MyFamilyAbroad, A Community-Based Cultural Exchange, For Every Generation

The Alliance Française of Sacramento is proud to partner with MyFamilyAbroad, a cultural exchange platform that connects families and individuals in France and the United States through a trusted international community.

MyFamilyAbroad is built on a simple belief: authentic cultural exchange grows from trust, reciprocity, and shared everyday life.

Rather than focusing on one-directional experiences, the program encourages real, human connections that evolve naturally over time — all within a secure, supportive, and accessible framework. Today, MyFamilyAbroad brings this experience to two generations of participants: adults and retirees looking to travel or host in a simpler, more affordable, and more authentic way, and teenagers seeking linguistic and cultural immersion.

Two Ways to Experience MyFamilyAbroad

🌍 For Adults & Retirees: Homestay Travel & Hosting

MyFamilyAbroad isn't just for teenagers. A growing number of adults, solo travelers, and retirees are using the platform to experience an authentic, affordable, and human way to travel — or to welcome that same experience into their own home.

Travel to France and stay with a host family. Skip the hotel: stay with a French host, at a fraction of the cost, while living everyday French life and practicing the language with native speakers.

Host a French adult in your home. Welcome a French adult traveler into your home in the U.S. — no travel required. Share American life, practice your French, and build a genuine connection at your own pace. Available year-round, with flexible timing that fits retirement schedules, off-season travel plans, or U.S. holiday periods.

🎒 For Teens: Language & Cultural Immersion

MyFamilyAbroad gives U.S. families three ways to open their home — or open the world — to a teenager:

Host a French teenager in your home. Welcome a young French student (ages 12–18) for 2–4 weeks and offer them the chance to discover American culture from the inside. Host families simply include the teen as a new family member — no special activities required.

Send your own teenager to live with a French family. Give your child the experience of full immersion in everyday French life, staying with a carefully selected, vetted French host family.

Choose a reciprocal exchange. Your teen stays with a French family, and you host their child in return — a natural cultural match, built on trust and shared expectations.

📅 Learn More: register to the October webinar

We're hosting two online information sessions, each tailored to a different audience:

For adults & retirees: traveling or hosting as an adult October 1 — 6PM PST October 8 — 3PM PST   Register to the webinar for adults	For parents & teens: hosting, sending, or exchanging October 15 — 6PM PST October 22  — 3PM PST Register to the webinar for teens

✉️ For questions, please contact: nicolas@myfamilyabroad.com 🌐 www.myfamilyabroad.com

🎓 Exclusive Benefits for Alliance Française Families

As part of the partnership between MyFamilyAbroad and the Alliance Française, families who register through the Alliance benefit from exclusive partner advantages, including a free credits for immersion stays.

This benefit reflects the shared commitment of both organizations to promoting accessible, high-quality cultural exchange.

⭐ Why Families Choose MyFamilyAbroad

Families value MyFamilyAbroad for its:

• Community-first philosophy
• Simple and transparent process
• Strong focus on safety and trust
• Affordable pricing, designed to make immersion accessible
• Long-term, reciprocal relationships between families
  

Thank you for your interest and FOR BEING part of our community!