It’s arrived! Check out my new Facebook page. The timeline goes back to my first home exchange!
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November 23, 2012
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March 31, 2013
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How Can You Trust Strangers in Your Home?
How do I trust my home is okay when I’m on a home exchange? (Yours truly in Venice, Italy)
I get asked this all the time. Inviting a home exchange partner –someone you’ve never met– into your house might seem a leap of faith. So how are experienced exchangers so confident?
Been There, Done That
Not long ago I received an email from our first home exchange partners. In it, she’d written: Continue reading “How Can You Trust Strangers in Your Home?” »
March 18, 2013
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Podcast: 101 Home Exchange Questions
Could home exchanging pave your path to Tuscany?
(Well, close to 101!) You know all those questions you wish you could ask about home exchanging? They’re probably the same ones I had before my first home exchange. Well Joe asked them and he had me right there to answer them.
Listen in here as Average Joe puts home exchanging –and me– on the hot seat for his Travel Week podcast and personal finance website.
“How can you get to Tuscany?” and “What if you don’t live in a major tourist destination?” is only the start. Check it out, and then? I’d love to hear what you think!
February 27, 2013
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Her First [amazing!] Home Trade
The Spectacular Costa Brava, Spain
This is her first home exchange holiday: A month in Spain, in a penthouse and she’ll meet her exchange partners in Dubai! In the meantime I’m giddy and green with envy at the same time!
A Word of Warning
I’m positively giddy! I’m so excited for this NewTakeTravel friend that I can hardly stand it.
This must be pretty close to home exchanging at its best –the dream scenario that Continue reading “Her First [amazing!] Home Trade” »
February 22, 2013
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A year-long home trade offer. Is this your moment?
What could move you to try living in another country?
A home trade and staying free could make living overseas your reality. I received this offer from Spain for a year but had to decline. Is it your chance to live in another country?
That Nagging Dream: Life in Another Country
It’s crossed your mind, right? Okay, maybe it’s a pipe dream but you have thought about it: taking three or six months, maybe even a year, to live in another country. Continue reading “A year-long home trade offer. Is this your moment?” »
February 5, 2013
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Alligators, Dolphins and Airboats, Oh My!
Getting up close and personal with an alligator. ~Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Tours can help you make the best use of your vacation time (and home exchange savings) . Check out what we saw from Fort Lauderdale –in one day!– on this tour of The Florida Everglades.
What to do in Fort Lauderdale?
Do you have an extra day before your cruise? Or maybe, like me, you couldn’t resist a home exchange in sunny Florida?
Now the question is, what’s to see? Sure, there are all the city sights. But what does Florida have that you can’t see anywhere else?
Continue reading “Alligators, Dolphins and Airboats, Oh My!” »
January 28, 2013
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How to Stretch Your Travel Budget: Free Home Exchange Accommodation
Where I stayed for free in 6000 square feet ~Washington State, USA
To stretch your travel budget, nothing beats home exchanging. You stay for free. This intrigued Sicorra, the owner of the Tackling Our Debt blog. I gave her a money-saving picture of how you can home swap to not only stay free, but very nearly vacation for free, too.
Check it out at Tackling Our Debt.
January 14, 2013
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Discovery: The Best Beaches in South Florida
Sun vacation scene ~Marco Island, Florida, USA
There are exquisite discoveries waiting for you on the best beaches in South Florida. I found some while on a Florida home swap. Exclusive beach access Continue reading “Discovery: The Best Beaches in South Florida” »
Arrive at a Real Home Swap with me!
January 10, 2013 by Nola | 4 Comments
What’s it really like to turning the knob at a home exchange?
What’s it really like to arrive at a home exchange? To unlock the door, turn the knob and enter your vacation home?
Join me as I arrive at my latest home swap, this time in Florida!
My Take
Every home swap is unique and Continue reading “Arrive at a Real Home Swap with me!” »
January 3, 2013
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The Home Swap Cure for Holiday PTSD (Post Travel Stress Disorder)
More peaceful than most winter travel scenes
Holiday PTSD (Post Travel Stress Disorder). It’s real and it’s nasty, but some laughter along the way and a home swap at the end are exceptional cures.
Body Odor and Spousal Tiffs. Nice.
It’s January 3rd and now I’m listening to friends recount travel ‘horror’ stories born of Holiday Season airport, bus and highway messes. Tense moments, even tears, delays, body odor, sleeping on floors, fatigue-laden days, stiff necks, spousal tiffs…
Honestly, without these tales, what would anyone have to talk about on January 3rd?
Here’s the deal: It’s stressful. And it’s a good thing you have Continue reading “The Home Swap Cure for Holiday PTSD (Post Travel Stress Disorder)” »
January 1, 2013
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Home Exchange? Home Away? A Q&A!
Blonde’s idea of a home…
When Blonde of BlondeBrunette Travel took the home exchanging plunge and listed her home, she had a few questions for me. (Some of them were, uh, interesting.)
Check out our Q&A!
