Homestay Payment/Cancellation
Policy
- Payment of homestay fee is made directly to the homestay family
and is due on day of arrival and before the beginning of each new
session
- Additional fee rates are as follows:
- Temporary homestay
can be
arranged if your homestay family is not available immediately at
the time or day
of your arrival.
- Transportation to and from the airport are also
available, by our homestay family driver.
- The homestay family fee
is not normally
refundable; however this is left up to individual families based
on the circumstances.
- The charges for the homestay fees cover a eight-week
period.
Pay date begins on the day of arrival. Homestay owners can charge
for the extra days upon the student’s departure. If there is a school
break between sessions, those days are counted as extra as well.
- If the student
asks to be moved to another homestay because of incompatibility
with the original selected homestay, we will move the student as
soon as
another homestay is available, and the unused portion of the homestay
fee will
be forwarded to the new homestay family.
- If a student chooses
to move out of the home stay for reasons other than incompatability,
for
example,
they found an apartment in which to move, they want to live
closer to the ELI, and choose to not wait until the end of the session
to move, they must pay their homestay owner for the entire session.
No refunds
for unused days in the current session.
- Students must tell their homestay owner at least two weeks before the end of the session if they plan to move out or remain in the home. They must also tell the Homestay Coordinator, Nancy Purcell at rtp3@aol.com or call at 610.274.8057 to let her know their plans.
- If the student decides to move out at the last minute, after two weeks before the end of the session, they must pay the homestay owner an additional two weeks of the homestay fee. In addition, if the student wants to transfer to another homestay after two weeks before the end of the session, they will be charged an additional $100 Homestay Placement Fee.
- Payment covers 8 weeks of homestay .
