Housing & Communication:

During training, accommodations in a home stay or shared apartment are available.

Buenos Aires home stay families open their middle-class, often single-parent, households to our trainees. They may or may not have children living at home. All host families live in attractive homes in safe neighborhoods. In your host family's home, you will have your own bedroom and either a shared or private bathroom. You will be given a key to the house or apartment and are free to come and go as you please (though, as a guest living with a host family, you should be sure to respect the routine of the people you are staying with). Host families provide breakfast and dinner, and enjoy spending time during meals chatting with students - typically, home stays provide an excellent way to get to know the local culture and language.

After training, you will most likely rent a room in an apartment or house with other students or Argentines. Some employers will provide a room for you, either shared or single (usually in an apartment with other teachers) and provide you with a monthly stipend.

Internet access is available to all trainees. After training, the common locutorios offer both phone and Internet access for one to two pesos per hour of Internet use. You may also print, scan, burn CDs, etc. at locutorios.

International calling cards or local prepaid telephone cards are required to make international calls. Telephone cards are can be obtained at a kiosco, locutorio, or newsstand. The cards may be used in either public phones (common in Buenos Aires) or private phones simply by calling the company indicated on the card (long-distance operators typically speak Portuguese, English and Spanish).

Foreigners can buy cell phones in Argentina as long as they have a "pre-paid" plan (prepago). Some common companies that offer this service are: Telefónica, Movistar, Personal, and CTi.