For whom
Our service is mainly aimed at young people – apprentices, high school students, college students, interns – who want to travel to French-speaking Switzerland and need a reliable point of contact to do so.
What we offer
- Individual selection of a host family tailored to the wishes of the young person as much as possible: language, food (vegetarian, gluten or lactose free), pets, allergies and intolerances.
- Sympathetic and proven host families, selected according to careful criteria, with several years of experience
- Reception at the airport/train station and personal escort to the host family
- Assistance with logistical problems (residence permit, selection and placement at a suitable high school, public transportation, health and other insurance)
- Regular contact with student and host family to ensure both parties are satisfied. If necessary, we organize a change of family quite unbureaucratically
“Les Voyages forment la Jeunesse”
Michel de Montaigne
Who we are
Christina Cornes – 15 years of experience in student and host family placement.
Christina worked as a family coordinator for an American student organization. Her tasks consisted of finding suitable host families and placing students into them.
During the three-month that each semester lasted, she accompanied families and students in all difficulties that arose, whether of psychological or logistical nature.
In 15 years on the job, she placed about 1,500 students. She has a solid network of experienced host families.
Christina studied linguistics at UNIL, Lausanne and worked as a foreign language assistant at WWF before emigrating to Sydney Australia for 2 years.
She has three grown children and lives locally with her husband, on Lake Geneva.
Christina is fluent in EN, FR, DE.
Privacy
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