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text 2021-03-25 10:34
Benefits of Choosing a Home Exchange

 

 

It works by exchanging your home with someone else’s home for a specific period. The following is an example of how a home exchange works. If a person with a home in Paris wants to visit New York for a week, they can use online sources to help them locate a New Yorker who wants to visit Paris. Some services even facilitate exchanges when one member isn’t interested in using the other member’s property. These types of home swaps have made exchanges more and more popular.

 

 

What Makes Home Swap Beneficial?

 

Choosing the exchange option is associated with many benefits. Some very obvious and others more subtle. Here, are just a few.

 

Spend Time As A Local

 

When choosing the home exchange option, you don’t need to deal with being cramped up in hotel rooms. You have a complete house to live in and enjoy your vacation. It also affords you the opportunity to live like a local, enjoying the local culture as if you lived there. What’s more interesting, staying in a hotel with strangers or living like a local?

Along with it, you are going to live with a neighborhood of locals instead of travelers in a hotel.

 

Low Cost

 

Booking hotel rooms for a vacation is very expensive. Even just a week at a hotel can cost hundreds, if not thousands of dollars. And if you need multiple rooms for your family, costs become even more prohibitive.

 

But, choosing a home exchange instead of a hotel, you can save lots of money. The home exchange allows you to travel almost anywhere and never pay for lodging. It means you have more money to spend on yourself and your family.

 

Use your second Home

 

If you have a vacation home, then exchanging becomes even easier. Then, you can use your second home as your holiday exchange option. This allows you to swap home on different dates, eliminating schedule conflicts and providing many more exchange opportunities.

 

These are just some of the benefits that you can avail yourself of by choosing the home exchange option. Now, all you need to do is choose the online listing platform that best meets your requirements.

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text 2021-03-05 06:26
Tips to Choose the Right Vacation House Exchange

Vacation Home exchange has exploded in popularity in recent years, especially in the United States, United Kingdom, and most of Europe. These days many people tend to swap their second home or simply holiday house for exchange rewards, which they can later use for a family vacation in their favorite destination.

 

 

There are many property home exchange sites where you can find a plethora of vacation houses for a swap without spending a penny; all you have to pay is a reasonably low fee once the swap deal is completed. Now, is the million-dollar question, how to select the best vacation home exchange? Don't worry, in this article, we've created a mini-guide to help you.

 

Location

 

The first thing to keep in mind when deciding on a vacation house is its location. Do you want to spend a peaceful vacation in the tranquility of nature at Cape Hatteras or near California's glitz and glamour? You need to decide on this well before you commence your search for vacation houses. Check the neighborhood.

 

Are they any tourist spots to visit nearby? How about the ease of traveling and accessibility to the entire city? Don't forget to ensure the area has all the crucial facilities, including the ATMs, banks, and currency exchanges.

 

Google is Your Friend

 

The pictures posted on the home exchange site may seem lovely, the location is perfect next to the beach, but the swapper didn't mention the six-lane highway or oil refinery nearby. This is where Google comes into play. You can use Google Earth and Street View to thoroughly check out the site with detailed viewing. It will help you to decide whether your prospective vacation house is worth consideration or not.

 

Know the Amenities

 

You must be well aware of the amenities you'll get at the vacation house. Will there be a well-equipped kitchen so that can prepare healthy meals for your kids three times a day? Is there a private pool that's a perfect way to unwind yourself from your daily life stresses and worries? Is there being a LED T.V. screen for your family’s enjoyment? Like these, you've to consider a myriad of amenities before booking a vacation house. Make sure you're realistic with your approach if you want to find the best vacation house quickly.

 

Explore Your Options

 

It is highly recommended to compare all your options regarding hunting for the best place to stay during vacation. Always be open to more options for a vacation house, if possible, before you settle on a given vacation house. Also, if you have time on your side, keep searching for other options until you come across something just right for you.

 

Do you have any other factors to consider when finding holiday exchange options? Share it with us in the below comment section; our readers would love to hear from you. 

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text 2020-09-22 12:01
House Exchange: Economical and Intelligent Vacation

Vacation house exchange is a great way to enjoy holidays in your favorite tourist destination without putting a financial strain on your budget. It lets you pick an accommodation in the exchange of your choice- anywhere in the world - that aligns with your vacation schedule.

 

Once you choose your destination you can take advantage of the many benefits of home exchange, which are as follows:-

 

1 Significantly Reduce your Vacation Costs

 

The accommodation costs are the most significant chunk of any vacation trip’s budget. If your stay is free, the money you save can be used to go out on family retreats more frequently. The only cost involved in a home swap deal is the expense to travel to get to the destination. Since you are saving hundreds of dollars, you can devote the money to your vacation excursion & expenses and bring back happy memories for life.

 

 

2 Access to Thousands Private of Homes

 

Rather than staying in a cramped hotel room or an expensive condo, the home exchange lets you enjoy living like a local in a private home where you can interact with the people around you and understand their culture and traditions. Depending upon the number of rooms in the house, you and your kids can enjoy their own space.

 

3 Access to a Fully Equipped Kitchen

 

Instead of eating out every night and spending tons of money every night, you can create a homely atmosphere wherever you, thanks to your home exchange that provides you a fully equipped kitchen. So, after check-in to your vacation home, head out to the local grocery store, and pick up whatever items will make your family happy during your stay.

 

4 Access to Laundry Facilities

 

Since almost all exchanges will provide a washer/dryer, packing for your trip is so much easier because you can take fewer clothes. And, won’t have to spend hours of time doing laundry when you return home.

 

5 Live Like a Local

 

One of the biggest perks associated with home exchange is that you have the complete freedom to venture out like a local in the town. This experience could be memorable if you want to explore things that tourists don’t often get to do.

 

6 Enjoy Luxury Amenities

 

When deciding on vacation home exchange, make sure you are getting the necessary and luxurious amenities for a comfortable stay. Many of these private homes come with beach access, private pools, space, clubhouse access, ski access, and the list is unlimited. So, it is advisable to put in a lot of research to narrow down on a place that echoes your needs and desires.

 

Let’s Wrap Up

 

Finally, there are numerous holiday exchange web portals where you can explore thousands of options for vacation homes. Decide on the one that best suits your needs. Based on your preferred location and schedule.  Also, make sure you’ve to create a well-written listing for your home - which includes real multiple photos and a crisp description - to find the right swapper.

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review 2016-12-27 18:04
ARC Review: Holiday House Swap by Sarah Madison
Holiday House Swap - Sarah Madison

Noah Kinley is the author of romantic suspense novels featuring a tough heroine. Since, and this is a delightful tongue-in-cheek, romantic suspense novels featuring a heroine are usually written by female authors, Noah has been using the name of his best friend, Julie Velazquez, as his pen name. Julie has also been attending conventions and other events for Noah, and her face is on the back cover. But Julie is now pressuring Noah to come out - to show his own face and claim these book as his. She wants her life back, as she has offers to become a singer, something she's always wanted, something she's very good at, and something she's put on the back burner so far to help Noah out.

On top of this, Noah is experiencing writer's block, and decides that perhaps he needs a change of scenery - instead of being all alone in his secluded cabin in the woods, he has arranged for a house swap with a family from a grand estate/horse farm, to get the creative juices flowing again. While Julie is in Paris accepting an award for the latest book.

The house is every bit as grand as Noah expected from the photos, but unfortunately, it's not as empty as expected, when Connor Harrison, retired USAF Major, bursts in on Noah taking a bath and singing a holiday tune, gun drawn to catch the suspected intruder. Though how someone as smart as a USAF Major thought that an intruder would be taking a bath is somewhat beyond me.

Still, it's a fabulous way for the two men to meet. Turns out that the previous occupant of the home, the one with whom Noah arranged the swap, isn't the actual owner, but the brother of the owner - one Connor Harrison.

Both main characters have flaws, and neither is perfect. Both have some serious issues, what with Connor being forced into retirement due to sort of going against orders by rescuing a buddy from behind enemy lines and now being at a loss as to what to do next, and Noah being a neurotic author who wants to retire his pen name persona, but doesn't know how and then spending most of the book procrastinating on the author thing and instead trying to fix Connor's problem with how to keep the farm because money is tight.

Clearly, they both have enough on their plate, but they also feel an immediate attraction that just isn't going to go away, and while they figure out how to proceed with the next steps in their lives, they also get closer and closer.

Noah's dry wit made for quite a few giggles - I so do appreciate snark in the books I read - and he was a mostly likable character. Connor was a bit of an enigma at first, since we only see him through Noah's eyes, but I liked him as well. He broods a bit, which was understandable given his situation. I would have liked to get his perspective as well instead of just finding out what makes him tick from Noah's POV.

This is a romance, and thus has a lovely HEA, as expected. However, my primary enjoyment of this book came from following the characters on their journey to this HEA, one I recommend you follow too by reading this book.


** I received a free copy of this book from its publisher. A positive review was not promised in return. **

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review 2016-12-27 13:40
cute 4 star read
Holiday House Swap - Sarah Madison
Noah leaves his isolated cabin, and swaps a house for the Christmas period, in an effort to jump start his writer's block and give him the necessary push to decide what to do about using his friend as the face of his pen name. A mix up means the house is not empty, and Connor is home for good after facing an agonizing choice: retire on full pension, or face a court marshall, for an unauthorised mission to rescue a team member. Can Noah and Connor get on enough to share the massive house??
 
I'm not usually one for Christmas stories. When this was sent to me to ask did I want to read it, it came without a title, so I had no idea it would be a Christmas story but this one is just based around that time; there isn't much emphasis on the Christmas bit and I rather enjoyed it!
 
Noah has a sharp tongue and a witty mind, that sometimes moves at rocket speed and I struggled to keep up. Not a bad thing, though. Just meant I had to slow down me skim reading! I loved how his mind worked, not just for himself, but for Connor too, and how Noah pulled everyone from around Connor together, to make Connor see just what he really needed to do to keep the house and the horses.
 
I loved how Noah was fully aware of his friend, Julie and her predicament, being the name and face of Noah's series. Knowing he needs to release Julie is part of his reason for leaving the cabin in the first place.
 
BUT!!
 
I can't say what I thought of Connor, because its all Noah. Yes I KNOW I say it often enough to annoy even myself but I really did need Connor to have a say. I needed to know what was going through his mind when he mounted that rescue mission. When he came face to face with the rescuee (is that a word??) When he decided to make some sort of go of it with Noah.
 
Had we had Connor too, I have no doubt that this would have been a five star read. But we didn't, so...
 
4 stars
 
**same worded review will appear elsewhere**

 

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