Choosing the type of accommodation which suits students’ purposes and goals is a vitally important decision that can affect their lives. It is the kind of decision that international students must make before they even board the plane going to their targeted countries. Many international students, whose parents are usually worried about the new life in the country in which their children want to study, consider it a nightmare and suffer from not knowing which kind of accommodation would be the right choice and whether or not they would be satisfied with it. Most of those students are too young to make such a decision. Therefore, their parents, in most cases, would work hard and ask lots of questions before they decide where their sons or daughters will live. The majority of students usually spend about one year to learn English before they are involved into their masters’ or bachelors’ studies. Many universities in the United States offer diverse types of accommodation for students to help them and their parents to have many options so that the students can live in a good studying atmosphere. One of the most important options is living with a homestay. For many students, living with a homestay is not a preferred option because students usually look for independence and freedom, and they think they will be forced to behave and live in a way that suits their host family rather than living freely and having their own choices and decisions. Living with a homestay, however, is the perfect arrangement among all kinds of accommodations for students. It provides rich cultural learning opportunities, helps students to perfect their English skills, and can save a student from bad company and behaviors. The Meaning of the Word “Homestay” There are several programs that universities offer for international students that match them with local families. Some have a similar concept to homestay. The phrase “host family”, for instance, sometimes refers to friendship families for holidays or special occasions, which is different from the homestay programs. (Robbins, N.D.) In this research paper,