Home Exchange and Honeymoons
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 a gift registry). She states:
If you prefer to mingle with the locals rather than other tourists, look into a home exchange for your honeymoon. In a nutshell, you go stay in someone else’s house while they stay in yours.
As I’ve constantly recommended home exchanging as a brilliant honeymoon idea, you can imagine my delight when I discovered Christine’s post.
Of course, the criteria is that the couple tying the knot must already have their home set up and available for exchange, but that’s the only caveat. In exchange the world can be their oyster. Homes are listed to swap from Abilene to Zywiec and all points in between. Just allow yourselves plenty of time to send out plenty of inquiries, sort through the replies, and gradually reach a consensus on the one that’s exactly right for you.
I know of a few couples who home swapped for a honeymoon. One couple from Dallas exchanged with Corfu, another from Manchester swapped with Perth, and a third couple from Glasgow home exchanged with Miami. Currently we have two couple on the ExchangeHomes.com website, both getting married in July 2008, who may possibly exchange with each other. Wouldn’t that be a fait accompli?
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