Breaking borders. Opening homes.
We believe the best way to know a country is to live it from the inside, with a family that opens its door to you.
Help more people live like a local.
So anyone ; from anywhere ; can spend a season living inside a local family, with no friction and full trust.
A world without cultural borders.
Long stays become living together again. Families across the planet, open homes, borders that dissolve.
Behind HomieNow, the two of us.
Gonzalo and Alexandre. We build HomieNow with a small team and one clear idea: that living abroad should mean living with someone again.
I grew up in a house always full of people from abroad.
First my grandmother, then my parents hosted international students for two generations. They arrived without speaking the language and left with a family on the other side of the world.
HomieNow was born from wanting anyone, anywhere, to live the same thing from the other side: a family waiting for you, a culture you learn by living it.
; Gonzalo
Three things, non-negotiable.
Trust
Every family verified in person. Real faces, complete profiles.
Family
A real home, with people who expect you. You live with the family, every day.
Culture
You live it for real. You leave with a language, a family and a place to come back to.