Homestay registration form - Internex Pacific

Homestay Host Application

Thank you for taking the time to complete the hosting registration form. The details you provide help to ensure we find a suitable homestay guest for your family. If you have any questions about hosting, or the registration process please contact Cathryn Salt on +64 21 407077 or email cathryn@internexpacific.com

Contact Details

First Name(Required)

First

Last Name(Required)

First

Phone(Required)

Email(Required)

Home address(Required)

Street Address Address Line 2 City State / Province / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country

Finding the most suitable guest for your home and family

Please answer the following questions to tell us about your family, home, pets and house rules. We provide this information to the homestay guest so they know what to expect before they arrive.

Family Members living at the home(Required)

Please include name and year of birth

Family description(Required)

Please tell us about your family. What you like to do together or individually. If you have any house rules like no shoes inside or taking short showers.

Daily Routine(Required)

In the field below please tell us about a typical daily and weekly routine. E.g. are you up early, do you work full time, do you or your family members have weekly commitments / sports / hobbies etc.

Number of bedrooms in the house(Required)

Number of bathrooms in the house(Required)

Is the guest bedroom in the main family home or an outhouse / detached structure?(Required)

How many people will the guest share a bathroom with(Required)

Any special facilities

e.g. swimming pool, close to the beach, tennis court near by etc.

Public Transport

Please explain where the nearest bus, train or ferry station is and the time it takes to get there from your home, and how long does it take to drive from your home to downtown?

Is WIFI available for your guest to use at home?(Required)

Yes

Are you happy to host males?(Required)

Yes

Are you happy to host females?(Required)

Yes

Can you host vegetarians?(Required)

Yes

Can you host vegans?(Required)

Yes

Meal time(Required)

In the field below please tell us about what you usually have for breakfast and dinner. Please let the guest know what to expect and also if you would like any help in the kitchen with preparing or cooking meals and what will happen if you are out. E.g. heat and eat options from the freezer etc.

Additional Comments

In the field below let us know anything more you would like to add about your home, your family or who you can or can not host.

Home and family photos

Drop files here or

Max. file size: 7 MB.

Please upload a few photos so your guest has some idea of what they can expect when they arrive.

Consent(Required)

I agree to the terms and conditions of being an Internex host family *

1. The host hereby agrees to provide the participant with a clean, warm and tidy room with a window. Basic furniture should include a bed, closet, desk (or access to one in the house) chair and the room should be well lit. Bed sheets are to be changed bi-weekly. There should not be more than one participant per room and there should not be other participants of the same nationality residing in the same household.

2. The Homestay host agrees to provide breakfast every day and dinner every day and to have some snack like fruit available for in between meal times. Dinner must be a well balanced meal, generally consisting of meat, vegetables, potatoes, rice. Fast food dinners such as pizza, hamburgers, hot dogs etc. are acceptable on an occasional basis. Dinner should generally be a sit down meal, or as your family generally eats. Participants usually grab their own breakfast in the morning. In the evening if no-one is going to be home, if there is something they can heat up and eat is no problem. Participants should help with cleaning up and on occasion may want to help in the kitchen as well, just like any family member may.

3. The Homestay family hereby agrees to treat the participants with respect and tolerance and consistently provide all aspects of hospitality. If improper physical advances towards a participant occur, the participant will be removed from the home and legal action taken. No member of the household should abuse alcohol or drugs.

4. The family must speak English when the participant is present and provide each participant with a key to the house.

5. On or before the first day of courses, it is asked that the host show the participant how to use public transit in the area to get to the city, internship, school or Internex office.

6. We ask that the host give the participant some information about local places of interest and include the participant in the host’s activities for the duration of the participant’s stay.

7. The host may either do their participants’ laundry or make laundry facilities available to them.

8. Internex or the host family does not assume any responsibilities for any injuries suffered by the participant while in the host’s care. However, obviously please assist and ensure the participant becomes ill or injured and need medical attention. All international participants have medical insurance on our programs and they will have a copy of this insurance with them. Please contact Internex as soon as possible.

9. We do try to keep homestay families full, however we cannot always guarantee we have people available. Please notify us if you would like another homestay person or if you would like to take a break for a while.

10. Please inform the participant about how the household functions work and where items are in the kitchen, bedroom, laundry and other areas in the home. It is a good idea to explain the dynamics of the household in order to avoid problems, e.g. if it is ok or not ok to have friends over / partners over to stay / tinder dates collecting them from the house etc. Please be clear and make sure your participant is aware of the rules and regulations of your household so there are less possible issues later on.

11. Please be tolerant of the participant’s foreign customs and habits.

12. We cannot guarantee the participant will stay for their full duration of their homestay. They may want to get a flat or share house accommodation with friends. However, they must give two weeks notice to Internex and to you, if they want to move out. Please Notify Internex if a participant moves out of your home.

13. If Internex finds the placement unsuitable (not meeting these terms and conditions) we may choose to remove the candidate without further notice. In this case the family is obliged to pay back the remaining Homestay fee.

14. If the participant is accompanying the Homestay family on holiday then accommodations and food should still be provided, and if not, then alternative and similar homestay arrangements made for the participant with Internex approval

15. It is important for all Homestay families who wish to participate in our program understand that Internex programs are typically more complex and involving than with typical language courses. Some candidates may become anxious as to the status of their internship or work experience placement. Some families, in an effort to assist their student occasionally and inadvertently provide the candidate with over-optimistic or misleading information about this process and positions available and this causes even more issues. It is of vital importance that well-meaning homestay families allow Internex program participants the ability to contact us directly to assist them with any concerns or questions they may have. If a host family has concerns about the candidates’ placement, it is key that the family not raise these concerns with the candidate, but rather have the candidate contact Internex to express these concerns. These concerns will then be addressed.

16. If you have any problems or concerns with the participant please do not hesitate to contact an INTERNeX representative.

17. Internex provides $320NZD per week for homestay. The host family is not allowed to add any additional charges to the homestay rate (excluding international telephone charges). The participant must not be asked to pay a deposit.

18. If a participant takes a holiday the Homestay family is not obliged to reduce the Homestay fee.