I was quoted in the Los Angeles Times today about home exchanging. One of our customers who has arranged many exchanges over the years through us told the reporter about Intervac, and so the reporter called me.
My quote is "Home exchanging seems to be on the rise, probably due to the price of hotel accommodations, which are hugely expensive in Europe, and the dollar-to-euro exchange, which is historically poor."
Click here to read the article: it offers some good tips.
One note: I would warn against using a free service like Craig's List - a few members who investigated it said they were very alarmed by the fact that you have no idea who the people are who post their ads, or whether they actually have the properties they say they do. They could be posting their ads from jail! You must be very adventurous to trust someone completely unknown, without references, using a free service.
I would never do it, and I consider myself pretty adventurous and open to home swapping...whereas with a service like Intervac you have paying members whose addresses must be correct. Most of our members have done exchanges before, and have references. We have never had a major complaint of theft or damage in our 53 years of being in business. It's a much safer experience!
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