Save Big With A Home Exchange Vacation!
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As we were getting up this morning my husband turned on the TV news to check on the weather, but of course, being American television what we were actually presented with was a commercial. The commercial was for Expedia and they telling us that if we make our summer hotel reservations with them now we can save 30%.
30%. Big deal! Supposing they were initially going to charge $2,800 for two weeks in a hotel in Paris. Now, they’re going to charge $1,960 (plus taxes, plus gratuities). People who home exchange will pay $0.00 – zero for their accommodation. They are the smart folks.
Where would you rather return to at night after a long day of sightseeing? A couple of cramped hotel rooms with the same, stereotyped furnishings which make it impossible to discern whether you’re in Paris or Pasadena? Or a cozy family home where you can spread out, the kids can play with the PlayStation that came as part of the home swap, you can toss the day’s dirty clothes into the washer (no washing essentials in a hotel wash basin), and your husband can crash on the sofa?
A great many home exchanges also include the family car. Another enormous saving. Renting just a small car anywhere will cost a small fortune. My husband recently had to travel to England at short notice, he stayed with family but his rental car cost more than his airfare.
ExchangeHomes.com has home exchange listings from all over the world. Large family homes, apartments, condos, villas, beach houses, even cabins in the woods. Many members utilize several home exchanges in a year (they can afford to with the money they’re saving!). They will arrange one main swap, usually overseas for two or more weeks, then set up shorter “weekend exchanges” throughout the year.
We heard of one member who, with her husband, was planning retirement, but they had no specific destination in mind. Over a period of two years they made more than twenty short, weekend exchanges to various locations and eventually fell in love with Coos Bay in Oregon. Short, weekend exchanges gave them ample opportunity to sus out a locale, visit the stores, eat in a couple of restaurants and chat with the neighbors.
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