Xilfee has a wide selection of host families waiting to welcome you into their homes.
Some of our families are simply offering a friendly and comfortable home for your stay, while most offer one-to-one tuition at an hourly rate. Language schools are another option, and they will provide a host family for you.
There are locations to suit all tastes: you may choose to stay in or near a bustling city like London where you can see the sights and sample the culture, or maybe you would prefer a quiet seaside location or country village with a typical English pub and cricket on the green! The choice is yours.
We want you to feel confident that you are choosing a friendly and trustworthy host family so we have done the checking for you. We evaluate each new profile with great care to ensure that only genuine and reliable hosts make it onto our site.
Have a browse through our "Find Hosts and Tutors" pages and you are sure to find something to suit you.
French students looking for a host family
If you are French and would like to come and stay in the UK, Ireland, USA or Australasia while learning or improving your English you have come to the right place! We at Xilfee have an abundance of opportunities for you whatever your age, ability or requirements.
Some of the exciting options on offer ...
- Stay with a host family, enjoying a great standard of accommodation while joining in with family life – no formal tuition.
- Choose a host who is also a qualified language tutor. You can agree on set hours for formal tuition while still enjoying the family atmosphere.
- Opt for a language school where you will be able to mix with other overseas students, and still have a host family to go home to.
Check out our “Find Host Families” section.
If it is your child who is learning English you may wish to look for a family with a child or children of the same age group as yours. Your son or daughter will have the chance to live as part of an English-speaking family, join in family activities and make new friends – all this while learning the language in a safe and friendly environment!
There is no age limit either! Whether you are 12 or 82 you will find something to suit you.
Our English host families are waiting for you to bring them a little bit of France!