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Every month, we dig deep into our 'Happy Homes' postbag and select the star letter of the month. Thanks to all of you for your lovely comments and keep up the recommendations!

* JULY STAR LETTER OF THE MONTH 1999 *

Many sincerely thanks to Happy Homes....probably the most helpful and friendship company which is able to receive you on Sunday, and call back you on Monday to say that a nice family living in the centre of London is ready to welcome you from Tuesday....probably the sole company which devotes all its time to improve your situation, and which the fees don't depend on the time you take in advance.

Special thanks to Erica, patient, attentive, charmimg...a fairy!

Emilie Bossy, french student, 19 years old.

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* AUGUST STAR LETTER OF THE MONTH 1999 *

What can I say about your service.... We were really satisfied with it. Happy Homes is great for those people who want to get in touch with London and experience their life styles. You really feel like you're living there, which is by far more fun than staying in a hotel Once again, thank you, najlepša hvala, danke schoen, tante grazie,merci beaucoup..

Wanna be a Londoner for a week- pick Happy Homes!

David and Vesna Senjor from Maribor, Slovenia

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* SEPTEMBER STAR LETTER OF THE MONTH 1999 *

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* OCTOBER STAR LETTER OF THE MONTH 1999 *

Another couple of satisfied customers...

I enjoyed my stay in London very much and I was really happy with my host family, Mela.
Thank you very much for your help to find nice accommodation. I am satisfied with this summer because I was living in my favorite city, London as a student. I will never forget this wonderful experience.If some of my friends want to stay in London, I am going to recommend Happy Homes to them! Sincerely yours,Yuko Toishi.Tokyo.

We were guests at Josie's home a few weeks ago. We found her to be a most gracious host. She made our stay in London most enjoyable. She was very helpful in giving us information that made it easy for us to get around and make maximum use of our time in London. We
highly recommend her B&B homestay. Julie and John Rauen, Poway, California.

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* NOVEMBER STAR LETTER OF THE MONTH 1999 *

Thank you Happy Homes

Hi Erica, I just wanted to drop you a line to thank you for providing me with such a delightful place to stay when I was in London. I fell in love with London while there and am anxious to return. Turns out 12 days was just not enough time to properly do all the things there are to do. I wanted to drop in a meet you but somehow ran out of time - hope you understand.

You offer a wonderful service and I have told everyone here about it. Thanks again! Until next time...;-) Mary Miner, California

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* DECEMBER STAR LETTER OF THE MONTH 1999 *

A few words of thanks...

First of all, I would like to give you thanks for your help in finding for us a home to stay in London. Our vacations were the best that we had ever. Our host family were a wonderful hosts. They were always very nice, helpfull in their tips and advices and we felt so comfortable as it we were in a relative home. The place was beautiful, near to stations, restaurants and pubs. We are very impressive about your business that we have already recommended to our friends to visit your page or e-mail you. You put London not far from the dreams of many tourits.We took many pictures and one was taken with our friends, the hosts. Thank you again Erica from a new London fans.

Ana y Luis Cespedes, Buenos Aires

and a few more...

Everything & everyone were most definitively OK!! I was very happy with my homestay and with London of course. I want to thank U very much.

Dr Ignacio Rey Simo, Madrid

and a few more...

Just this quick note to say 'THANK YOU' for your help Erica. It's really appreciated and by the way, the B&B is really great. Bye!

Vanessa Dayan, Montreal

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* JANUARY STAR LETTER OF THE MONTH 2000 *

Thank you my friends;

Hi Erica, I just wantted to say "THANK YOU" for a wonderful time. My host family was great and so was London. Maybe we try and come again next Christmas! Bye.

To whom it may concern

All the stuff from our company wish you a happy new year!

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* FEBRUARY STAR LETTER OF THE MONTH 2000 *

You need more info out there..i've been looking for 3 months for lodging and just now found this website, which may have saved my trip.I was ready to cancel it! Maybe you can tying this site into a more popular one so people notice you.

I haven't reserved yet but i want to say THANK YOU for being here. I was heart broke when i thought i would have to cancel my trip.THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ms Castonuay.NY

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* APRIL STAR LETTER OF THE MONTH 2000 *

Dear Erica,

Tamara Konopka (Victoria, Australia)

Hi Happy Homes

I thank you for your excellent service. We had a very good stay at London and we enjoyed our trip.I wish you and at your team, all you need to do your work for a lot of years.

Best regards Marius Côté (Canada)

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* MAY STAR LETTER OF THE MONTH 2000 *

Thanks very much again for your help. Ich wollte anrufen, habe es aber im Trubel heute vergessen. Ich fuehle mich hier sehr wohl!
Kind regards
Christine Bucher (Germany)

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* JUNE STAR LETTER OF THE MONTH 2000 *

Katerina Yosseliani and Olga Sinelnikov (Russia)

Hi Happy Homes

I received your confirmation. Thanks a lot for the surprisingly quick response to my booking request. I had been seeking accommodation for a while now with other agents--none provided such fast service. Well done!Thank you very much.

Alexander Kovacs (Germany)

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* JULY STAR LETTER OF THE MONTH 2000 *

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* AUGUST STAR LETTER OF THE MONTH 2000 *

I have just returned from a month's stay with your selected homestay in London, and I thought you should know that I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of my stay. Alice was a wonderful host and has become a good friend during the last four weeks. Her house is lovely and welcoming, the perfect choice to relax after a busy day in town. Happy Homes have really kept their promise. You found me more than just a place to stay: you found me a home. Thank you very much for all your efforts. Best regards, 

Susanne Bachmann (Germany)

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* SEPTEMBER STAR LETTER OF THE MONTH 2000 *

We have great pleasure in presenting this month's testimonial, which we think you'll agree is quite outstanding. You are a true artist Marco! and thank YOU!!

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* OCTOBER STAR LETTER OF THE MONTH 2000 *

ERICA!

Thank you very much for your assistance. I am most grateful for your prompt reply to my request and so impressed with your personal call to verify details. 

I will certainly recommend your service to other teachers who travel alone to England. Thank you again. Linda Kovaric

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* NOVEMBER STAR LETTER OF THE MONTH 2000 *

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* DECEMBER STAR LETTER OF THE MONTH 2000 *

Dear Erica Reynolds,

I stayed with your host family you recommended for a week at the end of October and had a

wonderful time. She was very kind and helpful and put me at ease with a cup of tea and a welcome.

I slept better than I had in years for that week. She made sure the temperature was warm enough to be comfortable. She was thoughtful, had a delightful sense of humor and was caring in a way that I felt like I belonged there and for that week I had a family.

So I want to thank you for allowing me to enter this wonderful home.

With appreciation, Pam Nummela

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* JANUARY STAR LETTER OF THE MONTH 2001 *

Dear Mrs. Reynolds,

Thank you for arranging the extra days at my homestay. Next time I come to London I will contact you for accommodation and recommend you to any friends travelling to the U.K.

Compliments of the season.

Yours truly,

Rosalind Smith

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* FEBRUARY STAR LETTER OF THE MONTH 2001 *

Dear Erica,

I just wanted to let you know that I had fabulous time in London. I also enjoyed staying at Mrs. A's home. It was very comfortable, clean and the best of all, Mrs. A. was very kind and accommodating. I couldn't ask for a better place!

I am very sorry that I didn't have a chance to contact you or see you while

I was there. Perhaps next time.

Thank you for everything.

Best regards,

Tomoko Crittenden.Tokyo

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* MARCH STAR LETTER OF THE MONTH 2001 *

Hello Erica,

A wonderful generous host family. Thank you for your recommendation. I will tell my friends to call upon you when they come next to London.

I would like to keep in touch with you if I may.

Many thanks

Martha  Fernandez .Los Angeles

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* APRIL STAR LETTER OF THE MONTH 2001 *

Dear Ms Reynolds,

thank you very much for your messages, I have received both of them. I just took down the telephone number and will call Ms G. when I arrive. I already organised a street map for Putney, because I didn't expect that I would be picked up at the station - I am all the more excited to arrive now that I know that someone is expecting me there... Ms G. really sounds like someone I'd like to get to know and I look forward to staying with her.

Thank you very much for the kindness and hospitality you have already showed before my arrival, you make me feel a lot more relaxed about my first trip to London.

Regards

Julia.Mils, Austria

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* MAY STAR LETTER OF THE MONTH 2001 *

Thank you very much for the comfortable accommodation.

I had a nice time by the home-stay family. Mrs. A. is a nice lady. She is very clean, friendly and helpful. I think I'll visit London again another time.

Greetings from

Ingrid Harms, Hamburg

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* JUNE STAR LETTER OF THE MONTH 2001 *

Dear Ms Reynolds,

I hope you had a happy Eastern and maybe this is my Eastern gift. I want to thank you for this and I hope that you will receive all the blessings of the world for your good acts and for your good faith.

I would like send you a recommendation letter in any language that you wish. I can write in Spanish, English, Italian, Portuguese and Japanese. Thank you.

Regards Juan Alva

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* JULY STAR LETTER OF THE MONTH 2001 *

Date 11^th Jun 2001

Dear Mrs Erica,

by the present I’d like to tell you once more that I’m very grateful for your cordially management in my request for my first journey in London.

Moreover, as I tell you before, also Mr & Mrs F. were very kindly with me; I REALLY FELT AT HOME. They have helped me in several matters, and to improve my poor English, but, of course, only a week is an insufficient period to reach an advance interesting. So, I’m thinking in come back, but this time for three weeks (approximately from 20^th July until 12^th August).

Thanks again for your information and collaboration; I firmly hope we can arrange my next journey in London after I’ve organised a few things in my job.

By for now and warm regards.

Italy

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* AUGUST STAR LETTER OF THE MONTH 2001 *

Hi Erica......

just a note to let u know all is well & I am very happy with my stay. The hosts are lovely & interesting. I will be booking through u again when i come back to London sometime in the next couple of months but not certain yet of my dates. will drop u a line when I do know for certain. Also...Thank You for your time!!

Kelly Ross

Dear Erica

Me and my daughter had wonderful time in London, we enjoyed our stay immensely and the N's homestay were great hosts - they're so nice and hospitable. So next time we come to London we'll certainly contact you again to provide us with bed and breakfast.

All best, Dora Mali

Dear Erica,

I just got back from London last Saturday. I had a great time, my holiday was just so good !!!! Well, I just wanted to thank you for what you did, because you sent me to Tim and Essie in Chiswick, and they were so nice to me, and made me feel like I was part of the family !! I loved to stay with them, they were so kind and helpful to me !!! I miss them so much !Then Chiswick is a lovely and quiet place, it is just how I imagined it !Well, I just wanted to thank you so much for what you did for me. Next summer I'll be hopefully going to London again, so by then you'll hear from me again :-) !!!Thank you very much !!!!!

Kind regards

Marta

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* SEPTEMBER STAR LETTER OF THE MONTH 2001 *

Dear Mrs. Reynolds,

 in august my son and I visited London for one week and stayed with one of your host families in Hammersmith, Barnes. They were very nice and made our stay a very comfortable one. We thank you very much and definitely will contact you when we visit London the next time. Many greetings and best wishes from Innsbruck, Austria 

Reinhard H. and son Philipp

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* OCTOBER STAR LETTER OF THE MONTH 2001 *

Hi,

I just wanted to thank you for a great time and place to stay at London. Mrs. Q. was wonderful, her house was beautiful and the location worked out well for us.I have passed on you website to the person at our lab of 330 people who sets up our exchange visits to a lab in Cambridge - in case anyone else wants to visit London.My hosts in Cambridge told me that for about 40 pounds/night the place I would get would be a dump and I shouldn't have shopped online - so I was more than pleasantly surprised with the B & B.

My wife and I had a wonderful 20th anniversary, maybe we'll see you again in ten years.

Cheers,

Pat Minx

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* NOVEMBER STAR LETTER OF THE MONTH 2001 *

How can we improve our Website?:

I would look into making it a little less two dimensional and try to find ways to incoporate the titles into the pictures on the site. This is a superb site. I hope to be staying in London during the summer of 2002 and this is by far the most helpful, extensive site I have seean in all of my research. I hope to stay with Happy Homes as soon as I recieve the grant money for my research in London. Thanks for all of your help. I hope to book soon!

Jillian Tremblay

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* DECEMBER STAR LETTER OF THE MONTH 2001 *

Hi, erica,

You do more than I wish. Thank you very much for your help  and I don't wont to worry you with my asks. I have been very nervouse the last couple of days and I do not know what I have and I haven't. Sorry for that. You do everything to me on time or before. I realy appreciate your help. thank you one's more time.

Best greetings and soon in London,

I am in London and everything is fine the family, the room and also the weather. thank you for your help and a pice of advices to me, till later

Diana D

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* JANUARY STAR LETTER OF THE MONTH 2002 *

Hi Erica......

How do you rate our website?: Good

How can we improve our Website?: I think it's already OK!

Do you have any useful tips for us?: Nope!

Any other comments or feedback?: I just wanted to thank you for our great London holiday!! We stayed with T. and E. in Chiswich, and they were the kindest hosts! A very pretty house, and we loved the borough, so quiet and elegant. Sure you'll hear from us again if we plan another trip to London...in the meantime I'm doing a lot of advertising for you with my friends!

Thanks again!! Silvia & Cristiano

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* FEBRUARY STAR LETTER OF THE MONTH 2002 *

Hi .

I stayed with Mrs C. last fall and wondered if it was possible to book a night at Alice's March 16th. I am flying from Lisbon to London (Heathrow) on the16th and fly out of Heathrow on the 17th home to Canada. Alice is wonderful, and her place is convenient for the qirport. I'll check my email early next week. Thank you, Sydney Patterson.

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* MARCH STAR LETTER OF THE MONTH 2002 *

Hi Erica......

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* APRIL STAR LETTER OF THE MONTH 2002 *

Dear Erika......

We both wish to thank you and Happy homes for the nice stay we had in London. It was really fantastic and we were so busy that we had not even the time to call you.

Next time we are in London, we'll call you for a reservation even with Mr and Mrs R. who were very kind to us.

Thank again
Roberto Frachessa (Italy)

28th March 2002

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* MAY STAR LETTER OF THE MONTH 2002 *

Dear Erica,

I am writing to confirm my booking with you as outlined in your last email. I look forward to meeting Mand spending my time exploring all those wonderfully interesting places in around London. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your assistance in finding an appropriate placement for me and in your prompt and efficient handling of it all from my initial enquiry to actually making the booking. Terrific stuff!
Warmest best wishes
Ross Chadderton

Hello Erica,

nachdem ich wieder in Deutschland bin möchte ich Ihnen mitteilen, dass ich die Zeit bei Ms. Gray in Parsons Green sehr genossen habe. Ich könnte nun alles aufzählen was mir gefallen hat, aber ich beschränke mich auf „es war perfekt“. Sollte ich wieder mal nach London reisen, werde ich mich vertrauensvoll an Sie wenden bzw. ich werde Freunden und Bekannten HAPPY HOMES empfehlen.

Vielen Dank
Regards
Stefan Detlefsen

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* JUNE STAR LETTER OF THE MONTH 2002 *

Dear Erica,

Subject: Re: Happy Homes sends greetings

Hello Erica, just wanted to let you know i am enjoying my stay, my place couldn't be any more perfect. thank you,
Nichole

Erica,

I wanted to drop you a quick note to thank you for finding my mother and I a great place to stay during our visit to London! We loved the quiet location and the accessibility to pubic transportation. Unfortunately I never had the opportunity to meet our hosts as our holidays crossed, but my mother was much impressed by the N's warmth and hospitality. Our daily schedules were so full and busy with sightseeing throughout London and a few day trips that we didn't spend much time in the Battersea/Chelsea area during the day and did not have a chance to stop by to meet and thank you personally. We had a wonderful time in London and cannot be more pleased with our experience with Happy Homes.

Thank you again,
Kristin Palmer

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* JULY STAR LETTER OF THE MONTH 2002 *

Dear / Erica

This is Ashraf Fayez who reserves the B&B with you. 

Thank you very much for your assistance and for your lovely choosen stay with
M's house . We enjoyed our stay, me and my wife/ Hana, for the whole week with Mr/ Michael & his lovely wife as they were so helpful and marvelous familly as ever stayed with. It was a short time and we were very happy to stay with such a friendly familly, and we shall never forget these days , as it was the first time for us to stay with a lovely family. Every time we visit the UK in the past, we were ususaly staying in hotels , but from now and then, we shall arrange with you our accommodation to be done as before.

We spend a very short stay this time but it was unable to be forgotten as the nice house and the most kind and warm hospitality of Mr/ Mthat we enjoyed was really great. Kindly send my and my wife's regards to the whole family and special hugs & kisses to their grand sons, and i promise that we shall visit them the next time we shall visit the UK if we won't be lucky enough to stay with them the next time, and we hope that we were light guests for them.

I would like to thank you very much Erica, and i hope to arrange another accomodation with you soon, as long as we decide to visit London the next time.

       Best Regards,
      Ashraf Fayez &
Hana Hassan

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* AUGUST STAR LETTER OF THE MONTH 2002 *

Dear Erica
Just a few lines to thank you once more for finding accommodation to Mr Lepage. He and his son enjoyed their stay in London and particularly appreciated the warm welcome they received at the B&B.I will definitely access your services whenever it is possible.Wishing you the best for the rest of the year.Miss Francoise Assamoi

Thank you so much for arranging such a lovely and comfortable home stay. The N's were wonderful and caring hosts the few days they were there, and we felt very much at home and safe during their absence. The location of their home in Battersea could not have been more convenient to the bus/tube and the rest of London. We loved the setting near the river, the quiet neighborhood, it was quite the perfect place.Thank you again for all your help. Have a lovely summer.

Most sincerely,Meredith Palmer

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* SEPTEMBER STAR LETTER OF THE MONTH 2002 *

Dear Erica
Please excuse the lateness of this note but I wanted to thank you for all of your help with my son Jared's stay in London. It turned out fabulously. He was quite happy with this family and they treated him quite well. He had a productive experience at the PRO.Thank you again and I will not hesitate to recommenced you to my friends and colleagues.

Joe McBride

I confirm this reservation. Alice has a wonderful home and is tremendoulsy nice. Thank you,

Paul

Thank you so much for arranging for our stay at Mrs.Q's home in Chiswick the last two weeks of May. It is a lovely house in a very pleasant neighborhood. It was particularly nice to be able to come "home" at the end of the day to a place where grass and trees grew and birds sang. It gave us more a sense of being "at home" in London than any other way I can imagine.I think I would consider looking into a home stay when we come to London again in a few years.Very truly,

John and Frances Haeberle

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* OCTOBER STAR LETTER OF THE MONTH 2002 *

Dear Erica

We now have been back to China safe and sound. I'd like to thank you very much for your recommendation. The homestay in London left us a very very good impression. M and T are very polite and warm to us. The home was better than our imagination. The bedroom and bath room are large and very clean. the variety of breakfast were suit to us. The host were really super! Whenever we asked local information, they not only replied in detail but also referred to publications. Their guidance was a big help for us tour in London. The price is very worthwhile. When we heard that we were the first batch of Chinese to this family, we hope that the host were also happy with us as we were. Please convey our best wishes to them. Also wishing your website prosperous.

Ingrid

Hallo Frau Reynolds!!

Leider waren wir während unseres England-Urlaubs so beschäftigt, dass wir ganz vergessen haben, uns nochmal bei Ihnen zu melden...Auf jeden Fall wollten wir Ihnen noch sagen, dass Clare M, bei welcher wir 2 Wochen lang gewohnt haben, wirklich unglaublich nett und hilfsbereit war!!! Auch unser Zimmer war super!!Also vielen Dank nochmal für die Vermittlung.Viele Grüße,

Vera Kurth & Petra Nepomuck

Dear Erica

Thank you for this marvellously hostfamilie. I can stay with them for the whole time. Please send me an acknowledgement for the money I paid to you for the placement and accommodation in the hostfamilie. Please send it to my home address in Germany.Best Regards

Marc Speckenbach

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* NOVEMBER STAR LETTER OF THE MONTH 2002 *

Hallo Mrs Reynolds!

Wie versprochen melde ich mich aus London! Ich sitze gerade in einem Internet-Cafe in South Kensington und goenne meinen Fuessen mal eine Pause.Es gefaellt mir super hier! Die Familie (Mr und Mrs Maher) ist wirklich nett und ich fuehle mich pudelwohl!Vielen Dank nochmal fuer ihre Bemuehungen und die schnelle Abwicklung!Herzliche Gruesse!

Denise

Thank you so much for arranging such a lovely and comfortable home stay. The N's were wonderful and caring hosts the few days they were there, and we felt very much at home and safe during their absence. The location of their home in Battersea could not have been more convenient to the bus/tube and the rest of London. We loved the setting near the river, the quiet neighborhood, it was quite the perfect place.Thank you again for all your help. Have a lovely summer.

Most sincerely,Meredith Palmer

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* DECEMBER STAR LETTER OF THE MONTH 2002 *

Dear Erica
Thank you very much for your arrangement.I went to UK last month and stayed at Mr & Mrs  G. They were very kind and charming. So I could spend very nice days in london. If I can, I would like to stay at their house again someday.

With best regards Kunika Tsukamoto

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* JANUARY STAR LETTER OF THE MONTH 2003 *

Happy New Year !

Kull 'aam wa-antum bikhayr!

Kong He Xin Xi!

Bonne Année!

Ein glückliches neues Jahr!

Nava Varsh Ki Haardik Shubh Kaamnaayen!

Felice Anno Nuovo!

Feliz Ano Novo!

S Novym Godom!

Feliz Año Nuevo!

Best Regards,

Lalit Saraswat

Dear Erica

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* FEBRUARY STAR LETTER OF THE MONTH 2002 *

Hallo Mrs Reynolds!

Wie versprochen melde ich mich aus London! Ich sitze gerade in einem Internet-Cafe in South Kensington und goenne meinen Fuessen mal eine Pause.Es gefaellt mir super hier! Die Familie (Mr und Mrs Maher) ist wirklich nett und ich fuehle mich pudelwohl!Vielen Dank nochmal fuer ihre Bemuehungen und die schnelle Abwicklung!Herzliche Gruesse!

Denise

Thank you so much for arranging such a lovely and comfortable home stay. The N's were wonderful and caring hosts the few days they were there, and we felt very much at home and safe during their absence. The location of their home in Battersea could not have been more convenient to the bus/tube and the rest of London. We loved the setting near the river, the quiet neighborhood, it was quite the perfect place.Thank you again for all your help. Have a lovely summer.

Most sincerely,Meredith Palmer

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* MARCH STAR LETTER OF THE MONTH 2003 *

Dear Erica!

I'm Claudio Oliboni from Italy; I went London from 3 January for a week.I and my daughter were allowed in a family in Chiswich.Do you remember me?The experience was very good, for me and especially for my daughter Selene.Thank you very much for your arrangement.I think to visit London next time with all the rest of my family!

Regards, Claudio and Selene.

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* APRIL STAR LETTER OF THE MONTH 2003 *

Dear Erica

Hereby I confirm the reservation. I am very happy with the service you have provided me and my parents with. Thank you very much for that. My parents are really looking forward to joining me here and to experience London etc. Once again thank you very much for your help. Kind regards

I'm glad you understood the real goal of my mail and be sure that if i (or someone i know) should ever need an accomodation in London, i'll adress them to you, no doubt about that. You're a very nice person and so is your organisation. Thank you so much once more.

Giuseppe

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* NOVEMBER STAR LETTER OF THE MONTH 2003 *

Dear Erica,

Thank you so much for your kind email. Thank you for your well wishes. I appreciate it. Thank you so much for permitting me to call you once I am over in Parsons Green. I will certainly take your number with me, and hopefully I will be able to come and see you. It's so nice to know that I will be able to meet with a friendly and welcoming person once I am in London. It makes travelling to a new place less intimidating and overwhelming.

I really appreciate all you have done for me. I can't say that enough. I have bookmarked the links you have sent me. You are such a kind and thoughtful person! I wish you all the best,and I will contact you when I am in London. That is a promise. I want to thank you personally for all you have done.
Warm Regards, Holli

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* MARCH STAR LETTER OF THE MONTH 2004 *

Dear Erica,

Erica, I'm sorry that it has taken me so long to write since my vacation. I just wanted to thank you for setting us up in M's home. We had a wonderful vacation, and they really are very lovely people. Thank you, Colleen 

Hi Erica, We wanted to thank you for letting us stay with B. around New Year's Eve. He is really a nice widower and we enjoyed his company when we had breakfast and when we came back from the city centre. It was so family-like staying with him that we really have nice memories.
Best regards.Martina

Dear Erica Thank you very very much for your warmhearted  e-mail. Thanks of you, I feel better and better. I go to school in the morning, work in the afternoon, and I meet my friends on week-end. My life is keep on going, as if nothing is happened. I keep my-self busy, and I confirm that I did a good decision everyday except when I come back in my room which remind me of him. I will concentrate on my study, and work for a while. I must achieve my purpose here. I know this experience makes me stronger to be happier.  
Thank you again for your kindness.  I miss you very much, Erica-san. It is not very easy to stay my room here, but I will stand until I come back to your place... 

I hope to see you soon.Tomomi

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Dear Erica,

Thank you for arranging this accommodation.I'm happy to stay with Mrs Q. She is kind and helpful.Sincerely, Yuji Koike

Hi Erica,

Wie geht es Ihnen?Ich moechte mich bei Ihnen bedanken. Ich fuehle mich sehr sehr wohl bei Vale! Ich mag sie wirklich sehr. Sie ist so nett und lieb und hilfsbereit. Bin sehr froh, dass ich umgezogen bin. .

Best wishes Natalie

Dear Erica,

Sorry so late to say thank you to you!My elder sister and I appreciate your very much for your arrangment to stay in Mrs. M.s house. She is a very nice and careful person, and there are manythings in her studio. We had wonderful days in London. recommend many of my friends to find a homestay by your website after I came back Southampton.

Best regards,Lola

Erica R,

Halo there! Sorry it took so long to tell you about our stay with our host

 family, Mrs. M. P. and her two teenage daughters, London . We had a lovely stay with them in June. The house set up was just fine. The single and double rooms were very accommodating. My daughter enjoyed having her own room. I enjoyed the workout on the stairs each day. The bath was just down the hall. The continental breakfast was fine, and Mrs. P. is a wonderful host. Her daughters are very polite and we enjoyed talking and visiting with them. In fact mydaughter was very grateful to have someone her age around the house. The girls were able to share 'teenage' stories. Mrs. P.was  very helpful in giving us hints to how to get around town too, this saved us time and frustration. When we were going to fly out, she even dropped us  off at the subway station so we wouldn't have to lug our suitcases about town.

 Thank you for setting us up with Mrs.P. and her family, they  helped to make our holiday even more pleasant.

 Best Regards, Renee, Neil, and Stephanie F.

Dear Erica,

This is to thank you for arranging for my accomodation in London.The room I stayed in was simply perfect and I felt totally at home. The house itself was airy, bright, clean and a welcoming one.Unfortunately, I was informed of the sad demise of my father back in India and I was in deep shock and greatly disturbed. Mrs Alice K, my landlady who made me feel so much at home in her house was a great help and a constant source of comfort and a real pillar of strenght during this troubled time. Iwould be most grateful if you could please forward my gratitude and sincere appreciation to her as well. With esteemed compliments,

Himmat S. Dhillon,Housemaster The Doon School,

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Dear Erica,

A belated note to thank you again for your tremendous assistance in arranging accommodation for me during my recent trip to London.  Having now used your organization and experienced its benefits first-hand, I have been vigorously recommending Happy Homes to my Australian friends as I can’t imagine a better way to visit London!The lovely lady with whom I boarded made every effort to welcome me into her beautiful home, yet also gave me the independence to come and go as I wished.  Being a solo traveller, it was also much nicer to be able to stay and interact with somebody, as opposed to arriving home to a tiny, empty hotel room each night.When I next visit London – hopefully not too many years away(!!!) - I wouldn’t hesitate to use Happy Homes again, and do hope that you will use this note as a testimonial to the excellent service that you provide.

The comfort and extremely reasonable cost of the accommodation which you arranged for me, made a great difference to the success of my holiday.

Many, many thanks.
Warmest regards,
Annette Smith
xx

Hello!!!

I think it was the least i can do after the way you were with me, thank you so much for your hospitality and support, i really felt i was in home during my stay with Mss. C .  and you, and i am happy you liked the present, is a Calendar from one of our mexican cultures.This is my last week in England, so my next stop is going to be Dublin, Ireland and i am shocked of what i have seen, it is a really wonderful country, i love it.
I hope we keep in touch  with you and i am looking foward once i get to Mexico to call Mss. Clifford and say thank you one more time...
With Love:
Yessica

Dear Erica,

We called Pamela on tuesday and arranged everything.

The accommodation was good, Pam was very kind with us, it was really nice to stay there!
Thank you for offering her!

Best regards,
János

Dear Erica,

I would like to leave a message about my journey to London and my first experience in Homestays.  It has been 5 wonderful days. I found your agency in the Internet and I was afraid anything could go wrong. But, at the contrary, everything was very nice arranged. I staid in Chiswick, near Metro and Bus to go to the centre of London . Mrs  is a very charming, discreet and communicative person when necessary. Her house is very clean and located in a very quite street. The continental breakfast was very nice served. I will stay in Chiswick again if I ever come back to London . Thank you very much.
Fernanda Amaral

Hello, Erica;

I arrived in Japan two days ago and am now suffering a little from jet lag. I could really enjoy the 7-day stay in London! And I like Patsy's cute house.I sincerely thank you for your arrangement.

Best regards,
Hiroki

Hello Erica,

I just wanted to let you know that I have arrived in London and am staying with Mrs. P  in Chiswick. She's lovely and I am pleased with my accomodations. Thank-you, wish you a nice day, Hana Najsrova

Dear Erica,

Now I have returned to my home after having stayed 3 weeks in an room It was a fine place and I am completely satisfied with this address. the room and Mrs . Next time I want to go to London, I will contact you.Yours faithfully
Ivar Nielsen

Dear Erica

We hope you enjoyed your holiday as much as we enjoyed ours. We had a really great time and the stay at Fulham was excellent. The hosts are such a wonderful family (can't leave Muffin out), we cannot thank them, or you enough for making our stay so enjoyable. We were very lucky with the weather the whole of our stay in UK with very few days rain and then mostly just showers.
As you can imagine we had quite a lot of catching up to do on our return!
Thank you again for all your help we can thoroughly recommend
Haapy Homes - a wonderful service.
Best regards Eric & Irene Young

Erica,

Just to say hello and to thank you for recommending Bill's home stay.
We had a good stay with him, he makes it even better. Looking forward for more visits, I will let you know in the future. Regards,
Andres

Hallo Erica,

Vielen Dank noch mal fuer Ihre Hilfe bei der Vermittlung der Bed-and-Breakfast Pension.Ich habe mich die 2 Wochen bei B. ausgesprochen wohl gefuehlt, tatsaechlich war alles 'perfekt' bei ihm. Das Zimmer war sehr schoen,das Bad sehr modern, und auch mit Fruehstueck bzw. Kuechennutzung gabes nie Probleme. Im Gegenteil - B. hat mir sehr oft netterweise eine Suppe gemacht oder sogar ganze Abendessen. Wir haben uns sehr gut verstanden, und ich bin sicher, dass wir Kontakt halten werden. Alsoeine schoene Zeit, an die ich mich spaeter sicherlich gerne zurueckerinnern werde.Viele Gruesse
Benedikt zur Hausen

Dear Erika,

I am Paola, Nilde's friend. We have had 2 very nice week in Mr & Mrs. Stuart and Jean's home. Absolutely great! They are fantastic. Thank you very much. I hope I'll come back soon in London. In that case I shall contact your agency again. If you like, I'll be happy to send you by e-mail some nice photos of Stuart and Jean in their house. Regards Paola Pandolfini from Roma, Italy

Dear, Erica!

I`m very happy that there is such a wonderful firm as yours. I even can`t imagine what to do without you and your assistants. I`m so much thankful to everybody. I confirm that everything you`ve written is correct. I`ll call you from the hosts.Hope to visit London once more and have your help in future.
Bye, Louba.

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* OUR STAR LETTERS WINTER 2007*

Dear Erika,

I am Paola, Nilde's friend. We have had 2 very nice week in Mr & Mrs. Stuart and Jean's home. Absolutely great! They are fantastic. Thank you very much. I hope I'll come back soon in London. In that case I shall contact your agency again. If you like, I'll be happy to send you by e-mail some nice photos of Stuart and Jean in their house. Regards Paola Pandolfini from Roma, Italy

Dear, Erica!

I`m very happy that there is such a wonderful firm as yours. I even can`t imagine what to do without you and your assistants. I`m so much thankful to everybody. I confirm that everything you`ve written is correct. I`ll call you from the hosts.Hope to visit London once more and have your help in future.
Bye, Louba.

Dear Erica,
Thanks to your efforts to arrange an accommodation for me,I had a really nice time in London as well as Hamburg, your place! Mrs. K was a very kind person as you said. I safely returned to Japan but I just wanted to say thank you again. Please have nice summer days. 
Kind regards, 
Ayako Izumi

Sehr geehrte Frau von der Wehl!

Sofia und Monika sind gestern nach einem guten Flug mit Ausgezeichneter Sicht wohlbehalten zu Hause in Graz angekommen. Wir bedanken uns noch einmal sehr herzlich dafür, dass Sofia so gut bei Ihnen aufgehoben war, also ein richtiges "happy home" in London hatte.

Besten Dank und freundliche Grüße Fam. Schab

Dear Erica,

We are just back from our week at our homestay in London, and I just wanted to tell you how good it was. Mr. and Mrs. M. were a delight,and their home was lovely, perfect for our week's stay there. Thank you, we'll recommend your business to others.Nancy Bestor

 

 I am still dreaming of my very nice short trip to london. I really enjoyed my journey, not least because of the lovely "happy home" you offered me. By this I want to thank you for all of that and hope we will see each other again.

 

I am looking forward to coming to london soon again.

 

With kindest regards -

Yours sincerelly  Rita 

 

Hallo Erica,

Ich fuehle mich sehr wohl in Bayswater, und bin richtig gluecklich, dass ich dieses Zimmer bekommen habe mit einer so netten Vermieterin.Die Gegend ist sehr schoen und wunderbar zentral.Ich werde bis Samstag 31. Juli 2004 bei Barbara bleiben.
Viele Gruesse und vielen, vielen Dank
Angelika,

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Dear Erica,

thank you soooo much!!!!! I really really appreciate all the time & effort you put into getting a room at the m's house for me again!!!
The reservation form seems correct! I guess I'll find the way again, hehe ;)
I've been to the Mika-gig in Düsseldorf yesterday and it was simply GORGEOUS!! I met a bunch of wonderful people who are also going to the London gigs! I'm so looking forward to it!! Thanks again!!!
All the best, Petra

I am really appreciate your arrangement of host family.
Miriam and her family are such a wonderful people, 
and I have been so comfortable staying with them. 
The room and house are also very nice, and I enjoy 
staying with them so much! 
Her children are also very sweet, and she has kind friends, too. 
Location of the house is ideal for me, and today, I found it so convenient 
to go to the museum where I visit most of my stay in London.

Sorry for letting you know how comfortable I am. 
I wanted to make a phonecall to you, but during daytime,
I have to work for my research, and within the museum library, 
I could not find telephones.I can not express how much I am grateful to you.
I will enjoy the rest of my stay with M and her family.
Thank you so much!
Best wishes,
Yuko

Thank you so much for our accommodations. We found Mrs. Q'shome quite easily and she was most gracious.Chiswick was a lovely area and she is very close to the tube, as you know.
 Due to our very early departure, we had a quick good-bye the night before we left. But we hope she knows we did appreciate her hosting us.
Thank you again.
 
sorry I haven't been able to call you...Its been a whirlwind trip!!V and the family have been wonderful and very friendly to me...staying with a family made this the warmest stay Ive had in London before - more so than any college environment.So its okay, I really do have to leave, but will miss everyone here :)Thankyou so much for organising and making it possible for me to stay here!All the best,
Melody

I'm writing to you to thank you for offering me Mrs. K's  homestay. I have spent there a nice time during the last week. Mrs. Alice is a lovely and kind person, and the house was clean so much. I recommend whoever come to London for a time to stay there because they will be really comfortable.Very grateful.
Ana Manovel.

Joseph and I arrived home yesterday. We wanted extend are warmest thanks for finding us a place and such a wonderful family. The M’s are great people. The place was clean and nice. The room was great along with the bathroom.  It far exceeded our expectations. Thanks so much for your help. We may return to London next year and if so we will be in touch.We will definitely be recommending your services to others.
Roxanne

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* OUR STAR LETTERS AUTUMN 2008*

Dearest Erica
 I can not begin to tell you how much we appreciate your  incredible help and your professionalism, on behalf of our Company ARMEN UK TRAVEL & EDUCATION LTD I want to say a BIG THANK YOU for everything.
I have received all the information and the details of the new host family and I have checked all the details they are correct, thank you.
You are though on top of my list and if we or anyone i know that needs a host family i will certainly contact you and give my highest recommendations.
 If you need to contact me at any point please do not hesitate to do so at any time. It has been an absolute pleasure knowing you and doing business with you.
Thank You Very Much. With Best Wishes Karina

Dear Erika,
We couldn't call you from London, so busy and tired we were to go around We made our best of it anyway. We have been happy with the accommodation you found for us. Mrs Q is very kind and her house very clean and proper. Let me know if your Agency can find accommodation also in other places of England. We are thinking of going to Cornwell next time. If so, I'll contact you when it comes to going again.
Best wishes Luisa

Dear Ms. Reynolds
Thank you for your reply. I understand your answer and really feel secure. I am very grateful for your help on my accommodation of this summer. Sincerely, Hajime Akitomi
Erica,

I had a great time at P. and she was a gracious hostess. I also visited the M's and saw both Tina and Michael who is currently recuperating from pneumonia. Chiswick is a great place and will look you up for future vacation very soon.
Extend my thanks to P. who treated me satisfactorily throughout the journey.
Cheers and kind regards, Joseph

Hi Erica,
I am already in the south of Chile with my family taking advantage of my last days of summer holiday. I am coming back to work 1st March.
Thanks for everything and I hope to go back to London sooner or later. I had a wonderful time there.Give my thanks to Mrs Q. too.From Chile,
Mauricio

Oh my gosh- now that I have found Happy Homes, I cannot imagine going to London, whether for a few day s or a few months, and not doing it through you. Your service is the best and I have spread the word to my family & friends as well:) Thank you again Erica- until soon I cannot believe it has taken me so long to write- I am terribly sorry-Especially because I could not in my wildest dreams have had a more perfect homestay with A! I love her dearly, she was incredible! Her house was lovely. I honestly could not have hoped for anything more perfect.I am back in the States now, but I miss her & the incredible time I had living in Ealing already. (I am planning to return- September at the latest, but perhaps for shorter visits before then.) Please give Alice love & my deepest heartfelt thanks to you! All my best. Nina-Marie

Dear Erica,
Thank you so much for arranging this for us. We're very happy here staying with Mrs. M. She's really a very nice lady just like what you've said.Shao

Dear Erica,
Few words to say that we really enjoyed our stay with familly W. They were very friendly and kind with us. The bedroom and the bathroom were nice too.
Everything alright.
Thank you much for the quality of your agency that permitted us to spend great holidays in London. Best regards, Sabine & Vincent

Erica:
I apologize for not calling once we arrived in London. I must tell you we are so delighted with our accommodations.  A. is such a warm and wonderful lady and we are so blessed to have been placed with her.  Thank you so very much.  There is so much to see and do here and of course we want to do it all. I would like to recommend you to our friends in the states who may ever be thinking of coming to London.  We definitely know we will return someday.  May I ask if you do only London and if so do you contacts with others who do this same type of business in other countries etc? Again, thank you so much for you warmness and the help you gave us.  You are an angel! Blessings, Rose

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