometimes it's so surreal to me that people would actually take the time to watch my videos. It's truly still blowing my mind. I just hope I can help people out there as much as it helped me to watch these videos back in the day

[@greenerdayz]

Working together whether subscribing or signing up works for each other to provide success

[@kristenrice6862]

This is our first year being a host family! Thank you for this Video ❤

[@honey27003]

Thank you for hosting! I am sure it´s going to be an amazing experience. Have you picked out your student yet?

[@kristenrice6862]

@@honey27003 Yes, She is from Taiwan, will be here next month! We're very excited.

[@honey27003]

@@kristenrice6862 Amazing! I got to meet so many lovely people from Asia when I did my exchange as well! Btw I am planning on filming a host family q&a very very soon so if you have any questions about being a host family or exchanges in general, please don´t forget to let me know :)

[@kristenrice6862]

@@honey27003 Is there anything you wish your host family did differently or would have done? Did you have any big culture barrier when it came to living in a different country? At the end of the day my goal is to make sure they're safe and comfortable while also allowing her to have the freedoms to have a fun exchange. ❤

[@honey27003]

@@kristenrice6862 Sounds like you have the right mindset! Amazing questions, I am definitely going to incorporate them in my video

[@alcohlhollik5288]

We are hosting for the first time this year and this video was wonderful, thank you!!

[@honey27003]

So glad to hear that it was helpful to you! First year, that is so exciting! Which country is your student from?

[@alcohlhollik5288]

@@honey27003 She is from France.

[@honey27003]

@@alcohlhollik5288 Amazing! So one of my neighbors technically. I am sure you´re gonna have an amazing time with her and maybe she can teach you some fun french words as well. Beautiful language definitely. Unfortunately, I only know the very basics of it. Should definitely refresh my knowledge on that ... Please let me know if you have any other questions concerning becoming a host family as I am planning on doing a host family q&a very soon!

[@nanditshabalala7113]

This was SO HELPFUL thank you💗💗 my host sister arrives next month💗💗

[@honey27003]

So exciting!Where is she from?

[@nanditshabalala7113]

@@honey27003 Italyy any tips on how to make a european feel at home?

[@honey27003]

@@nanditshabalala7113 Generally speaking I would try to make references to her country, language and culture. Maybe have an evening where you cook an Italian meal together or get her a little sign in Italian writing or learn a few phrases or get her snacks, take her to an authentic Italian place. It will show that you appreciate her culture and are thoughtful

[@maxangau6242]

I wish my family had at least ask their daughters if they were okay with hosting me… they didn’t. Making the whole tougher.

[@michaelrogers172]

From listening to your videos they sounded quite interesting and we're hoping though we get accepted on so that we can bring in foreign exchange students into our home but is it okay to call them for an exchange daughter of ours if they ever came in our home? We just never had any children of our own and we figured this is a good opportunity to feel the opportunity of them sharing their stories about their culture and US telling them about our background of our ancestry of where we came from which could kind of connect.

[@justinstiltner5706]

More good content...... Good tips. One thing I'm l kind of shocked about is that your host family did not greet you at the airport. It would have taken a lot for us to have not greeted our student at the airport.

[@honey27003]

Yea that didn't make for the best start. But they decided to host me very last minute so they probably weren't able to re-schedule their plans for that day.

[@mdhasibali1818]

How to get a host family in Austin, Tx for s student from Bangladesh?

[@ainembabazizuraika8391]

I need to work in host family

[@joecaccamise5926]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@honey27003]

Thank you so much! I hope this was helpful!

[@tashareese3637]

Hello! We’ll be hosting next school year. When going to the store to get hygiene products, phone, etc. who generally pays for these things - student or host family?

[@honey27003]

Very good question! First of all, congrats on becoming a host family, that's awesome! Every family handles finances differently so I might make a separate video about that soon. In my case, I payed for everything that I used exclusively. That includes hygiene products, clothing, going to the movies with friends etc. Everything that was shared by the whole family, my host family would pay for me. That includes groceries, detergent, meals we would all have together at a restaurant. In the end, it is up to you to discuss it with your exchange student, though. I just think that groceries for example is much easier to just buy all together unless they have really really specific dietary requirements. Let me know if you have any other questions, I would love to answer them :) And keep an eye out for the finance video. I will definitely post that before the next school year

[@selina1381]

I‘m going to live with a single host mom without children and with another exchange student. Do you think I‘m missing out on a lot because I don‘t have hostsiblings? Like „real“ ones

[@honey27003]

No, I think that host families come in all shapes and sizes. I had host siblings and we get along now but we didn't get along when I was an exchange student so just because you have host siblings doesn't mean that you're gonna have a good relationship with them. A friend of mine had a similar situation where she was placed with another exchange student and it actually turned out really well. That other exchange student will be in the same situation as you which will help you out because you will have someone to talk to about everything. And you get the opportunity to form and amazing friendship there. From personal experience I would say just be very open minded and just go there and see how it turns out because you can never predict how these things will turn out anyway. I am sure you will have a great time :)

[@mina_8636]

At which age I can do an exchange? First at high school or can I do it in middle school age too? Bc some friends of me who have French could have done it whit out corona in 7th grade and I can do in 9th grade, cause I'm going to have French too.

[@honey27003]

Hi, it depends on your country's school system. In Germany, you usually do your exchange after grade 9 or 10 or after your studies. You can discuss with your teachers or headmaster. They will be able to advise you on the best time to go

[@mina_8636]

@@honey27003 OK thank you, cause we can do an exchange in France, when I've got French the second year, but I would it only use to try in France for 3 weeks or smth like this. Second years are: 7th grade or 9th grade I would have in 9th grade...

[@Gerhard-Martin]

How did I manage my whole Stay with my French Exchange-Student, WITHOUT caring about any "Phone Contracts" at all ? 8-/ Huh ? (SIGH) ... If you listen to the 'Youth of today' , you start to wonder, HOW People survived BEFORE all this mobile & digital Madness for thousands and thousands of Years. 8-/

[@lesleymarie6499]

They could try to set up their phone contracts so that they’re able to call and text their family back home.. I’m sure if I was an exchange student I’d want all my phone stuff figured out asap so that I could update my family in case anything goes wrong..

[@Gerhard-Martin]

@@lesleymarie6499 The Case, THAT something seriously goes wrong, is surely already at Hand, when People expect to be available EVERYTIME & EVERYWHERE ! 8-o This only leaves me with the Fear, that anything I do (especially by HAND) isn´t appreciated by my Fellow-Men & -Women anymore...it´s not WORTHY anymore...in THEIR blinded Minds. 8-(