How to Use homestay in a Sentence

homestay

noun
  • There are plenty of homestays, restaurants, and bars on the coasts, but the middle of the island is much quieter.
    Acacia Gabriel, Travel + Leisure, 26 Oct. 2023
  • The hotel industry has been feeling the wrath of the homestay.
    Jaya Saxena, GQ, 11 Jan. 2018
  • Since that sea change, dozens of small hotels, homestays, and restaurants have opened.
    Dave Seminara, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2017
  • On my arrival the old man at this homestay had nodded to me only slightly.
    David Fettling, Longreads, 29 Mar. 2018
  • The homestay also has a studio home that recently opened for long-term rentals.
    Condé Nast Traveller, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Nov. 2022
  • The closest thing to a homestay is Beit al Batroun, a charming bed and breakfast set among lemon and olive trees in the hills above neighboring Batroun.
    Vogue, 14 July 2017
  • Which is why this new build homestay-style retreat on a 168 acre vineyard is so refreshing.
    Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Aug. 2017
  • Earlier this year, a group of 17 tourists at a homestay lodged a complaint against their neighbors over crowing roosters.
    Time, 13 July 2023
  • And yet, the homestay industry is only a tiny fraction of the total lodging market.
    Herb Weisbaum, NBC News, 15 May 2017
  • The app is easy-to-use and pretty straightforward: Simply search your destination to pick a homestay.
    Popular Science, 28 Dec. 2019
  • That bodes well for Airbnb’s pace of recovery and consumers’ likelihood to opt toward the safety of a homestay over the exposure of a hotel as the world slowly opens back up.
    Laura Forman, WSJ, 26 Feb. 2021
  • The center of the action is the village of Niseko, which has plenty of hotels, homestays, and resorts — but has gotten a touch easier to visit thanks to the 2022 opening of Club Med Kiroro.
    Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Like most royals, he was educated in the elite Gakushūin school system and completed a homestay in Australia at 14.
    Emily Krauser, Peoplemag, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Fund sponsored by the short-term homestay and experience company has narrowed down thousands of applicants to the final 100 over the course of the summer.
    Jim Dobson, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2022
  • Our lodgings are a mixture of hotels and rustic homestays in rural villages.
    Anna Hartley, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2020
  • Or, while some travelers prefer the predictability of their favorite hotel chain, others are forever on the hunt for one-of-a-kind homestays.
    Lindsay Tigar, Travel + Leisure, 4 June 2023
  • Live like the locals A number of communities along the trail offer homestays and a chance to experience their cultures firsthand.
    Smithsonian, 6 July 2017
  • Live like the locals A number of communities along the trail offer homestays and a chance to experience their cultures firsthand.
    Smithsonian, 6 July 2017
  • Far from the party beaches and liquor shacks that Goa has become known for, the mansion is now open as both a homestay and a museum, filled with antique furniture and artifacts from the 17th century.
    Washington Post, 17 July 2017
  • Byron Nongbri runs a homestay with his wife, near the famous double-decker bridge in Nongriat village.
    Anne Pinto-Rodrigues, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 June 2022
  • Far from the party beaches and liquor shacks for which Goa is now known, the mansion operates as a homestay and a museum, filled with antique furniture and artifacts from the 17th century.
    Vineeta Deepak, The Seattle Times, 16 July 2017
  • Staying a night or two at a village homestay will give you an authentic insight into ethnic Fijian culture as well as the chance to sample yaqona or kava, the national drink.
    Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 10 Sep. 2022
  • Several trekking companies based in the city offer trip and homestay packages of varying lengths, prices, and difficulty.
    National Geographic, 18 Jan. 2020
  • In fact, over the past several years, various CBT homestays have installed everything from solar polars to showers (rather than the traditional banya, which consists of a wood stove and a steam bath).
    Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Feb. 2024
  • In recent years, the islands have emerged as a trendy destination for nondivers too, with new live-aboard expedition boats, eco-resorts and village homestays (with over-the-water bungalows for less than $25 a night).
    Mark Johanson, chicagotribune.com, 23 Mar. 2018
  • Our trip began in Phong Nha, a small town on the Son River surrounded by jagged ranges and populated by low-slung hotels and homestays run by locals capitalizing on the growing tourism.
    Patrick Scott, WSJ, 13 Nov. 2018
  • Here's where What's exceptional, Lites says, is that participants will get to know Oaxacans through homestays.
    Dana McMahan, The Courier-Journal, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Alishan's greater Chiayi County is especially known for its homestays—many that are surrounded by tea fields and offer tastings, not to mention plenty of fireflies in the evenings.
    Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian, 26 Nov. 2019
  • In this vision, the arrival of a wandering tiger becomes a positive event for villagers, an opportunity to offer tourists homestays, or put on small-scale safaris.
    The Economist, 20 Dec. 2017
  • Investors who thought homestay platforms were a safer choice than hotels amid the pandemic haven’t considered a third alternative—a homestay at a hotel.
    Laura Forman, WSJ, 30 Nov. 2020

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