Homestay Application Form
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Homestay Guidelines & Regulations
Costs
- €95 per week for a single person + a €30 non-refundable accommodation booking fee
- Costs include room on a half-board basis
Deadlines
- The completed homestay application form should be returned three weeks before the program starting date
Conditions
- The minimum stay with a host family is 3 weeks
- To stay with a host family, a student has to be 18 years or older, unless given an authorization from the parents
Regulations
The student agrees to:
- Respect household rules including family curfews.
- Inform the family if he/she will not be home for a meal, will arrive home late in the evening, or stay out overnight.
- Clean up after him/herself in the home.
- Invite friends or family to the home only with the knowledge and permission of the host family.
- Not enter host bedrooms or private rooms.
- Help him/herself to food only with the knowledge and permission of the family.
- Consult the host family before using household appliances or equipment and use them in ways approved of by the family.
- Seek the family’s permission to make any calls from their telephone. (Please make calls collect or use prepaid calling cards, and do not place calls after 10 p.m.).
- Promptly reimburse the family if he/she causes any damage in the home.
- Not borrow money from host family members.
- Always be suitably clothed and covered when in the presence of host family members.
- Never touch host family members in an inappropriate manner.
- Never participate in the viewing of sexually explicit photographs, written materials, films, or internet sites.
- Never drink in the home or return drunk.
- Show consideration and tolerance to host family members.
- Not resort to abusive, aggressive or inappropriate behaviour.
- Abide by the laws of the kingdom of Morocco.
Other concerns
Participants who feel they may have difficulties adapting to life with a Moroccan family should consider other accommodation options. Among the difficulties experienced by past participants: (1) Lack of privacy (2) Unfamiliar meal times and dietary habits (3) Unavailability of study space (4) Unfamiliar sanitary fixtures (in some cases, "traditional" toilets) (5) Location of host family (in some cases involving a bus ride to Dar Loughat). For the overwhelming number of past participants such inconveniences were far outweighed by the positive experience of living with a Moroccan family, whose hospitality is legendary for good reason.