Home exchange
for affordable vacations
House Swaps are much
more appealing and affordable than cramming the entire family
into one or two hotel rooms, all this space affords you
more freedom. It's holidaying in a home away from home.
Besides more space, home
exchange provides privacy. No noise from strangers staying in
the next room or from the hallways. You get up when you
want, no one knocks on the door with "house keeping."
It is true that you make your own bed and meals but this is
relatively minor considering the money you save from not having
to pay hotel room, surcharges,
parking fees, phone calls, and taxes.
House Swap Vacation
- home exchange provides the best vacation
accommodation value. There is no cost for accommodation
- traveling near
or far doesn't have to cost much more than staying at home!
- with
home swaps, one avoids hotel costs and cramped over priced
rooms
- enjoy
all the space and convenience of staying in a home rather
than a hotel room
- Your own
home is occupied while you are away
- toys, books, computers, are often available for your
children
- save on
car rental costs by exchanging cars
- cut down
on expensive restaurant meals with home cooking
- free use
of a computer or wifi, no charge parking and no cost
laundry.
- if
agreed upon, have your pets stay with you without paying hotel pet fees
Why travelers
choose a house swap?
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home exchange provides
for cost effective weekend getaways, to short stay vacation
swaps and longer term holiday accommodation.
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swapping
homes to be near family, friends, kids in college.
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budget
house swap accommodation while one attends university during
summer or regular sessions.
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to
attend sporting events such as the Olympics, Super Bowl,
Wimbledon tennis or golf tournaments.
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to
scout for job opportunities in another area of your or
another country.
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to
experience what it is like to live in another community
through a home exchange before making the commitment to buy
or move.
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to
get away to an isolated or off the beaten track location.
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budget
accommodation for a short term job.
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exchanging
homes for weekend getaway.
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for
temporary job exchanges such as fireman and teacher
exchanges where individuals trade homes, jobs and often
vehicles for a few months to a year.
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For anyone wishing an extended home exchange visit to an area
for study, work or leisure. Long term vacation
travelers, university and college faculty academics,
teachers, seniors, or people being transferred to a temporary
job are often those looking for a longer term home
swap. Long Term
House Swaps
HOME EXCHANGE
You are in each other's homes
simultaneously
NON-SIMULTANEOUS EXCHANGE : You stay in each other's homes
at different times.
WEEKEND HOME EXCHANGE : A short-break
option, ideal to for a short stay vacation
LONG TERM EXCHANGE : Typically in excess of
a month
LUXURY HOME EXCHANGE Swap a luxury
home for other upscale and luxury properties
EXCHANGE HOSPITALITY : They stay with you; later you stay
with them
Home
Exchange Experiences
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