Tag: vacation
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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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Touch The Lives Of Others With A Home Exchange
My life shall touch a dozen lives before this day is done, Leave countless marks for good or ill ere sets the setting sun, This is the wish, the prayer I always pray: Lord, may my life help other lives it touches by the way. – Anonymous As a Christian, are you ready to begin…
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Are You Skipping Your Vacation Because Of The Work Load Afterward?
A vacation by definition is a time of respite, a time away from work, a time to relax or travel. In theory, after the vacation, one is primed and pumped to get back to work full of renewed energy and enthusiasm. So, what happens to the vacation if you are dreading your return to work…
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Have Fun Living Green
People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing. (Dale Carnegie) Take a vacation and help the planet. People are more productive when they are rested and energized. News of global warming and the need to protect resources is disheartening. What are we to do? Take a much needed and refreshing vacation? …
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Home Exchange Membership Discounts
We have loved the idea of staying in someone else's home for about 30 years. Back when we first started to look for a place to stay, it was called, "sublet." Dell was working on his doctorate (DMin. at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, MN) and we needed a place for our family to stay…
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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,…
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Life Stewardship and Home Exchanges
Recently, during a conversation, I mentioned the idea of using a home exchange for sabbatical time “off ” and the person responded, “What about my things?” My jaw dropped. “What about your things?” I thought. This person is a pastor, nearing burnout, needing a sabbatical, and their main concern is for their “things”? I guess…
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Ministry Burnout and The Clergy Sabbatical
Recently, I read an article about ministry burnout. One of the author’s preventive measures to avoid burnout is to make sure the pastor takes one day a week “off.” I had to re-read this. What? Do people today really believe that the way to make sure pastors don’t burnout is to encourage them to take…
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Travel The Home Exchange Way: More Vacation With Less Money
Vacations are very important for families, couples, and individuals. An obvious benefit to travel is to “see the world,” broaden your horizons, and create space away from your everyday life-perspective. Vacations are good for relationships. You have time to enjoy your family or spouse: time to talk, plus you get to share new experiences together. …