6 Convincing Reasons To Try A Home Exchange

What are the options? Unless you can convince a friend to donate their couch for an extended stay, you basically have to rent an apartment or the more affordable solution: do a home exchange.

As far as I understand, it works like this: you sign your apartment or house up on a home exchange website, while you troll other listings for a place that catches your eye. You contact the owner, agree to the terms, and swap houses. Pretty sweet.

Indeed, I’ve thought about it, but I still wasn’t convinced it was worth the effort.

So when Lois Sealey from Home Base Holidays wrote me recently to see if I wanted to do a story on the idea, I challenged her to come up with her best reasons for trying a home exchange.

Appropriately enough, here’s what she came up with: 6 Reasons To Try A Home Exchange

Have you ever tried or thought about doing a home exchange? Share your experiences in the comments!