Locally organized tours usually employ English speaking tour guides. Family vacations with children are in principle possible, and child care is almost always available upon request and with additional payment. Some schools - cf. In spite of all this we would like to point out that a vacation in a Latin American country is not a typical vacation like e.g. at the North Sea. Normally there is no problem to reach you during the day at school or with the host family.
All schools have a fax machine.
You can receive faxes, and against payment you can call or send faxes. This is possible directly from the school, or from the nearest post office. Making international phone calls from Germany is in most cases less expensive than the opposite. At present there is no additional fee for this. In general there is space available in all schools, when the sign-up takes place 4 weeks before the cours starts.