Category: Home Exchanges
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Types of Home Exchanges
There are two main home exchange types: Reciprocal Exchange and Non-Reciprocal (Balloon) Exchange Reciprocal Exchanges is how Christian Home Exchange was started. Member A stays in Member B’s home and Member B stays in Member A’s home. Simple! You stay in my home and I stay in your home. Balloon Exchanges allow you to earn…
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Lifestyle Quotes
I came across a couple of quotes that help me as I struggle with my complicated lifestyle. I share them because so many of us put off “really living” and “traveling” because we make everything too complicated. First quote is from Confucius: “Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.” When I…
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Travel As A Lifestyle
As we prepared to move, in a box of old electronic devices, I found a telephone that had a “cord” attaching the handset to the phone cradle. I showed this ancient piece of equipment to our grandchildren, ages 8 and 10. It was like transporting them back in time. Something else from the old days:…
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Belgium and Home Exchanges
The full name for Belgium is “Kingdom of Belgium.” Belgium is one of the 150 countries which you, as a member of archive.christianhomeexchange.com/, can contact in the HomeExchange.com network. Currently (March 15, 2017), this network has 519 available home swap listings in Belgium. The capital city of Belgium is Brussels with a population of more than…
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Hawaii USA and Christian Home Exchange
Hawaii is the 50th state in the United States. As a member of archive.christianhomeexchange.com/, you can contact 433 Listings in Hawaii that are included in The Home Exchange Network. The USA is one of the 150 countries which you, as a member of archive.christianhomeexchange.com/, can contact in The Home Exchange Network. Currently (March 14, 2017), this…
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“Happier Trails” As Home Exchange Listings Increase
HomeExchange.com is the #1 home exchange network in the world. But, the entire home exchange industry is in its infancy. These are the days of pioneers. The first wagons have only recently started to cross the Missouri into the wild frontier. It’s like we are living back in the days when cities in western USA…
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Getting Your Home Ready For A Home Swap
It’s not so hard to get your home ready for a home swap. Chances are, you know how to keep your home, flat, condo (or whatever is home to you) clean. Or, at the very least, how to clean it up when guests are coming to visit. That’s the general idea, when you prepare for…
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Sonora, California and Home Exchanges
We love to learn about the world we live in by searching through home exchange listings and as we prepare our replies to the inquiries of potential home exchange partners who contact us. This is how we learn about so many beautiful places we had never heard of before, but now have added to our…
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Vacation Home Winner
I watch HGTV as often as I can. This station provides a great many home improvement ideas. Also, the HGTV Dream Home Giveaway is exciting and stimulates the imagination—mine and that of over 70 million others who entered the contest. If you won the lottery or a sweepstakes that offered as its prize a vacation…
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Home Swap in Grand Rapids Michigan
Grand Rapids, Michigan, on the Grand River, is 25 miles from Lake Michigan. The population is about 200,000, but the population of the greater metropolitan area of Grand Rapids is over 1 million. Besides being a great vacation destination, there are lots of others reasons that Grand Rapids is an excellent place for doing a…