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Bellissimo!

A family vacation complete with hairpin curves and lemons, beaches and pizza

By Bella English, Globe Staff  |  June 28, 2009

We wanted to take a family vacation when my son graduated from high school, and we settled on a two-week period in late May and early June when all four of our schedules would align. We also settled on a place: the Amalfi Coast, that dramatic strip from Sorrento to Salerno where the mountains meet the Mediterranean, lemons meet limoncello, and the sky meets the sea.

But then our dreams met reality. How could we justify taking a trans-Atlantic trip during a recession? First, we figured out that we could cobble together four frequent flier tickets - to Rome by way of Dublin, of all places. And last fall, I began saving every $5 bill that came my way, with a resulting $1,200 for spending money by the time we left.

Then we signed on to Intervac.com, the same house-swap site we had used years ago for a wonderful vacation in France. Though there are thousands of listings all over the world, there are few in Amalfi. I guess no one ever wants to leave there, for good reason.

We finally found one place in the seaside town of Maiori and sent out a pitch: Would they trade their two-bedroom apartment 10 minutes from the beach for our suburban house 20 minutes from Boston? They couldn’t swap during our time frame, but we could rent the apartment, which was their “holiday home.’’ It was cheap, 400 euros a week, or just under $600 (at $1.45 to the euro). We wired them a down payment for a two-week stay and several months later found ourselves lugging suitcases and following Tina and Giovanni from the Maiori bus stop to their digs.

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http://www.boston.com/travel/getaways/europe/articles/2009/06/28/bellissimo/

Comments

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It kan vara en vldigt prima id, drfr att lra sig att mixa olika aktiviteter du ska lmna med dem som r helt gratis eller kostar vldigt lite pengar: ser du dina pengar rcker till det allra i slutet av din rekreation med ven terkomma med ngra dollar mer n du hade vntat! Uts, hur r det med freebies? Det finns fortfarande massor av freebies du kan hitta i denna stlle med mnga thvor att f en prima affr.

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I am planning to visit Amalfi on October and I'm really excited about it, I heard a lot of good things about this place and have seen several photos from my friends travel. Good to hear that you home exchange experience had been nice, well I've bee doing home exchange for some of my travels and it had helped me save more.

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