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Home exchange vacations are definitely not just for families with children. Over the more than twenty four years that ExchangeHomes has been in existence, we’ve received countless reports from members who have enjoyed home exchanging long after their families have grown up and left.
As one member put it: “Fred (my husband) and I have been [...]

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 [...]

My brother and his family recently set off on a home exchange to England (our native land). The home he offered for exchange is in Northern California. He has his own home-based business and in the past when he has taken a vacation, his sole employee had managed everything for him. However, on this occasion [...]

Some readers may not be aware that home exchange isn’t a new concept, thought up by some American entrepreneur. Far from it! Home exchange was actually born in Europe, back in the early 1950’s of academic parents. Scandinavian school teachers with long school summer vacations, a desire to travel, but limited funds, hatched the plan [...]

I know I’ve blogged about this home exchange membership problem before, but because it continues to happen, I’m writing about it again. Repeatedly, people email or phone to complain that they can no longer log on to the ExchangeHomes.com web site. They are indignant, impatient, often angry and accuse us of of a whole variety [...]

I was honored to learn this week that John Van Kirk’s Travel Blog – aka The Travel Answer Man, has rated this blog #10 in his list of 100 Best Travel Blogs. He ranks us above some other very respected blogs and I’m thrilled by the news.
During the summer months posts have not been quite [...]

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No-one ever pretends that setting up a successful home exchange is easy. To the contrary, if you don’t live in one of the more sought after locations, it can be a challenge. But a challenge is not an impossibility, quite the opposite, a challenge if viewed positively can be enormous fun!
There are a few points [...]

3 reasons I consistently hear from people why (in their opinion), home exchanging would be impossible for them!

I couldn’t possibly trust strangers in my own home.

Yes you can. Your exchange partners will be trusting you to live in their home responsibly and ethically so why should they be any less trustworthy than you? Home exchanges [...]

Several clubs have recently begun experimenting with short, 6-month membership options which could be attractive to people completely new to the concept of home exchanging. Possibly the shorter commitment gives them more confidence, if they later decide that home exchange isn’t for them after all, their up-front commitment has been much less.
So, following this line [...]

There is a definite and growing tendency for aspiring home exchangers to seek exchange partners via classified ads such as Craigslist. Is this a good idea? Absolutely not!
I know the immediate reaction to that statement—well, that’s just sour grapes, coming from a home exchange company owner, but I assure you that’s not the case. For [...]

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 your [...]