Home Exchange

L’année dernière, nous discutons vacances vers la fin du printemps avec des amis. Ils nous disent qu’ils se sont inscrits depuis quelques mois sur un site, HomeExchange, et que pour leur dernier séjour, à Hambourg, ils ont fait de l’échange d’appartement. …

COVID-19 got the tourism industry on its knees, begging us please — get out of your homes already. Well, it’s not our fault that we are currently bound to government regulations… and frankly, our bank accounts have seen better days. On the bright side, slow recovery signs are starting to…

For years now, we’ve read news about rental homes being trashed by guests, often due to parties organized in the homes (read here, here or here). …

My husband, Jeff, and I have been empty nesters for a long time now. It’s hard to remember having to fit travel into school holidays and softball tournaments, compete with hordes of tourists, and pay high-season airfares. Our new life began when we took our youngest child and all his…

Home swapping represents a unique and alternative experience that gives you more than just a normal stay at a hotel. It is an innovative form of “relational” tourism that is becoming more and more successful, among everyday bigger sections of the population worldwide. …

My wife. I blame this all on my wife (in the best way possible). Ever since I quit my corporate job and became a teacher, school breaks are blank pages for her to fill in the travel book. …

Due scambi casa, arrivati nei momenti giusti, possono mappare 12 mesi di cambiamenti. Evasioni e ripartenze, fughe e rinascite, in compagnia di chi ami o da sola (purché ti ami…): l’importante è che sia gratis, perché la vita ci fa pagare già tutto — E’trascorso poco più di un anno da quando scrivevo qui del mio soggiorno parigino in un sottotetto di Bastille. I viaggi salvano la vita? Ci aiutano a superare, o ad evadere, da momenti complicati in cui non sappiamo dove sbattere (a volte letteralmente) la testa? …