stay with friends

Meaning

To live temporarily in the home of your friends instead of booking a hotel. This is often done to save money, spend quality time together, or when traveling to a new city where friends reside.

Examples

• When I go to London, I usually stay with friends to save money.

  When I go to London, I usually stay with friends to save money.

• We are going to stay with friends in the countryside for the weekend.

  We are going to stay with friends in the countryside for the weekend.

• It is much more fun to stay with friends than to sleep in a lonely hotel room.

  It is much more fun to stay with friends than to sleep in a lonely hotel room.

• My parents let my college classmates stay with us when they visited.

  My parents let my college classmates stay with us when they visited.

• Are you booking an Airbnb, or are you going to stay with friends?

  Are you booking an Airbnb, or are you going to stay with friends?

Common Mistakes

• ✗ I will stay at friends during my vacation.

  ✓ I will stay with friends during my vacation.

  Use 'stay with [people]' to talk about the hosts, and 'stay at [a place]' (like 'at a friend's house') to talk about the physical location.

• ✗ She is staying with her friend's.

  ✓ She is staying with her friends.

  When using 'with', you refer directly to the plural noun 'friends' without an apostrophe. An apostrophe is only used if you say 'staying at her friend's house'.

Related Expressions

Practice

• Instead of paying for a hotel, we decided to ___ in New York.

  💡 Live temporarily at the apartment of people we know.

  Show answer

  stay with friends

• I love to ___ because we can stay up late talking.

  💡 Sleep at the homes of people you are close to.

  Show answer

  stay with friends