JJohnny Posted May 1, 2016 at 07:43 PM Report Share Posted May 1, 2016 at 07:43 PM Could anyone who has past experience in living with a local host family near Peking University help please? I will be spending a year from this Sept at Peking University studying Chinese and am trying to find a suitable host family but do not really want to use an agent as I have mainly heard negative feedbacks. It is also reassuring to stay with host family with positive feedbacks from past students. Can anyone help please? Thank you. JJ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James3 Posted May 1, 2016 at 10:10 PM Report Share Posted May 1, 2016 at 10:10 PM Have you tried something like this? https://homestayfinder.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJohnny Posted May 1, 2016 at 11:37 PM Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2016 at 11:37 PM Thank you James, I will try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James3 Posted May 2, 2016 at 12:05 AM Report Share Posted May 2, 2016 at 12:05 AM You're welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJohnny Posted May 4, 2016 at 05:36 PM Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2016 at 05:36 PM Just want to say I did contact a few leads from the Homestayfinder.com but none has replied. I assume it is really difficult to locate a local host family, will try to look for shared accommodation with my friends from college. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James3 Posted May 5, 2016 at 04:22 PM Report Share Posted May 5, 2016 at 04:22 PM Awe, JJohnny, I was hoping you might get a good lead or two from there. Well, hope something else works out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyH16 Posted May 6, 2016 at 09:15 AM Report Share Posted May 6, 2016 at 09:15 AM I am currently studying in Shanghai and I found a family through Wanderlust Au Pair China (an agency). They were very responsive. So far so good for me, I think they service Beijing as well, so maybe worth contacting them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James3 Posted May 6, 2016 at 04:26 PM Report Share Posted May 6, 2016 at 04:26 PM On the subject of finding a host family, does anyone have any experience with these people? http://www.workbeit.org/programsinchina/culturalhomestay/ I did a fair amount of searching at one point, looking for host family options, and I stumbled upon workbeit's site. I searched the forum, and found these threads: http://www.chinese-forums.com/index.php?/topic/48448-homestay-program/ http://www.chinese-forums.com/index.php?/topic/40460-no-agent-home-stay-in-beijing/ Just checking to see if anyone has a more recent experience with workbeit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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