Or is £21 a day not enough to cover 3 meals for a student?

[SunshineLollipopsAndRainbows]

This is a language school advertising for people to accommodate students in their homes. I don’t think £21 would be enough to cover breakfast, packed lunch & dinner plus things like extra hot water etc. It’s out of my area anyway but I do wonder if they will get anyone to do it.

I used to live on £25 a week for food as a student pretty well (6 years ago), I’m quite sure you’ll cover costs for £21 a day!?

You don’t make money out of doing it. What it also doesn’t say is that it is a two course dinner.

Some do it and feed the students basic food. We have hosted and it is hard to keep the young adults full for that cost as well as cleaning and laundry time.

We liked it because it organised us as a family with a weekly meal plan and really healthy meals.

What the hell do you eat, op? Wagyu beef and caviar everyday?

£21 a day is plenty.

Most of your household bills will stay the same regardless - the only things that may go up slightly are electric (for their phones, computers etc.) and maybe the heating for an extra shower a day.

Otherwise what extra costs are you anticipating that can't be covered with £150 a week?

Are you a Tory MP? They're the only people who are usually so out of touch with the actual cost of living.

Of course it's enough. Don't be so ridiculous.

In 2018 the average cost spent on an NHS patients meals was £3 per day.

I think it's more than do-able, I just don't think it's at all profitable. So it would depend on someone's reasons for doing it, but they're not going to 'make' money out of it.

It’s more than you’d get for a Ukrainian family - plenty enough.

More than the government are giving host families for Ukraine Refugees.

That fits with the £625 a month tax free sum you can earn through the government scheme to rent out a room. It depends on the reason someone wants to do it.

£140 a week.. where the hell do you live where thats not enough ....

It would cover food. But can't see many people taking this up. Not worth the hassle.

I grew up in a family that hosted foreign students. It was great and really good for me as a teenager. Some are still in touch with us.

I remember they frequently went out on organised trips/events etc. So weren’t always on for dinner or around at weekends.
The idea is that they’re integrated into a British family and submerged into our culture, so they ate what we ate.

@JustLyra

£150 a week is plenty to cover food.

It’s not a lot to share your home and give up privacy imo.

But obviously if you didn’t want to share your home (I wouldn’t personally) then you wouldn’t really be up for a situation like this. Or you would get an older lodger and rent a room setting your own price.

People who choose to take in a student like this must be aware they won’t make any significant profit - and anyway I don’t think that was really op’s question. Her issue doesn’t seem to be about sharing home/privacy, but that she thinks £21 a day isn’t enough to feed another mouth when realistically it is.

You're asking two questions - whether it covers three meals and whether it covers board/accommodation. The first obviously yes, the second, arguably not adequately enough to make it worth anyone bothering.

@WalkingOnSonshine

I spend less than £60 per week for 2 adults and a child on the weekly food shop, so £21 per day is more than possible for food alone.

Yes but you'd perhaps have to buy different food for a guest, wouldn't you?

Not if they're eating steak every night!

£21 a day is enough for both food and energy and a bloody goldmine!

For food alone it’s generous. For food, heating, loss of a room, another person added to the bathroom rota, etc. It’s not great but probably reasonable for most people who aren’t that profligate and want to make a little extra from a spare room.

Another one just saying of course it is! That’s around £150 a week - I spend say £80 a week on 2 adults a child and a cat.

Everyone I know who has hosted students like this (bar one grabbing arsehole) did it for the cultural exchange experience not the cash.

The poor buggers who had the misfortune to be sent to the grabbing arseholes house did not enjoy it.

Most students are accommodated in pairs so the cost per head will be relatively less, definitely under £150 pw each.

Not enough to eat out at cafes etc but it's plenty to eat at home.

You could probably shop in Waitrose on that budget 😂

Sounds like a great deal.

Cereal and toast for breakfast. Less than a pound.

Packed lunch. £2 max

Evening meal £2.

Extra heating and electricity £2 a day.

Therefore costs £49 per week. Income £147.

Almost a hundred profit a week for minimal effort really