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I was delighted this morning to read a blog extolling the idea of home exchanging for a great, affordable honeymoon. The blog I’m referring to is Our One Heart, and the posting I’m referring to is titled Affordable Honeymoon Ideas.
Christine lists Home Exchanging as her number two option (number one suggests placing the honeymoon on […]

It surprises me that so few of my past and likely present exchange partners are so uninventive when it comes to travel arrangements. Virtually all of you expect to fly out from your local airport on a Saturday and return home again on a subsequent Saturday.

It’s a well known fact that the best air travel […]

When I tell them, people find it hard to believe that the most difficult question I’m frequently expected to answer is: “What are my chances of getting a home exchange?”
There are so many variables involved, I would have to be thoroughly dishonest to even pretend to provide an up-front answer to that question.
Instead, I realized […]

To continue with the discussion about telephones as they relate to your home exchange arrangements:
At the beginning of this year we switched cold turkey from a traditional land-line to a Vonage VOIP (voice over Internet Protocol) service and I have no hesitation in saying it’s the best move we ever made.
Shortly afterwards we made a […]

Years ago, the ubiquitous telephone was a very fundamental item. It sat there in virtually every home and barely raised any discussion in home exchange arrangements beyond the usual agreement that each party pays for its own calls.
Recently however, subtle changes have crept onto the scene and today, quite a few homes no longer have […]

Out of the blue, I was asked the other day, what criteria defines a “good” home exchange participant. The question gave me pause for thought - not because I had any difficulty in answering, but because there are so many points that can be attributed to a good home exchanger, my response needed to be […]