Homestay vs. Guesthouse — What's the Difference?

A system whereby students, visiting a foreign country to study, board with a local family at an affordable price.

A small house or cottage adjacent to a main house, used for lodging guests.

Homestay (also home stay and home-stay) is a form of hospitality and lodging whereby visitors share a residence with a local of the area to which they are traveling. The length of stay can vary from one night to over a year and can be provided for free (gift economy), in exchange for monetary compensation, in exchange for a stay at the guest's property either simultaneously or at another time (home exchange), or in exchange for housekeeping or work on the host's property (barter economy).

A bed-and-breakfast.

A house used primarily as the residence of the owner but with the business of accommodating paying guests.

A small house near a main house, for lodging visitors.

A private house offering accommodation to paying guests; a boarding house; a bed and breakfast.

A house separate from the main house; for housing guests