Project profile
Energy Required : 
Group Strength: Individual participant
Age: 7 to 20 years old.
Flight: Taiwan → Paris → Taiwan
Getting around: Metro, bus, boat, tram, car, bicycle, walking (as per the city)
Accommodation: With the French families from the French school
Food: Breakfast and dinner at the French family's home, lunch in the French school
Local responsible: Outside the school: The French parents. While in the French school: A person from the French hosting school (Teacher, principal...). The Milna team member in France in case of emergency.
- Stay with motivated French families, selected carefully from the host French school.
- Improve your French level with daily French classes and get a certificate for the entire Exchange.
- Understand the French culture by being immersed in the real French life.
- Participate in various activities and discover the area over the weekend with your host French family.
- Choose your stay duration from 1 to 8 weeks.
- Get the possibility to welcome your French partner in your home in Taiwan.
- Even if your French school is not in Paris area, you get to visit the Louvre Museum, Eiffel Tower, Champs Elysée, Bateau mouche, Sacré-cœur (Montmatre)... with your French host family or with a Milna team member present in Paris.
- We follow the security instructions strictly, especially when outdoors;
- We follow the French law protecting the youth while organizing a travel;
- A French person (Teacher, principal, HOD...) from the French hosting school will be personally taking care of your needed and making sure you are adapting well in the French school;
- A Milna French person is reachable at all times.
This is an example of a typical week of an individual exchange program, depending on the city where you will be.
Wherever you will go, you will do the local activities with your French family (sea, countryside, mountain, city...) and you will also visit Paris. (Eiffel tower, Louvre, Champs Elysées, Bateau mouche, Sacré-cœur...)
Sunday: Flight from Taiwan - Paris. Your French family or French teacher will be waiting for you at Paris airport. Transfer to the city of your French family. Presentation of the house, the family members that you know already via the several emails/phones exchanges you had with them since weeks. Dinner and night in the house of your French family.
Monday: You are the star today, as you will attract the attention of the school students. You will have to answers to lot of questions and "Hello, Namaste...". You will be welcomed by the principal who will show you the school. Then you will go with your partner to assist to the classes. At noon, you will have your lunch at the canteen or the French family house. (You will have one or two hours for that) Then, back to school in the afternoon. At the end of the day, you will go back to your French family with your French partner. Evening and dinner with the family.
Tuesday: After a breakfast with your French family, you will head to school to assist to the classes. Same as Monday, but today, everyone in the school knows your name and from which city you come from. You will be going to several classrooms as you will be giving a presentation of your country in a Geography class or being the centre of interest in an English class where you will need to answers to all the questions the French students will have about you and your country. This time, you will be much more comfortable and can find your classrooms, canteen, toilets... without any help, you are almost a real student in the French school!
Wednesday: The French students love Wednesday, because they have class only half day. At noon, you will go back to your French family to have lunch. In the afternoon, French people usually have activities like sport, music, dance or simply relaxing by going to the city, park... You will be part of the French family program.
Thursday: Once a week, French students have 2 hours sport where you can practice climbing, handball, swimming, basketball... you will be doing that with your French partner. After lunch, you will continue your involvement in the classes and can even impress the mathematics teacher with your level of knowledge!
Friday: Everyone in the school is exited as when the bell will ring at the end of the day, it means the end of the school for this week. If you know some dance/song or want to play an instrument and show your talent to all the school, this is your celebrity moment and your chance to be noticed! If this is your last Friday, you will be saying bye bye to all your new friends and probably you will cry a little or a lot knowing that you might not meet them soon ;-(
Saturday: Youpi! Today is Saturday and the French family is available to take you discover the area and do shopping (As we know, you love shopping).
If it is your last Saturday and you have not visited Paris yet, your French family will be taking you. If it is not possible for them. No problem! Our super Milna team member will come and take you for an entire day in Paris (Louvre museum, Notre dame, the top floor of the Eiffel tower, the Champs-Elysées and lot of shopping!)
Sunday: Sunday in France is a relaxed day. Your French partner might go for a sport competition (Handball, Judo, football, dance...) The participant will be more than welcome. Sunday also is the day of the street market, where you can feel the real authentic France with its fresh products!
If this is your last day, according to your flight timing, you will be heading to Paris airport with your French family or French teacher. They will help you to check in. The participant will be constantly in touch.
If this is not your last day, it means that you have another week full of excitement waiting for you!
Possible activities in the French school: Participating to classes (English, French, Sport, Arts...), teaching your own language to the French students, making presentation of your country, its culture, festival, traditions..., having practical French classes as per the participant level, preparing a show you want to perform at the end of your stay...
Possible activities with the French family: In France, the school day is over after 16h00 or 17h00, except Wednesday where the school day ends at 12h00. If the French family members (Father and mother) work, it means that they will come back home after 16h00. They can have the time to take you out mostly during the weekend (Museums, monuments, cultural center, beach, city-center, bicycle ride in the forest, meeting with the mayor, Ice skating, French pastry class...) and time to time during the weekdays. As per your age, you will be allowed to go out with your French partner after school.
(This is an example of program and given just for information, the program will depend on the French family, their availability, the location of the school, the school calendar (Around 180 days a year are spent in French schools, this means that more than 180 days a year, French people don't go to school), flight and local transportation timing. The final program will be finalized with the participants and the selected French school)
Departure and rate per person
An exchange to France is possible throughout the year except the days mentioned in this calendar.
For an Exchange Program (Family stay) in September or October, the "I'm going Form" has to be submitted no later than the 31st May to have enough time to get the confirmation of the French school. (July and August, all the French schools and their administrations are closed)
Duration of a multiple of 7 nights in France up to 8 weeks according to your possibilities. (Want a duration longer than 8 weeks? Contact us)
- Rate all included
- 3 daily meals in France
- Paris airport return transfer
- Accommodation at the French family
- Local transportation
- At least, one day visit of Paris (Bateau mouche (Cruise on the river Seine), Louvre Museum, Sacré Coeur, Champs Elysées, the top floor of the Eiffel tower...)
- French visa (Schengen)
- Travel insurance. (Bajaj Allianz Travel Elite Gold or Tata AIG Gold plan with a minimum coverage of USD 2,00,000)
- Project starting and ending from the concerned departure airport
- Certificate for each participant
- Transfer to/from the starting concerned airport
- Personal expenditure
- French Sim card
- Extra days in Paris
- Excursion in a neighbouring country
- A TGV tour to experience the legend
- Stopover in another country (As per the airline stopover)
- Fly accompanied by a Milna team member
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The French health system is one of the best in the world.
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Anywhere you go in Europe, no vaccination is mandatory.
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The French family, the French school and the Milna team member will take care of the safety and security of the participant during all his presence in France.
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In case of an emergency, the traveller will be taken into care by the nearest hospital. If needed, he will be repatriated in the best conditions.
- Understand the project
Read the details of the project and contact us if you need more information
- Book it
Go to the Rates and departure section and click on "Book it!" by paying just the deposit (10%)
- Provide your details
Fill up the "I'm going form" which will help the French family understand your profile and accept it.
- We will call you
We will call you to discuss your answers given in the I'm going form".
- Wait for our confirmation
Once we have the green signal from the French family, we will share the news with you and ask you to make the second payment (50%)
- Communicate with your French family and partner
We will provide you the profile of the French family and your French partner. Start communicating with them by phone/email.
- Your flight details
We will share with you your flight details
- We stay in touch
We will send you several emails and call you several times to prepare you for the exchange.
- Before the selected deadline
Made sure to send us the third payment (40%) before the deadline you have selected. In all the cases, make sure that we receive 100% of the payment before the deadline to avail the selected rate.
- Your visa
60 days before the departure, we will share with you the list of documents you need to gather to apply for your Schengen visa.
Milna will provide you the necessary documents to complete your application.
- Your visa application
No later than 30 days before the departure, you will need to apply for your visa.
- We stay in touch
We will send you the recommended list to have in your bag
- We will send you your free Milna French sim card
To be reachable the moment you land in Paris, we will send you your free Milna French sim card to your home address. Milna will offer you a free Milna French sim card if you have paid your Exchange program by credit card, otherwise you can order it here Milna French sim card
- Before the D-day
We will call you to provide you advises and answers to any question you might still have.
- The D-day
Reach the departure airport at least 3 hours before the departure. A Milna team member will stay in touch with you till you take off.
- The arrival in France
A Milna team member will call you the moment you land to assist you if needed till you meet your French family waiting for you at the arrival level of the airport.
- The "Milna" / The meeting
Congratulation, you are now with your French family and French partner, enjoy the experience, you will remember it all your life!