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Booking & payment
Choose your programme and dates and book online, or send us your child's name, date of birth and preferred dates. We reply within 24 hours, Monday to Friday.
A €200 deposit reserves the place and comes off the total. It's fully refundable until six weeks before the course starts, which is also when the balance is due.
Just email us. If you cancel more than six weeks before the course starts, we refund everything, including the deposit. If you cancel later than that, we refund what you've paid minus a €200 administration fee and a €300 accommodation cancellation fee. Full details are in our terms and conditions.
Lessons, a full-board Garda-vetted host family, weekend transfers from Kerry or Cork, and the activities or work placement of your programme. There are no hidden extras.
Only two: a gluten-free diet (€25 per week) and the unaccompanied minor airline service if your airline requires it (€50 per journey).
Travel & arrival
On the Saturday or Sunday before the course starts, so they can use the free transfer. Sunday is ideal: they meet everyone in class the next morning.
The price covers the nights of the course: 14 for two weeks, 21 for three and 28 for four. If flight times mean your child needs to stay longer, for example arriving on a Saturday and leaving on a Sunday, there’s a €30 supplement for each extra night. Please check with us before booking flights.
Transfers from Kerry Airport, Cork Airport, Killarney train or bus station, Cork Kent station and Cork Harbour are free at any time on Saturdays and Sundays. For a midweek arrival, just contact us.
Most students don't. Some airlines require it for younger travellers: on arrival, the airline needs the details of the person collecting your child in advance, and on departure, our staff member has to wait at the airport until the flight has left. The rules differ between airlines, so please check with yours when you book the flights. If it applies, just tick it on the booking form. There's a €50 supplement per journey.
Straight to their host family's door, where they'll settle in before their first day at school.
Students from the EU should bring their European Health Insurance Card (EHIC). With it, they can see a doctor in Ireland free of charge. We also recommend that every student has travel insurance.
Host families
You'll receive full host family details at least three weeks before arrival.
Yes, we can arrange it. We usually recommend sharing with a student of a different nationality, as it makes a big difference to their English.
Most students share a room with a housemate from another country. Single rooms are rarely available, so we can't guarantee one.
Tell us when you book and Adi will match your child with a suitable family. A gluten-free diet has a €25 weekly supplement.
Yes. Host families do students' laundry as part of the stay.
Students staying in Cahersiveen town walk. Others take our school bus or are dropped in by their host family.
Sunday is family day. Students join in with whatever the family has planned: a regatta, a Gaelic football match, visiting relatives, a drive or a walk.
Daily life & rules
Juniors have organised social events two evenings a week. On free evenings they can go out only with their host family's permission, and must be home by 10pm.
No. In Ireland alcohol is only for over-18s. A junior who drinks alcohol or uses illegal substances may be sent home immediately.
Yes. We've welcomed students from 12 countries, including Spain, Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland, Poland and Kazakhstan. Classes and host families are mixed, so English is the shared language.
WhatsApp or call +353 87 213 6259, which is also our emergency line, or email info@asanaireland.com. Our team speaks English, Italian and Spanish.
Meals, activities, excursions and transfers are all included, so pocket money is just for snacks, souvenirs and treats. Around €50–€80 a week is usually plenty.
We ask students to keep phones away during lessons, so they can focus and get the most from class. Outside lessons, they're free to stay in touch with home.
Programmes
The Junior Activity Programme is for ages 11–18: English every morning and activities every afternoon. The Work Experience Programme is for 16–18-year-olds with at least B2 English, combining lessons with a real local placement.
Summer programmes run for two, three or four weeks, between June and August. See all dates and prices on our Dates & Prices page.
Yes. Placements are chosen to be safe, appropriate and supportive, and where needed we provide private transport to and from the workplace.
Yes. Our Mini Stays for school groups run from five days to two weeks outside the summer, tailored to each group.
Not for the Junior Activity Programme: every level is welcome. The Work Experience Programme needs at least B2.
Yes, on the first day. True to our holistic approach, it looks at the whole student, not just their English, so we can place them in the class where they'll thrive.
Summer 2027
Reserve with a €200 refundable deposit. The balance is due six weeks before arrival.