Staying with a local New York host family gives you a unique way to experience life in the ‘Big Apple’. Choose to stay with locals to get a real taste of New York life. From the fast-paced lifestyle to the rich diversity, living with a host family provides insights into daily American life while helping you improve your language skills naturally and engagingly.
Room type
Single and Twin (Twin available for two students booking together)
Bathroom
Shared
Board status
Bed & Breakfast or Half Board
Available
Year-round
Arrival and departure
Saturday/Saturday
Note:
Manhattan Single Room Half Board has a 2 week minimum booking
What better way to improve your English language skills than to practice them with an American host family?
Just as there is no typical New Yorker, there is also no typical home in New York. We have host families born and raised in New York and others who moved to New York from different states or countries. All of the hosts love sharing their homes with our international students.
Staying with a local family is both exciting and rewarding. Host families provide the best insight into how an American family leads their life. This interaction with a family helps students communicate better and faster and allows them to pick up words and nuances used in daily situations.
Housing
Some host families have three-story homes with several bedrooms, while others have smaller apartments. All homestays are located in safe areas of the city. Students may find New York to be very fast-paced and may notice that their host families work long hours.
Room Options
Students’ rooms are sufficiently spacious with a source of natural light, a comfortable bed and a reasonable supply of blankets, sheets, bath towels and pillows. There will be storage facilities with drawers and closets with adequate hanging space. The student will have a desk or table for private study, a reading lamp, adequate power outlets, a mirror, and a wastepaper basket.
Additionally, students will have open access to common areas such as the living room, kitchen, dining room, etc. However, some hosts may restrict the use of the kitchen or bathroom.
Please note that the Manhattan Single Room Half Board has a 2-week minimum booking.
Laundry
It is rare for apartments to have a washer and dryer. Most New York City homes have a common laundry room in the building, or students must go to a local Laundromat. Many host families do not have central air conditioning. There may be only an air conditioning unit in the main shared living areas and not in each room.
WiFi
Free WIFI facilities
Host families prepare a variety of meals and make an effort to adjust the type of food to students’ tastes. They also consider religious beliefs when preparing meals. Vegetarians or people with food allergies should inform EC of their dietary requirements upon booking.
Breakfast
Breakfast varies from one family to another. Host families are encouraged to offer you whatever is typical for their home. They may prepare a hearty breakfast with eggs, toast, bacon, fruit, coffee or tea, but most will offer something simple like toast or cereal and coffee. Other families prefer a “serve yourself” policy where students help themselves to whatever they might want that morning.
Dinner
If students book half board, they eat whatever the family eats. Dinners are usually quite early in the USA, but families will inform students of the time when they eat. Not all families will sit down and have dinner together every night. Some host families will allow students to use their kitchens to cook their own meals, but this varies from family to family.
Journey to school
The Manhattan homestays are approximately a 25-45-minute commute to EC New York. Outside of Manhattan, the commute is between 45 and 60 minutes. Times are approximate.
Host Family Locations
New York homestays are primarily located in Manhattan, Queens, or Brooklyn.
EC New York also has a few homestays in some parts of New Jersey. Homestays in Manhattan are on request only and are more expensive than those in other areas of New York.
Arrival and Departure
Available: Year-round
Arrival day: Saturday
Departure day: Saturday
Contact
Emergency number: +1 631 612 4494
*Images are for representation purpose only. Actual furnishings may differ from those shown. Amenities and services are subject to change.
If you booked an airport transfer, after you collect your luggage and exit into the Arrivals Area, find the Welcome Center and look for your driver. Your driver will be waiting there with a sign with your name. Please note: For arrivals at JFK International Airport, there is construction at Terminal 1 and 7 at JFK. Your driver cannot enter the terminal but has been instructed to meet you curbside. After entering the arrivals area, go outside to the street and meet your driver at passenger pickup area “B”.
Note: International transfers will arrive 90 minutes after the flight lands and domestic arrivals will arrive 30 minutes after the flight lands to allow the students to retrieve their luggage. If you do not see a driver with a sign with your name, please call the EC New York Emergency line at +1 631 612 4494.
For your safety, do not get into a car with anyone without an EC sign.
Students arriving in EC accommodation between 22.00 and 08.00 may be asked to book alternative accommodation for their first night. This is to ensure the students’ safety on arrival.
Students are required to follow the EC Student Code of Conduct; failure to do so can result in termination of the accommodation.
For more accommodation terms and conditions, please refer to the EC accommodation policy.
Students cancelling fewer than 14 days before arrival will be charged a two-week accommodation fee at the standard accommodation rate and accommodation placement fees.
Students leaving their accommodation must give notice in writing four weeks prior to termination. After deducting the price of accommodation used, including the required notice period, charged at standard accommodation rates, students will be refunded the remaining accommodation costs. If the four-week notice period is not provided, a cancellation fee equal to four weeks of the accommodation cost will apply.
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En Suite: A bathroom that is connected to a bedroom, forming part of the same overall room. Both a single and a twin room can be en-suite.
Private Bathroom: A bathroom that is for the exclusive use of a student in a designated room that is not en-suite. Applies to single rooms only.
Semi-Private Bathroom: A bathroom that is designated for students in a specific room(s). A maximum of two students may share a semi-private bathroom.
Shared Bathroom: A bathroom that is shared by three or more students. Only one student occupies the bathroom at any time.
Communal Bathroom: A bathroom that is shared by multiple students, normally on the same residence floor. The large room will contain multiple toilet stalls and separate shower stalls. Multiple students may use this facility at the same time.
You will receive the profile at least two weeks before your arrival date.
Your host family is assigned according to your requirements. After your arrival, we only change host families if serious complaints occur.
This is based on availability and any special requirements you might have. Please make sure that all your requests are expressed at the time of the booking.
The accommodation is only available for the duration of the course. Accommodation is usually booked from Saturday to Saturday.
You will be sharing this with another same-gender student. When students share rooms, we try our best to place students from different countries or languages together. Please note that during high season, this cannot be guaranteed.
We offer host family, residence and shared accommodation.
The accommodation can be booked in the following categories:
Room Only: There are no meal provisions, and cooking facilities are not available.
Self-Catering: Students have access to a kitchen or kitchenette to prepare all their own meals.
Bed & Breakfast (B&B): Breakfast is provided but students must make their own arrangements for other meals.
Half-Board: Breakfast and dinner included. Students must make their own arrangements for lunch.
Full-Board: Breakfast, lunch and dinner included.
