Booking my trip

Booking my trip!
Am I ready to participate in a language travel abroad?
Which program is best for me?
What is my language level?
I want to participate in one of your program, how should I enrol?
What is included in your price?
Do you offer something like an area guarantee or even a school guarantee for the location of the program?
Do you offer an insurance package?
Do I necessarily have to take your insurance package?
What happens if I decide to cancel the trip?

Am I ready to participate in a language travel abroad?
Your trip abroad will be a rewarding experience, but you have to be ready to change your way of life during some time and to adapt to the host family’s one. You must be open to discover new habits, new meals, new people even if it can be hard sometimes to adapt and learn all these new things! You may feel that the life there is very different than in your country, in your home, in your family but don’t worry, there are many things for you to learn from this experience. Sometimes you will find it better than at home, sometimes worst but anyway, you will go back home with many new ideas and points of view. Let the people around you explain you how it is going on there, don’t judge them and their habits too fast, be open to hear their own point of view! This will help you to build your own point of view on many issues.
Here are some tips to check if you are ready for this challenge:
-You are the one who wants to participate in the program. Don’t participate in the program because your parents want you to do so, make your own decision about it. Otherwise, at best you won’t enjoy your trip as much as if you would have decided by yourself. At worst you will not enjoy learning this language anymore when you will be back home!
-You are interested and curious about the language or the country you’re going to visit.
-You are independent enough to be able to cope with problems that may occur (flight delays, lost of luggage, waiting time…), or with homesickness (Have you already been far away from home? How did you cope with that?)
-You are mature enough. In some of our programs, supervision is high, and activities are planned all day long. But in others, students are less supervised, and must be mature and responsible enough to behave accordingly to the program’s rules and to find occupations.
If you are not sure if you are ready or not, we can advise you Contact us!! Read also what our former participants learned from their language travel abroad!

Which program is best for me?
The most suitable program for you depends of your goal, your personality, and many other criteria. You must first think about your own motivations to travel abroad: do you want to improve your language skills, discover the local way of life or you prefer to visit the country or have fun with other students? These are the first questions you should ask yourself. You can also check with us which program is
best for your needs. To help you with that selection, here is a brief description of our programs:

High School Programs:
You definitively want to experience life abroad and be totally immersed in the country and culture of the language you study; you’re not afraid to stay away from home during several months; you are not afraid of challenges and you really want to be an international student? Get ready for your High School program.
Description: Long-term all-year-round programs (3 to 12 months), during which students attend academic classes in a local school of the host country.
Best choice for: Really mature participants, with a good level in the language studied, ready to cope with distance or homesickness (students stay away from home for several months), who show a real willingness to discover another country’s life and to adapt.
Age: 13 to 19 years old (depends on destination).

Home Lessons:
You would like to improve your language skills quickly and you don’t have so much time available? This program is for you.
Description: Short-term all-year-round programs (from 1 week), during which students live at their teacher’s home and receive private language courses on a daily basis.
Best choice for: Mature and independent students, able to arrange activities themselves after classes, and who need a personalized and individual teaching.
Age: from 16 years old

Homestay Programs:
You would like to improve your language skills, discover the local way of life and communicate with local people but you don’t want to attend classes? You’re not afraid of being totally immersed in your host family and to not meet with people speaking your mother tongue? Then choose a homestay program.
Description: Short-term summer programs (1 to 10 weeks) during which students live in a host family in the country of their choice. Generally speaking, there are no group’s and planned activities in this program, and students should adapt to the daily life of their host family; consult our homestay program’s page to get more information.
Best choice for: Independent and mature students, with at least 1 or 2 years of language studies and ability to communicate in the language, who are interested in improving their language skills by sharing the daily life of a local family.
Age: 13 to 18 years old (depends on destination)

Internships and Jobs:
You already have an intermediate level of the language and you would like to practise it and be in touch with the local people and culture? Choose our Internships and Jobs.
Description: Long-term all-year-round programs (3+ months), during which students undertake a work experience abroad, either paid (jobs) or unpaid (internships), sometimes combined with language courses (mandatory or not, depends on program and citizenship).
Best choice for: Independent and mature students, who are seeking a language improvement in a professional environment.
Age: from 18 years old (depends on destination)

Language Courses:
You would like to attend language classes and participate in activities on afternoons? This program is the most suitable for you: you will get an insight of the life of a local family, study intensively the language and enjoy activities with your classmates.
Description: Short-term summer programs (2 to 4 weeks) during which students live in a host family, receive language courses in small groups on mornings, and have activities during the afternoon.
Best choice for: Students who want to experience the life abroad with a family immersion but need a structured framework to improve their language level, or want to do supervised activities.
Age: 13 to 18 years old

Language Schools:
Flexibility is the main advantage of the language school program: you can adapt your course to your available time, your language level, your learning abilities and you can choose options and activities on location!
Description: Short to long-term all-year-round programs (from 1 week), during which students attend language classes in small groups (maximum 15 students/class) in a language school. They can choose various options and course’s intensities.
Best choice for: Really independent students, who don’t need supervision and are able to manage things by themselves while abroad. Age: from 16 years old (depends on destination)

Study and Volunteer:
You would like to combine your own interests with the ones of the local community? Improve your language level, practise the language and give your time in return to a project of general interest.
Description: Long-term all-year-round programs (5 weeks at least), during which students, after having attended a language course in a local language school, help a local organization with their voluntary work.
Best choice for: Very independent, mature and adventurous students, who want to give a bit of their time to help others.
Age: from 18 years old

Summer Camp:
Study in class, make life-long friends with teenagers and have fun with them practising sports on afternoon! This is your summer camp abroad!
Description: Short-term summer programs (2 weeks), during which students attend language courses on mornings and practise sports on afternoons.
Best choice for: Students who need to be supervised, who want to experience life abroad and improve their language skills but also want to spend their time with other teenagers sharing the same interest in sports. 
Age: 12 to 17 years old (depends on destination)

What is my language level?
Check your language level on our website. This will give you an idea of your level before you choose the most suitable program for you.

I want to participate in one of your program, how should I enrol?
We have a special page, "How to apply" where you will find the application procedure explained step by step. If you don’t find there the answer to one of your specific concerns regarding application, don’t hesitate to contact us and we’ll inform you!

What is included in your price?
Nacel price list clearly states what is included or not included in each program.
Please refer to the description of the program, especially the "Price includes" and "Price does not include" sections. Generally speaking, international airfare is never included, nor visa and passport fees. Accommodation, either in a host family, boarding school, shared flat or a student residence, is specific for each program. It may be included or not. In the same way transfers from the airport to the program's location or the accommodation may be included or not.

Students aged less than 18 years old (minor children) are kindly requested to book the assistance service of the major airlines and train companies for unacompanied minors, to avoid any difficulties during the travel.
NACEL INTERNATIONAL's programs never include the travel between home and host country. Parents of children aged less than 18 years old will be requested to sign a Parents Travel Release.

Do you offer something like an area guarantee or even a school guarantee for the location of the program?
As soon as we receive an application, we do our best to provide the best school or family placement, but the placement location may depend on availability of schools and host families. In some programs, particular location can be chosen, whereas in others, you don't have this possibility. Generally speaking, we indicate it when the location can't be chosen. If you are not sure, please ask us!

Do you offer an insurance package?
Definitively yes. Nacel International delivers an excellent insurance coverage, including Medical, Assistance & Emergency Repatriation insurance, which gives you quality protection. This insurance is an option. You can find the insurance’s price on the Book now! page.

Do I necessarily have to take your insurance package?
No, you can choose to take it or not. But we want our student to have the best protection by travelling abroad and we would advise you to secure your stay abroad.

What happens if I decide to cancel the trip?
Please refer to our Sales Conditions section on this website.

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