Friendly home, lots going on, Claudia is warm, friendly and helpful. She provided meals at times and gave me a couple of rides to places I was going. My bedroom was accessible through another bedroom, so this might be a concern for some. The home has various people coming and going and staying in the bedroom I had to go through. I didn't mind, but it's not for everyone. It certainly gave me a sense of real life in a Mexican household. Claudia and her husband both speak English.

Constantino was very helpful via email before I arrived, was kind enough to pick me up at the bus station when I got to Oaxaca and welcomed me warmly. However, he had a family event he had to go to and left on my second day there. This would have been fine if he had assigned an appropriate person to take over supporting me, but the person he chose was not at all supportive or helpful. As the whole point of a homestay is that support, I found this to be most problematic and left to go to a hotel. The accommodations were acceptable but the kitchen and refrigerator were very dirty and I wouldn't have even considered using them. With all that being said, I believe Constantino had the best intentions and circumstances undermined them.