International House San Diego

We hosted some of International Houses students. Because we are a younger couple with no children, they would always send group leaders to stay with us. (It also helps our place is at the beach). There are many companies in San Diego that do this kind of hosting and this is good because you should definitely look elsewhere if you are thinking of being a host family.
International house is an awful company. They sent us an Italian group leader and she was absolutely awful to us. She required brand new sheets and new towels, because our clean towels and sheets weren’t good enough for her. No, they had to be brand new. We gladly obliged and purchased her new sheets and towels for her stay. She gave us a huge attitude when we refused to pay for a lunch she had out with her students (you are not required to provide lunch to these people, breakfast and dinner only.) Also, she took of for LA and stayed an extra night without telling us. We called the school to alert them, we didn’t know were she was, and she freaked out and demanded to be put up in a hotel.
International House had the audacity to ask us to leave our apartment while she got her things. Sounds to me like this place could be trying to pull this scam on host families where they get them out of the house while the exchange personnel goes in and takes their things. We refused to leave our house, but told them she was welcome to come get her things any time.
After this ordeal, we severed all ties with IH. This company does not practice good business, don’t use them!