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Anyone ever do a house exchange for a vacation ?
We are considering it.
Seems alot of folks on the international house exchange forums are looikng to come out to the west coast.
Any stories to share, good or bad.
Would seem odd someone living in our new place, but we have insurance and i'd only exchange with someone that seemed like an equal trade and that would not fuck up my home .

We have not done a home exchange yet but are looking in to it, seems like teachers do a lot of home exchanges in the summer.

ACD houseswop? now there's an idea

winnie wrote:ACD houseswop? now there's an idea

I like

Right, I will swap with USBL.

what a fantastic idea...

put me on the list, anywhere hot or holland will do me !!!!

i have a 3 bed semi to offer in uk !

I have always wanted to be in a position to do this... this is a great thread... maybe peeps will hook up as friends and this could work out for a some..

personally, something I would have a hard time with as I rent for now and forever... but I think this is such a great idea..

tutti

is it legal to do this if you rent a house/apt? as long as you have renters insurence and such i mean.

I've done it with friends successfully several times. I've always been too nervous to do it with someone I didn't know.

But, I don't have much attachment to my place, as it's a rental and we're leaving in 6 months. Anyone want to swap for a place in Zurich, Switzerland? We're only 1-2 hours by train to several ski resorts, and Zurich has a world-class opera.

cantona7 wrote:is it legal to do this if you rent a house/apt? as long as you have renters insurence and such i mean.

It probably depends on your lease, but if you aren't taking money, how are they not just "guests" staying for a week while you're away?

geekymonkey wrote:I've done it with friends successfully several times. I've always been too nervous to do it with someone I didn't know.

But, I don't have much attachment to my place, as it's a rental and we're leaving in 6 months. Anyone want to swap for a place in Zurich, Switzerland? We're only 1-2 hours by train to several ski resorts, and Zurich has a world-class opera.

I'm very interested

Slight tangent, but vaguely related at least... has anyone used couch surfing?
http://www.couchsurfing.org/
I've not tried it myself, but a few friends have, might be worth checking out.

geekymonkey wrote:I've done it with friends successfully several times. I've always been too nervous to do it with someone I didn't know.

But, I don't have much attachment to my place, as it's a rental and we're leaving in 6 months. Anyone want to swap for a place in Zurich, Switzerland? We're only 1-2 hours by train to several ski resorts, and Zurich has a world-class opera.

Sounds great! now you will have to stay with my mother ,Or i have a tent also! & you cant say you wernt given a choice ,KD.

winnie wrote:

geekymonkey wrote:I've done it with friends successfully several times. I've always been too nervous to do it with someone I didn't know.

But, I don't have much attachment to my place, as it's a rental and we're leaving in 6 months. Anyone want to swap for a place in Zurich, Switzerland? We're only 1-2 hours by train to several ski resorts, and Zurich has a world-class opera.

I'm very interested

Don't blame you, Winnie. Amsterdam seems to be going to shit lately. I wouldn't want to live there, then again I didn't even in it's best days.

Good luck with Switzerland.

islandgurl wrote:Don't blame you, Winnie. Amsterdam seems to be going to shit lately. I wouldn't want to live there, then again I didn't even in it's best days. Good luck with Switzerland.

Weren't you gonna buy an apartment in the Jordaan at one time?