Home Exchange Arranged Display Option
I’ve just been checking through some of the home exchange offers listed on the ExchangeHomes.com web site. Either ExchangeHomes.com members are completely ignoring the option to mark their listings as “Exchange Arranged”, or many especially attractive exchange opportunities appear to remain available for the months of August and September.
I asked one member, who I know has definitely set up an exchange, why she had not utilized the “Exchange Arranged” option and she raised a very interesting point. She lives in an especially attractive area and normally receives an ongoing list of home exchange requests. However, last year she marked her listing as “Exchange Arranged”, and immediately the requests dried up. As she pointed out, she expects to travel at least once or twice every year throughout future years, so just because her plans are complete for 2008, she doesn’t want to create a negative impression and repress new inquiries.
So, I think the moral is this: if you see a listing that’s attractive to you, but it’s marked “Exchange Arranged”, the likelihood is they are just referring to this current year. By all means email them with an exploratory inquiry for future years. We constantly repeat that home exchangers should try to plan ahead and this scenario is an example of exactly what we mean.
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