Tag: home swap
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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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Live The Dream
For many, retirement is the time to live the dream. Which dream is that? For lots of us, the dream is travel—to see the world. We ourselves are baby boomers. We are thinking a lot about retirement. Much as is the case for lots of our contemporaries, “what we want” and “what we can afford”…
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Free vs. Paid Membership
To pay or not to pay? That is the question many would-be home exchangers ask themselves. In most home exchange networks, the annual fee for listing your home is nominal–$75 to $150 (about half the cost of one night’s lodging for the typical vacation). But, there is a greater issue at stake when you pay…
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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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Every Christian A Missionary
Reality is not always my friend. I know what I want to do, but I can’t always do it. At the end of our seminary years, my husband and I felt the call to consider mission work. We attended a few informational meetings–and then backed out. At the time, our children were 6 months, 18…
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Arthur & Pauline Frommer–Trusted Travel Advisers
Arthur and Pauline Frommer know a lot about traveling. I have trusted them as a resource for my travels for more than 40 years. I continue to appreciate their wisdom and practical advice as they list the benefits of home swapping. As a young traveler to Europe in 1970, I clung to my copy of…
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Home Swaps Mantra
As a real estate broker, I have often quoted the mantra–and you all know it–location, location, location. The value of the home you are looking at depends on its location. In the world of home exchanges, the value of your experience depends on a different mantra–flexibility, flexibility, flexibility. The best home exchange belongs to those…
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Christian Community of Home Exchangers
If you have ever thought of doing a home exchange–and you are a Christian–why not help build the Christian Community at archive.christianhomeexchange.com/? One benefit of this Christian Home Exchange organization is that it is part of an international home swap network with over 40,000 listings so you can easily find someone with whom to do…
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How Long Or Short Can My Home Exchange Be?
How long or short can my home exchange be? What do you want it to be? Do not rule out the benefit of a home swap because of your assumptions about what is involved. One of the common misunderstandings is that you have to plan on a month or longer if you want to do…