The best way to discover the similarities — and differences — in a new destination is on a homestay. And in Tokyo, negotiating Japanese culture can be made easy with the help of a local.
2013 Launch
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What we're about
Overlooking the beautiful St. Stephen’s Green in Dublin, we’re a group of adventure lovers dedicated to bringing travellers a culturally immersive travel experience at wallet-friendly prices, and to giving hosts an opportunity to boost their income while making lasting friendships.
Our story
Founded in 2013 by travel industry veterans Tom Kennedy (Hostelworld.com co-founder) and Debbie Flynn (Irish Education Partners & A Star Hostels Group), with a vision of taking an offline industry online and making homestays a popular choice of mainstream leisure travel accommodation.
Homestay.com now offers guests the chance to live like - and with - a local with more than 50,000 homestays in over 160 countries and to discover a truly authentic travel experience.
At a glance
50K+ Homestays
In 160+ countries
200K+ GUESTS
From 195 nationalities
750K+ nights booked
Average length of stay is 12 nights
2.5M+ Messages
Sent between hosts and guests
$31 per Room
Average price per night globally
35K Guest Reviews
Over 90% are 4 stars or higher
8.5/10 Trustpilot rating
4000+ reviews
$1500 per year
Average host earnings
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Who we are
Inspiration from the travel blog
Top 10 Need to Do's in Cincinnati
Cincinnati is the Queen city of Ohio, and we have the ultimate top 10 to check out. I moved to Cincinnati halfway through my sophomore year of high school. Although I'm now living in Vermont I still pine after some of my favourites especially Skyline chilli. 继续阅读 »
Marco from Costa Rica is currently working with us here in Homestay HQ on an internship. He's a Finance professional back home in Costa Rica and he decided to move to Ireland to improve his English. He has been living in Dublin for three months now. Marco is also keen to travel in Europe and experience all the different cultures. He kindly agreed to give us a flavour of his spectacular country, from some of the delicious dishes to try to the must see sights. 继续阅读 »
Family Homestay Adventure in Europe
Kayla and her husband Jason and two kids from Brisbane Australia chose Homestay.com for their recent trip to Europe. They are visiting Europe for 6 weeks and wanted authentic experiences with local people in homely houses. Not sure if a homestay holiday is right for you and your family? Read on to be convinced. 继续阅读 »
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