Questions, answered.

Pick a city, your arrival and departure dates, a nightly budget, the room types you’d take and the languages you’d like your host to speak. We show you rooms that fit, ranked by price, language and how well the host is rated.

The host looks at your profile and accepts or declines. Once they accept, you get the address, directions from the airport or station, your check-in time, the host’s contact details and the booking terms in writing.

Hosts can message you about your request before they accept. Phone numbers and email addresses are only shared once the booking is agreed, so keep the conversation on Staywala until then.

Shared rooms, private rooms, rooms in a host’s home, sublets and roommate-wanted listings. Each listing says which type it is, the price per night and the dates it’s free.

Each host sets a cancellation policy, and it’s written into your booking terms before you confirm. Read it on the booking summary so you know where you stand.

A flat €1 per booking, whether the room is €20 or €200 a night. During our launch it’s free.

You pay your host directly, outside Staywala, in the way you agree with them. We take 0% commission on rent.

Keeping rent between you and your host means there’s no percentage added on top. The €1 booking fee is the only thing Staywala charges guests.

A one-off €5 when they start hosting, also free during our launch. There’s no monthly fee and no cut of the rent.

Your booking unlocks a step-by-step guide to registering your address (Anmeldung) in English and Hindi. You’ll need a Wohnungsgeberbestätigung, the landlord’s confirmation that you live there, and your host fills it in for you.

Some student-friendly banks let you open an account before your Anmeldung. The checklist in your arrival guide lists them and explains how blocked accounts work for your visa.

The Deutschlandticket gives you unlimited regional transport across Germany for one monthly price. Your arrival guide explains where to buy it and whether your Semesterticket already covers it.

Nearby groceries, pharmacies, clinics and ATMs with walking times from your room, food under €10, your nearest stops and lines, shops, and things to do indoors and out.

Yes. A person on our team checks every listing’s photos, address and local rules before it goes live. Nothing is published automatically.

Only once you and the host have agreed the booking. Until then your phone number and email stay private.

Guests review hosts and hosts review guests, and only after a real stay, so every review comes from someone who was there.

Don’t send money or personal documents before a booking is agreed on Staywala. Write to us at info@staywala.eu and tell us which listing or message it’s about.

At least five photos, the room details, your price per night, the dates it’s free, a short bio and the languages you speak.

Your listing shows as Pending verification while a person on our team checks it, then Verified, then Live. We’ll let you know as soon as it’s live.

Your guest pays rent to you directly, in the way you both agree. Staywala takes 0% commission.

No. You see each guest’s name, arrival date, stay length and message, can ask questions, and then accept or decline.