Today we talk about home exchange , a new and "exciting" to travel for a time living someone else's home, to live like one place and not as a tourist! What is home exchange?
home exchange allows you to offer your home to guests at the same time (or not) will offer its own!
The formulas are different and different, you can go into periods which are not necessarily overlap, it can offer a second home, or send their children by offering to accommodate those of others.
is not necessary that the home is owned (no lease may prohibit accommodate friends, the home exchange is comparable to hospitality), or that has particular characteristics.
's important is that the description of the house and the number participants is accurate.
E 'a subscription?
Yes In all the sites I visited you have to enroll, and it is so obvious, is to protect users, which make it possible to have an account to upload all the info on their home, which to provide the details to be contacted.
Some sites require payment of a fee, others are free:
http://www.scambiocasa.com/ -> 6.95 to months
http://www.homelink.it/ -> 120 € per year, 220 € for two years
http://www.livingaway.com/it-it -> ; free (promotional offer)
What are the benefits?
Lots!
First is a type of living "economic" . Home exchange, you can travel several times a year.
It 's a kind of stay original. You can select destinations little jokes, and be intrigued by places that even knew.
It 's a kind of stay "surprising" . Arriving at your destination you can find used bikes, garden care, or even a dog to take a walk. Of course, everything is first described, but the surprises are not lacking.
Where can you go?
Everywhere! Offers and requests
really come from all over the world, Italy is certainly one of the favorite destinations, so this gives us a certain advantage in sceltaJ
What are the guarantees? :-) No
All sites provide members with a "contract exchange" However, it is essential to be based on mutual trust and contacts that must elapse before the exchange.
However, those who practice the home exchange are usually people who care about the houses of others as their own, and do not forget that people will stay in our house certainly careful to respect it because we are dealing with her!
There are complaints, but almost all are related to cleaning. And any negative behaviors are resulting in all sites, measures such as expulsion from the circuit, so the members present in the circuit should be selected. Any advice
· be clear about require and what you offer.
· Solve all within a short time and avoiding to give or to be surprised at the eve of airline reservations, or worse, when this has already occurred.
· Do sign and signed the agreement to exchange
· not propose to rent your house (unless it is explicitly required).
The exchange house has no profit!
· "last but not least, do not choose only the destinations popular, Paris, London, New York especially, you might not get a response, do it only if you can offer something really interesting
In conclusion, exchange house is almost how to change life for a short period, living in another place, sharing other hobbies, other taste delights, having other neighbors!
So that is a nice experience ... all depends on the agreements you make, but especially from his kindness and that of others.
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