WHF are specialists in supplying local host family accommodation for short-stay international student school groups.
Hosting Company of the Year 2022
Expertise in hosting.
Hi I’m Val Rideout, Managing Director of Wiltshire Hosts Families. With the help of my lovely team, I’ve been running Wiltshire Host Families for well over 12 years now and have been hosting students on and off for over 27 years.
English experience.
So, what is it that we do? In a nutshell, we work with agencies who organise school trips for foreign school groups. Our role is to supply host family accommodation during their stay and to make sure that everyone involved has a great time during their “English Experience”.
Work-life balance.
We only deal with what is known as “short-stay” groups - those that stay for just 3-5 nights at a time, so we all get to have our weekends free, and because the students and teachers go out every day on their coach to visit the UK tourist attractions, it really works well around our work and life commitments too.
A flexible option.
Short-stay school trips to the UK are becoming increasingly more popular and staying with local host families is an integral part of their popularity, as both students and hosts benefit from such a rewarding and fun “English Experience”. Hosts in particular love the flexibility of the short-stays, allowing them to dip in and out of hosting around their own plans, which longer-stay groups or taking lodgers simply do not allow.
Happy memories.
As anyone who knows me will tell you, I’m passionate about my business, my fabulous team, my family of wonderful hosts - and sending everyone home at the end of each week with fantastic memories and smiles on their faces.