Home Exchange Vacations — FREE accommodations while visiting the world

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If you dream of seeing the world, but do not have the money or do not like staying in hotels you can try visiting a website that facilitates home exchange vacations.

Websites like Guardian Home Exchange help thousands of people every day to swap homes from different corners of the world, be them city apartments, small houses in the rural area, ski lodges and so on.

 

What are home exchange vacations?

 

These types of vacations are those in which you go to a different country, or a different city in your country and instead of staying in a hotel, you stay in a house that belongs to a member of the website we discussed above, without having to pay for accommodation. In return that person will be staying in your house.

 

Mark Sealey of Guardian Home Exchange says: 

 

"Guardian Home Exchange is great for anyone.  It’s ideal for families with children looking for the space and convenience that they won’t find in a hotel, independent travellers that want to get a real feel of the places they visit, seniors and expats looking to visit family and friends living overseas, people looking for weekend breaks or even longer term swaps. Many people first choose home swapping for the cost savings (and free accommodation is a big plus!) but often tell us that they get so much more from a home swap — it really is a rewarding way to travel."

 

Quote from members:

 

“We have done house swaps and house sitting for many years and really enjoy travelling and visiting places in this way.” Couple (Dun Loaghaire, Dublin Ireland)

http://www.guardianhomeexchange.co.uk/ihea/houseinfo.cfm?id=28815

 

Key benefits of home exchange vacations:

 

-             Spending less on vacations (no hotel fees)

-             Living like a local

-             Making friends from different parts of the world that love travelling as much as you do

-             Knowing that somebody will take care of your pets

 

Tips for pleasant home exchange vacations:

 

1.            Broaden your horizons — do not just sit around and wait for people to contact you, you can also contact people whose listings you may be interested in.

2.            Offer a lot of information in your listing as it will make it more appealing.

3.            Be sure that you talk about all the rules before making the home swap.

4.            Leave other important information in a folder that may help your guests like where the best pizza in town is, where to make your grocery shopping from and so on.

5.            Tell your friends and neighbours about the home swap, so as to avoid awkward situations.

6.            Leave the phone number of a friend or a neighbour in case of emergencies or if your friends are keen on meeting new people.

7.            Be clean — clean your house before your visitor’s arrival and remember to clean their house also before you leave.

8.            Enjoy all of your home exchange vacations!

Home exchange vacations permit you to visit the whole wide world without having to pay for accommodations, you have access to a lot of information that normal tourist do not and you have the opportunity of meeting a lot of new people from across the globe. What more can you ask from a home swap?

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