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A homestay is not a hotel with a family attached. A few simple habits make the difference between being a customer and being a guest.
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What we tell friends before they come: when to walk, what the visa costs, how a homestay works — and what happens in the villages after the trekkers leave.
Written by the guides, coordinators and planners at EEM — people who answer these questions every week.
If it is not answered here, ask us. A real person in Pokhara replies, usually the same day.
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A homestay is not a hotel with a family attached. A few simple habits make the difference between being a customer and being a guest.

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Eleven households on the ridge above Pokhara grow, dry and roast their own coffee. Visitors pay to watch — and that small change has reshaped a village.