Home Swapping for Budget Friendly Holidays
Leave a commentApril 4, 2012 by Bob Thomas
It is a common known fact that although taking a holiday is supposed to be a relaxing time, organising a holiday and preparing to travel can actually be rather stressful and expensive! For some, although they might be able to afford to have a holiday, the budget they have to work with might be restrictive so there is a need to search around for the best bargains, sometimes last minute, and often a need to purchase each part of the holiday from separate suppliers to avoid added costs from travel agents.
However, making the most of the holiday budget doesn’t need to be difficult or stressful. Imagine if your holiday budget could take you anywhere in the world! Home swapping is the smartest way to arrange a holiday on a budget. By taking part in a home exchange, home owners can organise their holiday accommodation completely free of charge. The only sacrifice that a family would need to make is to allow others to stay at their own home in exchange for the stay at their chosen holiday home.
Specialist home swapping websites offer membership to a trusted community of home owners all around the world looking for somewhere else to stay. For a very small membership fee, it is possible to arrange as many home swaps in a year as you like, saving hundreds on the cost of hotels or apartments. The savings made on accommodation could leave you with a little extra towards a flight for your holiday, so this year instead of spending your £500 on an all-inclusive week in Europe, you could be flying out to Florida on a house swap USA to spend 2 weeks in a luxury property. The cost of membership is far outweighed by the benefits of using a professionally managed home swapping community. Special agreements are signed by each party prior to swapping to allow peace of mind, and the ability to get to know your home exchange partners online via a messaging service adds a personal touch to the experience.
Regular home swappers speak very highly of the concept, stating that thanks to home swapping programmes they have been able to travel to countries and cities that they may not have considered for a holiday before, and had the chance to stay in some very beautiful, well situated accommodation that would otherwise be out of their price range. Some families taking part in home swapping estimate that they have saved over £3000 in a year thanks to avoiding hotel charges, and enjoy the self-catering aspect of home swapping as it allows them plenty of flexibility with meal times for the family and choice of food.
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