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Additional Article Information: =============================== 810 Words; formatted to 65 Characters per Line Distribution Date and Time: Tue May 2 12:49:58 EDT 2006 Written By: Helen Bergstein Copyright: 2006 Contact Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Article URL: http://thePhantomWriters.com/free_content/d/b/vacation-home-exchanges-101.shtml For more free-reprint articles by this Author, please visit: http://thePhantomWriters.com/free_content/d/index.shtml#Helen_Bergstein --------------------------------------------------------------------- Deciding to Try Vacation Home Exchange Copyright © 2006 Helen Bergstein Digsville Home Exchange Club http://www.digsville.com/ Many travelers first choose a home exchange because they want to save money or because they want to experience something unusual, but there are many reasons why you might want to swap your home with someone. Home swapping simply means that you make your home available to someone from another state or country while you stay travel in their home as an accommodation on your own trip. You can exchange homes for a few days or for months at a time. This style of traveling is quickly becoming one of the hottest options for people of all ages, thanks to the many advantages home swapping offers: * Adventure. If you want to experience a new destination as an invited guest anywhere in the world, then home exchange is a perfect option for you. Home exchange is about people and cultures and it offers you a way to see the world from a local perspective. You can mingle with the neighbors (if you want), head to the local pub, or visit a farmers market to cook your own delicious meals. With this travel accommodation, you have the adventure of exploring a new home, staying away from usual tourist areas, and the adventure of traveling further and longer than you ever imagined. * Plenty of resources. When you choose to exchange homes, there are wonderful online communities ready to help you find and plan your next vacation exchange. Digsville.com, for example, comes highly recommended by members as a safe and friendly place to learn about available homes and offers worldwide. Tips on preparing your home, advice for finding the perfect swap partner, and members' articles of recent swaps will have you feeling like a home swap pro in no time. * Comfort. When you stay in someone's home, you enjoy the pleasure of a real home, with all the amenities and personal touches you've come to expect. Imagine a fully equipped kitchen when you're in the mood for scrambled eggs at 2am or a full size washer and dryer when your toddler has just covered himself in chocolate ice cream. There is simply no need to stay in a drab or impersonal hotel room ever again. * Safety. Thanks to many of the secure online communities, you can learn all about your host and their home before you actually finalize any plans. Good communication is key to all successful swaps. The Digsville.com home listing provides plenty of opportunity to find out about the home and neighborhood, home office amenities, and rules and regulations such as no pets or smoking. Many emails and several phone calls into planning your exchange vacation will ensure that you'll feel like old friends by the time you arrive at your home away from home. Once you arrive at your temporary home, it's not unusual for hosts' friends and neighbors to drop by or be available if you need them, offering help, suggestions for sight-seeing, and some peace of mind. * Convenience. Today, finding homeowners to exchange with is easier than ever. Join a community, register as a member and then browse the listings from all over the world to find a home you would enjoy vacationing in. Posting your own home or vacation home will bring in offers from around the globe that could just lead to the best vacation you've ever had! * Flexibility. Whether you want to travel for a weekend, or stay somewhere for months, chances are you can find suitable accommodations to fit your lifestyle. Not all swaps must be simultaneous, and very often 3 or more parties may be involved to satisfy everyone's needs. If you can be a bit flexible with dates and destinations the more opportunities (and fun) you'll have. Experienced swappers say their best vacations came from exchange offers in destinations they hadn't planned on visiting before they started vacationing the home exchange way. * Affordability. Without the cost of accommodations, and the money saved on dining out at every meal, you'll save a whopping amount of money to spend on more interesting things such as cultural events, finer dining, maybe some adventure trips on the side. Many homes are equipped with standard sports equipment such as bicycles, tennis rackets, canoes/kayaks, golf clubs, fishing equipment, snow shoes and skis that you may very well have access to instead of renting. Quite a few exchangers also swap their cars, which can offer you even more savings. * Great travel options. Few accommodations offer the options and possibility of adventure that home swapping does. Whether you want a cottage in Washington State, a loft in Paris, or a home in the Australian Outback, you can find it through home exchanges. Whether your preferences are modest or glamorous, home swapping lets you travel as you please. With all these great advantages, it's time to starting thinking travel - the home exchange way! --------------------------------------------------------------------- Helen Bergstein is the founder of the <a href=http://www.digsville.com/>Digsville Home Exchange Club</a> and an internationally-recognized expert on home exchange. Helen has written countless articles, newsletters, and surveys about home swapping and has won awards for her online home exchange service. Even though she keeps busy acting as chief, editor, customer service leader, and domain expert for Digsville.com, Helen still finds time to exchange her own home and do what fueled her passion for home exchange - travel. http://www.digsville.com/ Copyright 2006, Helen Bergstein --- END ARTICLE --- ..................................... 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