Home exchange holidays - links for further information

More Information on Home Exchange Vacations

Check out the following links for detailed information on the Home Base Holidays home exchange service plus guidance on arranging successful home swaps:

Membership Options

The benefits of home exchange plus the various exchange options available.

Save Money!

Compare the costs of home exchange to a conventional holiday.

Frequently Asked Questions

Answers to the questions most often asked by those new to the idea of swapping homes.

Home Base Holidays - People and Organisation

First Home Exchange Alliance (FHEA) - an association of established home exchange agencies and their representatives.

Adding Photos (up to five) to Your Listing

'I feel like a child in a sweet shop when I surf the Home Base Holidays pages; I get so excited at all the places and the wonderful opportunity of seeing the World. It's so much nicer being in a home with all the facilities, living like the locals do, than sitting in a hotel room.' (S. Gibson, Cheshire, England, HE13026) View Listing

Help Us Grow - Recommend Home Base Holidays

Travel Resources

Selected travel information including special offers for Home Base Holidays members.

Guidelines

Detailed guidelines to take you step by step through the process of arranging an exchange - from first enquiries to final preparations before your exchange.

'Ask the Expert': Home Exchange Vacations

Question & answer column reproduced from 'The Mature Traveler' Newsletter

'Travel with a Challenge': Exchange a Home and See the World

Home exchange article on 'Travel with a Challenge', website providing high quality articles and alternative travel information for the over 50s

Member Exchange Stories

Home Base Holidays members describe their home swaps. Also see Home Swappers Newsletter

Home Base Holidays Member Website

Visit Andrew Sadler's attractive website for details of his family's recent home exchanges plus useful information and advice to those new to home exchange.

The Home Exchange Guide

Information + reviews

Maps, Travel Books and Travel Accessories

Available from Stanfords - the world's finest map and travel book shops.
- pre-book your UK holiday extras and save pounds: airport parking, airport hotels with parking, coach or rail travel and airport lounges at most UK airports
WEXAS Travel Club: Free Trial Membership for Home Base Holidays Members
WEXAS, the club for independent travellers, is a Home Base Holidays travel partner. With a dedicated travel booking service exclusively available to its members, you're guaranteed a personal service from experts. And the WEXAS Price Guarantee ensures you'll always get value-for-money: if you find a flight for less elsewhere WEXAS will match it.

Membership benefits extend far beyond an expert booking service. Members also receive the award- winning Traveller magazine, published six times a year (normally £29.70 in bookshops). And there's free access to 23 airport VIP lounges in the UK (conditions apply), and modestly priced access to lounges worldwide. Among its Honorary Presidents are Michael Palin, Sir Ranulph Fiennes, Sir Chris Bonington, David Bellamy and Kate Adie.

WEXAS are offering Home Base Holidays members the chance to experience WEXAS membership for three months free of charge. Join WEXAS now and receive a three-month free trial followed by half price membership for the first year i.e. 15 months for the price of 6. The subscriptions (in pounds sterling) for the 12 months following the free trial are:

Blue Card UK Individual £29.50 (overseas £37.50)

Blue Card UK Couple/Family £36 (overseas £44.50)

If you are a current Home Base Holidays member log on to your member area for further information and details on how to claim your free trial membership to WEXAS. Non-members will have access to this information on joining Home Base Holidays.