Home Exchange Saves You Money!
Members on a tight budget appreciate the savings that
can be made on a home exchange vacation - no hotel bills, no car
rental if cars are swapped, fewer expensive restaurant meals.
Less obvious savings may also be made - for example,
no kennel fees if your exchange partner agrees to look after pets
and no need to pay someone to care for plants.
The following sample, compiled by Home Base
Holidays for an article in 'Moneywise', a UK magazine, shows savings
that a British family of four (two adults + children aged five &
13) could make on a two-week home exchange holiday in Florida:
| |
HOME EXCHANGE |
TOURIST |
Air fares + travel insurance
(3 x £300, 1 x £270) |
£1,170 |
£1,170 |
Family room in hotel
(£50/day - low estimate) |
n/a |
700 |
| Car hire & insurance |
n/a |
300 |
| Petrol |
100 |
100 |
Restaurant meals
(3 per day, £5 per head - low estimate) |
n/a |
840 |
| Groceries for meals at home |
150 |
n/a |
| Exchangers' meals out (half) |
420 |
n/a |
| Entertainment |
400 |
400 |
| TOTAL |
£2,240 |
£3,500 |
| Difference = £1,260 |
Save money - or treat yourself to a longer holiday;
but most of all, enjoy the comfort of your own home base!
| 'I decided I wanted to do all these
things but couldn't afford to in the conventional way, so tried
swapping. It's worked extremely well.' (M. Blythman, Edinburgh,
UK, HE1750, quoted in article in 'The
Observer'.) View
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