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You are planning on booking a vacation and you are not sure if you need travel insurance. You have heard the warnings and you know that many travel agents suggest travel insurance as a necessity for any vacation. Since you are planning on spending a lot of money between air fares, hotel reservations, and other [...]

If you are a frequent traveler you might have considered enrolling yourself in a frequent flier program but you might be wondering how it all works. Put simply, frequent flier programs allow fliers to earn free miles of flight for every mile traveled. Most people who must travel a lot for their jobs or for [...]

PMQWHQY7TFV5 In all our advice in preparing for for an upcoming home exchange, we always list an ongoing “Home Exchange Book” where each party lists necessary information about the house, the appliances, security system, emergency telephone numbers, etc. But don’t stop there … Visit Google or Bing Maps and print off directions to all places [...]

When you go into a home exchange, your thoughts are usually focused on the excitement of living in a new place for a while.  At the same time, there is always some level of concern about other people living in your home, particularly if the people you’re exchanging with have children.  When doing a home [...]

The question I am repeatedly asked is, “Why should I not be worried about having a stranger in my house?” My immediate response is always the same, “Why should your potential exchange partners not be worried about having you in THEIR house?” Be rational and pause for a moment to think: Why should you assume [...]

Since the release of that silly movie “The Holiday”, too many people have labored under the misconception that arranging a home exchange is easy—a piece of cake! This simply isn’t true. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not putting home exchanging down—just being realistic! Unless you happen to live in a home that is perfect in [...]

Usually I try to keep abreast of the multitude of things being written on the web on the subject of home exchanging. On an average day I will find several new postings and if appropriate I like to spend a few minutes responding. Recently I’ve become more than a little concerned by the number of [...]