The low down on home exchanges, it’s a vacation alternative where you stay in their house and they stay in yours. It beats paying for over priced hotel fees so that you can do more of the things that you want to while you are on vacation.  There are several companies that do this and can give your more information about it. Each one has different policies so do your homework before deciding on one.

No i’m not getting paid to do this post, I tend to blog about things that are of interest to me and travel just happens to be one of them.

http://www.homeexchange.com/ – claim to have the most home swap listings online with 39,000 listing in 139 countries.

http://www.intervacus.com/ – costs to join, but they look like they have some really nice properties you can trade for.

www.homelink.org

http://www.exchangehomesoia.com/ - Just have to add your home to see full listings. Free!

http://www.exchangezones.com/ – Free membership

http://www.geenee.com/ – Free membership

also found this teenager version that looks fun, http://www.couchsurfing.org/ stay on each others couches.