Wara makes the news: our student concierge service in the press

Three editorial teams reported, within a span of a few weeks, the same story: that of the student concierge service that we launched this summer to support international students arriving in Montpellier. Here is what the regional and business press said about it.

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The local business media was the first to take an interest in the subject on August 4, under the headline"In Montpellier, a real estate agency takes foreign students under its wing"The angle: that of an economic model designed for an audience that traditional student housing actors poorly serve.

"Alpaca Immobilier has built its student concierge service: housing search with video viewings, application preparation and file management, then installation procedures, from banking to insurance, through to airport pickup," summarizes the Montpellier economic media.

Midi Libre tells the story of Wara Fiorilo's journey

On August 18, Midi Libre publishes"Wara Fiorilo helps international students"in print and web editions. The article traces the journey of our co-founder, who herself came from a French secondary school abroad before settling in Montpellier, and discusses how this personal experience shaped the service.

Midi Libre traces the journey of Wara Fiorilo, who arrived from Bolivia to France in 2014: it was this personal experience that drove her to create remote support for international students — housing search, file preparation, opening a bank account, phone line, utilities — provided in French, Spanish, Portuguese, and English.

actu.fr takes an interest in the Bolivian woman who is inventing concierge services for foreign students

On August 28, actu.fr publishes in turn"In Montpellier, Bolivian Wara Fiorilo invents concierge services for foreign students", with a longer format that details how the service works, from finding housing to moving in.

actu.fr details how the service works: the Alpaca concierge service anticipates procedures even before the student's arrival, including airport pickup and discovery of Montpellier. The installation package, at €169, covers six procedures: telephone service, bank account, energy, Visale guarantee, and home insurance.

What these three articles tell, in one sentence

A real problem: finding housing in Montpellier from abroad, without a network or French guarantor, within a university calendar that allows no delays. A local solution, driven by someone who experienced this journey before building it for others. It is this perspective, more than the service itself, that caught the attention of the three editorial teams.

What this concierge service concretely offers, in images:

The offer at a glance

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