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Free vacation lodging, food and car rental? Home exchange makes it happen. Info and advice on how to swap your house or apartment for low cost home exchange travel. With travel tips for children & seniors on the road
With the desire to spend frugally, home exchange seems to be moving into mainstream consciousness. Recent articles on home swapping appeared in major weeklies like Time, Newsweek and New York magazines. The economic downturn seems to be driving more adventurous travelers to try a home exchange vacation.
What is Home Exchange?
Home Exchange is the vacation alternative where you stay in my house and I stay in yours. Simply put a home exchange is when; two members agree to exchange homes for a vacation. Typically, you will go to their home while they are in yours. What ever your desired destination may be, city, countryside, beach or off the beaten path area, there are people open to exchanging homes. There are two types of exchanges: hospitality exchange and home exchange.
Home exchangers trade their homes, condominiums or apartments at a time that is convenient to both parties, but these are not the only types of accommodations that one gets to choose from. Your options are unlimited, just think about any creative why to enjoy a dream vacation and you can make it come true just building connections with your home exchange partners. For example, one exchanger traded his home for a yacht. Another couple swapped their home for a Road Vehicle and camping equipment because they had always wanted to tour in true nomadic style sleeping under the stars. Often, home exchangers will include their automobiles as part of the package and even some water sport or other toys for holiday fun.

Hospitality exchangers, on the other hand, host each other in their homes at designated times. Your home exchange partners stay with you as guests and then you go and stay with them as their guests. There is a social aspect to this kind of exchange that some exchangers particularly enjoy. Conceivably, you also get a built-in tour guide with this mode of exchange.
If the idea of home exchange is unfamiliar to you, or even a bit frightening, rest assured -- there are more than 300 000 successful home exchanges every year all over the world. Swapping homes can bring many unexpected rewards. Just consider the following benefits: You get a much closer look at other countries, languages, cultures and visit places you dreamed of. You get a "feel" for the places you visit. The connections you make with your home exchange partners can turn into lifelong friendships.

If you are doing a home exchange, your home is being cared for while you are away.

More flexibility and freedom. You can prepare meals at home, and come and go as you please.

It is a free place to stay. You have more privacy.
Why a home exchange? Home exchange is the smart way to vacation. By trading homes for vacations, families, seniors and singles can enjoy free accommodation wherever they travel. Swapping homes for holidays is a practical and sensible vacation alternative. Not only do you save by not paying for lodging (hotel rooms, surcharges, resort fees and taxes), you can also save by not paying for restaurant meals, parking, laundry, internet connection, and much more.

How is an exchange arranged?
Swaps usually start with an offer emailed to a prospective exchange partner who has been selected from a number of listings resulting from a search. If the member feels an exchange might be possible, they reply to the email and work out the details. There is no timetable for how long this will take or what must be done.
Trying to find the "perfect exchange match" may reduce your chance of a home swap. Being flexible on locations, dates and accommodation will increase your chances of a good, successful trade which is all most people want.
When considering home exchange opportunities, most people are not necessarily seeking a home similar to their own but rather they consider the location. Is it somewhere they would like to visit? Are there places of interest easily accessible from the home? After location, members will check the number of people the home will sleep to decide if it will be suitable and, if they have any special needs, whether these are available in the home.
Each home exchange is unique; a bond of trust must be built as you get to know your home swap partners and their family through e-mails, letters or phone calls. Most people traveling on an exchange love the idea of no cost accommodation especially because through their communications ahead of time, they find themselves not staying at a stranger’s home, but at newfound friends, and they will be staying in your home.


Why should I become a HolidayHomExchange.co.za member?
In order for your home exchange offer to be found on HolidayHomExchange.co.za, you must have a listing. HolidayHomExchange.co.za listings get responses. Catalog based services may claim to have more listings but it is the results that count - and HolidayHomExchange.co.za listings get results. Our listings are all over the world thus giving our members and visitors an excellent balance of choices.

HolidayHomExchange.co.za is an effective resource to assist you to find a home exchange partner. It's fun and easy to search the listings and send e-mails to prospective home exchange partners. In addition, if you wish for your home exchange offer or vacation rental to be found by other interested parties, there is no better way than a HolidayHomExchange.co.za listing. In addition, it is a fabulous travel value at only $ 75.00 (+/- R500.00) for a 1-year listing. Additional listings are only $50.00 (+/-R250.00) per one per listing.

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Each home exchange is unique; a bond of trust must be built as you get to know your home swap partners and their family through e-mails, letters or phone calls. Most people traveling on an exchange love the idea of no cost accommodation especially because through their communications ahead of time, they find themselves not staying at a stranger’s home, but at newfound friends, and they will be staying in your home.