Housing & Communications:

During the TESOL Certification Program, accommodations can be arranged in either a home stay or in a shared apartment.

Cusco 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.

Shared apartments are located near the training center and usually offer fully equipped kitchens, dining rooms, and private or shared bedrooms and bathrooms. Prices vary depending upon whether you choose a private, shared, or dormitory room.

After training, you will most likely rent a room in an apartment or house with other students or Peruvians. 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.

International calling cards or local prepaid telephone cards (tarjetas telefónicas) are required to make international calls. You can buy phone cards from corner shops, farmacias or on the street from cigarette stalls throughout the city. There are currently two phone outfits, Telefónica del Peru and Telepoint, each of whom produce their own cards for use in their phones only.

Peru has good internet connections, with cyber cafés and Internet cabins found in even the most unlikely of small towns.