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Global Home Exchange and Vacation Homes is a marketplace for home exchange, vacation rentals, house swaps, holiday homes and vacation rental homes worldwide. Travelers find home exchange or vacation rental accommodations including houses, apartments, flats, town homes, condos, chalets, cabins, beach houses, villas, bed and breakfasts and other vacation accommodation. 

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Steps to a successful home exchange


1. Describe your home honestly in your listing and in all correspondence. You want your exchange partners to be pleasantly surprised when they arrive, not disappointed. Never hide the existence of pets house plants or roommates that may not be traveling on exchange with you.

2. Leave your home clean. Standards of cleanliness vary, so make sure that floors are vacuumed, swept or mopped, refrigerator emptied, stove and oven grease-free, bath and shower free grime, windows smudge free, and surfaces dust-free. There is no need to repaint the house.

3. Clear away enough of your personal belongings to leave space on shelves and in closets and drawers so that your guests can empty their suitcases, arrange their things in bedrooms, bathrooms and feel at home.

4. Leave at least two sets of clean sheets per bed and two sets of towels per person.  Leave toilet paper and facial tissues.

5. Compile an easy to read  "Guide to Your Home and Surroundings" which includes local tourist information, hospitals, playgrounds if children are involved and household notices about the use of electrical appliances, pool maintenance, pet and plant care, garbage and recycling pick up, etc. Phone numbers of a recommended doctor, dentist, babysitter, good restaurants, and helpful friends are always welcome too.

6. Consider making an agreement form to avoid all misunderstandings and clarify who pays what in terms of telephone, electric bills, gas consumption, insurance deductibles in case of accidents, and staple foods such as flour, sugar, oil, etc.


7. If practical, leave the makings of a first meal. Nothing fancy, but your guests will be tired and hungry and grateful not to have to go out for dinner.

8. Although it is not a requirement, many  leave a small gift of welcome: a bottle of wine or a local specialty. 


 

Home Exchange Resources  - Swapping homes for vacations

 

What is a home exchange?

Home exchange: how do I get started?

 

Finding a home swap partner

 

Will anyone find an exchange for me?

 

Home exchange help


Is my home good enough to swap? 

 

Affordable budget travel

 

Can anyone take part in a home exchange?

 

Factors that may reduce your home exchange opportunities

 

Can swappers from rural areas find swaps to popular destinations?

 

How do I trust others with my home?

 

Traveling with children


Types of accommodations offered as home exchange?

 

What are the benefits?

How do I know if an exchange is right for me?

 

I don't live in a tourist area.

 

International home exchange

 

Contacting others regarding a home swap

 

Not receiving responses to your inquiries

 

Are you a list and run swapper?

 

Be a serious about your home exchange commitment

 

Do I need to accept offers?

Your home exchange is arranged - now what? 

 

Steps to a successful home exchange


How do we exchange keys?

Do we need to swap cars


Are gifts necessary?

 

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Be prepared for little challenges 


Can arranged exchanges fall apart?

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Are there guarantees that I will find an exchange?

 

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