Homestay Beijing 2008

Introduction

In the year 2008 Beijing will be hosting city of the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, in other words the Olympics.

During the past years the city has been a hustle and bustle of activity:
new roads and new subway lines are being built, a brand new fast-rail link to connect the airport to the city in 30 minutes, the facilities of the Olympics itself with the 'birdnest' and the 'water cube' as eye-catchers and an enormous variety of accommodation is under development.

In August 2008 you will have a choice of no less than 800 rated hotels to stay in Beijing.

Why Homestay?

Beijing simply does not have enough hotels available to accommodate all people that will visit the city for the 2008 Olympics.

Source: China Daily, August 10, 2008

Most hotel accommodation has been or will be block-booked by large tour operators, so it can be quite difficult for individuals to find good accommodation before and during the Olympics.

It is also expected that prices of hotel accommodation will dramatically increase.

Source: China Hospitality News

Source: China Daily, August 8, 2007

Apart from that we think that staying with people who live here can add much more to your experience.

That is the reason why we have set up 'Homestay Beijing 2008'.

Often homestay is associated with language learning programs. The thought behind 'Homestay Beijing 2008' however is to offer you affordable accommodation and a real hands-on living experience during your stay in Beijing.

How does Homestay work?

Beijing has an ever-growing expat community. Many of these people live in large apartments with at least one extra guest room.

Homestay Beijing 2008 has made arrangements with people who would like to share (or give up entirely) their living quarters for a couple of days/weeks with visitors from overseas.

The clear advantages for you choosing our homestay as accommodation during your stay in Beijing are:

• all of the 'landlords' we have contracted speak English (many speak another language too and some speak Mandarin)
• significantly more living space than in a hotel
• much more affordable than a hotel

You can go straight to the directory to see what accommodation we currently have available or you can first take a look at the map of Beijing to see which area would be most convenient for your stay. You can also check out a selection of our latest offers.

Although the name of our initiative clearly focuses on the upcoming Olympic Games, we currently have some accommodation available for if you want to visit Beijing already now!

Additional Service

If you are interested in using our Homestay services during your visit to Beijing for the Olympics, but do not have the time or interest to browse all the profiles of homestay accommodation listed on our website, we can assist you with Search Order.

We also recommend using Search Order if you have any specific wishes or if your have a large group of people in need of accommodation.

Who's behind Homestay Beijing 2008?

The man behind the Homestay Beijing 2008 initiative is Piet Bos. He is Dutch and has been living in China since July 1998. Apart from his native tongue Dutch, he speaks fluent English and is good at German and Mandarin Chinese.

He started this intitiative, because he finds it important to give visitors to Beijing Olympics the service standard they should be able to expect from people in a city that hosts the Olympic Games.

Because many Chinese companies do not have the same level of service standards nor the fluency in the international language of English, Homestay Beijing 2008 is the best entrance to find alternative accommodation for you!

Contact Us

If you want to contact us for more information or to make a reservation for an apartment, you can find a contact form on the pages that apply to you.

If you are interested to stay at one of our featured apartments, we ask you to visit the pages 'Rent Homestay'.

Use of this site is bound by the terms and conditions for both tenants and landlords.