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Kinds or Types of Home Exchange 

Simultaneous Home Exchange.  you and your exchange partner travel at the same time and stay in each other's homes
Non-Simultaneous Exchange. You stay in your exchange partners home on one date, later they stay your home. Typically this is arranged by two members with second homes. If you have a second home, the flexibility can really help with arranging an exchange. 
Hospitality Exchange. Guests come and stay with you as a guest in your home. Later, you visit them as a guest in their home. 

Variations on Home Exchange 

There are several types of home exchanges. In a traditional, simultaneous exchange, you and your exchange partner travel at the same time and stay in each other's homes. In non-simultaneous exchanges, home swapping partners don't need to worry about coordinating dates and traveling at the same time, usually because they own more than one home. Instead, exchange partners come to stay in a vacation home or secondary residence while the owner continues to live in his or her own primary home. Then the owner can travel to another home exchange property whenever it's convenient. Hospitality exchange, involves you and your trading partner taking turns staying as guests in each other's primary homes.

How is an exchange arranged? 

It usually starts with an offer emailed to a prospective exchange partner who has been selected from a number of listings resulting from a search. If the member feels an exchange might be possible, they reply to the email and iron out the details. There is no timetable for how long this will take or what must be done. In my experience, every home exchange is different.

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