Category: Vacation Home Swaps
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Become A Green Traveler With A Home Swap
When we go on vacation, our home sits empty. While away, it is easy to worry about the empty house—water leaks, mold growing, the failure of the furnace or air conditioner to keep running, adequate home security by the security system or alert neighbors. All the usual expenses for our home arrive each month and…
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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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Introducing The Non-Simultaneous Home Exchange
Eight-year-old Caleb and his cousin, seven-year-old Drew, had a wonderful time during their family vacation in Larvik, Norway. Both agree that their favorite memory was playing with the children who lived next door to the home where their family did a home exchange arranged through Christian Home Exchange. These two boys from Florida did not…
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Who’s Been Sleeping In My Bed?
Recently, I was telling a friend how much I enjoy home exchanges. I was hoping to convince her. I was shocked by her comeback. She said, “I don’t think I could sleep in someone else’s bed or have someone sleep in my bed.” Really? Immediately, I realized that I could talk for hours trying to…
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Meaningful Travel With Vacation Home Swaps
Vacation home swaps can provide “the missing link” in many vacations. What is a vacation home swap? It is either using your vacation home for a home exchange or taking a vacation by doing a home swap. A vacation home (or second home) is an under-valued resource for most people. As a vacation home owner,…