Expanish recognizes the homestay is one of the most important elements in any experience abroad.
Expanish strives to maintain a well-established network of comfortable apartments and family homes in our cities’ best neighborhoods. A member of Expanish personally visits each student accommodation in Buenos Aires to ensure the quality of student housing.

What Expanish Looks for in Each Student Accommodation:

Study abroad student accommodations in Buenos Aires include a private room for each individual and at least one native Spanish-speaker living in each homestay or shared apartment (shared rooms are available in international residences). Our goal for all students living with a local host family or local young people is that they will use their hosts as resources about life in Buenos Aires and the Spanish language, as well as become involved in their hosts’ social networks.

Each type of student accommodation in Buenos Aires is additionally screened for cleanliness, amenities, distance from our students’ schools, and any special student requests, such as dietary needs, allergies, pets, smoking, etc. We do our best to meet the needs of each of our students within the framework of local cultural commodities and norms.

Overview of Student Housing in Buenos Aires:

Homestay                 International residence                 Shared Apartment

Overview of Student Housing in Buenos Aires

Family Homestay (With Meals)

The family homestay option is the best fit for students looking for a great deal of interaction with local Argentines and who want to witness first-hand the host family’s daily life and customs. The host families know the city of Buenos Aires inside and out, offer insight into porteño (Buenos Aires) culture, and greatly enhance the student’s immersion process. The dynamics of our host families vary from señoras living alone to young married couples with children to solo parents with college students. All families and living conditions are screened to ensure secure and comfortable living environments. Students join the family for meals. We at Expanish believe the family homestay to be the best option for those truly seeking to accelerate their Spanish by seizing the opportunity to practice castellano on a daily basis.

Shared Apartment

The shared apartment option suits independent students looking to live with other young native Spanish speakers living in Buenos Aires. These individuals are well acquainted with the city and its porteño culture, and provide an excellent resource for expediting the student’s immersion in Buenos Aires. Students may have anywhere from one roommate up to eight other young people living under the same roof. The other roommates are students or young professionals living, working, and/or studying in Buenos Aires and are generally between the ages of 20-32. When living in a shared apartment students enjoy more freedom and added responsibility. Students are expected to cook their own meals and clean up after themselves. The shared apartment option offers independence to students who still look to gain from the knowledge and experience of their locally-based roommates.

International Residence

The residence option is dormitory style living and the best fit for students seeking to live with other young international people living in Buenos Aires. Fellow residents are other students or young professionals, sometimes including other native Spanish speakers, who have been living in Buenos Aires for various amounts of time and offer a good network for students to investigate the city from an international point of view. Students will live in shared rooms between 2-4 personas and some included services; services vary between residencies, including maid service, laundry, etc. The residence option offers independence to students looking to share their experience abroad with other international students living in Buenos Aires.