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is home exchange? |
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Home exchange is an experienced and successful way of travelling.
It offers you the comfort, space and privacy of home. It is an
original holiday formula that keeps you away from the common tourist
attractions and impersonal hotels and steeps you in the local
culture. The perfect ingredients for an unforgettable holiday.
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Home exchangers, who are they?
Professionals, teachers, retirees, doctors, government workers,
business leaders, homeowners and tenants…the home exchange
formula attracts individuals of all ages and professional backgrounds.
While the economic advantages are clear, financial considerations
are often not the principal factor in the choice of a HomeLink
holiday.
Home exchangers, having an open mind and no preconceived
opinions, find a HomeLink holiday the ideal way to submerge
in the authentic local culture. They really discover the local
life in a way that is impossible during a hotel stay
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Tenants or Homeowners?
No need to wait till you own your own place to become
a HomeLink member. The world over, tenants actively participate
in home exchange. Reporting in newspapers and magazines worldwide
confirms: tenants, even those in government housing have the right
to loan their homes. Not a sub-let, since no exchange of money
takes place; it is considered the same as having guests for a
stay. Anyway, it is advisable to inform your landlord and neighbours
about the new friends who will be occupying your home while you
are away..
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Advantages
HomeLink is growing rapidly, with the number of members in certain
countries rising annually by 15 to 25 percent. HomeLink members
enjoy sharing their holiday experiences and the many benefits
of the system with their family and friends; thus simple word
of mouth brings numerous new families to the network each year.
Home exchange reduces your holiday expenses to the cost of transportation
alone. Practically speaking, this means transforming former hotel
budgets into more frequent holidays, a larger choice of accessible
destinations, and, once on the scene, the financial liberty to
take better advantage of your stay. Good local restaurants, concerts,
theatre…no more need to hesitate. In short, home exchange
provides the means to holiday in a way that may have seemed impossible
before.
Financial savings - yes. But there is more. As important to the
experience is the rich and unique opportunity of exchanging
an entire context of life and culture with another HomeLink family.
Along with the pleasure of feeling at home in more than fifty
countries worldwide, members benefit from the consideration of
their exchange partners. HomeLink families share their knowledge
of the region, local contacts, children's toys, tennis racquets,
bicycles, and, at times, their boat, golf club membership, or
the keys to a nicely situated second home.
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Have a look...
You can have a look by visiting the exchange database for visitors
of HomeLink International:
Database for visitors (link)
Registration
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