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Home Exchange Search

Browse Current Listings - search home exchange listings by continent, country, city/town, state/county

Newest Exchange Offers - listings for members who joined or renewed in the last 30 days

Advanced Search - refine your search results in a number of ways: search by theme (boating, fishing, golfing, horse riding, skiing, tennis, walking), type of exchange (home exchange, hospitality exchange, weekend exchange, rental offered, bed and breakfast offered, housesitting wanted or offered), find members who want to exchange to your area, homes suitable for young children, members over 55, second homes, pet care offered, disabled access/facilities, non-smokers only, car exchange, homes by the number of people accommodated, by listing User ID + free text search

Last Minute Offers - members looking for exchanges in the near future

Members

Member Login - log on to your member area to view full listings, contact members, change your listing, upload photos, add your listing to 'Last Minute Offers', renew membership

Member Information - login procedure, adding photos, renewing membership, media requests, terms of membership and disclaimer. Links to other services: Stanfords Travel Book Shop, abc Holiday Extras, Expedia

Exchange Guidelines - step by step guide to arranging a home exchange, from first contacting members with your exchange offer, providing and requesting information before agreeing to exchange, preparing for the exchange (includes sample member's detailed exchange notes), responsibilities while occupying your home from home. The Guidelines include a sample exchange agreement form which you may like to adapt to suit your own situation, plus a sample member's exchange agreement

Information for Visitors

Common Questions  - what is involved in home exchange and how the system works plus answers to the most commonly asked questions about home exchange in general and about the service provided by Home Base Holidays

Service and Fees  - further information on our home exchange service plus one and two year membership options (includes link to currency convertor)

Additional Options  - home exchange (the direct swapping of homes, usually at the same time) is the most common option. Other options (more than one can be chosen): hospitality exchange, weekend exchange, rental offered, bed and breakfast offered, housesitting wanted or offered

Browse Current Listings  - search listings before you join; you will see full information apart from members' names and contact information which is only available to current members. For quick access to listings you are interested in seeing again after you join make a note of the User IDs (a reference, starting with HE and followed by a four or five digit number) that you will see at the top of each full listing as you browse listings before joining

Organising Home Swaps - links for additional information, including Exchange Guidelines, to guide you through the process of arranging a successful home exchange, adding photos to your listing

About Us - information about Home Base Holidays, our representatives, our membership of the First Home Exchange Alliance with list of member home exchange agencies. There are Home Base Holidays representatives in Australia, Canada, France, Ireland, Malta (includes information in Malti), South Africa (includes information in Afrikaans)

Join Now - information for joining members, including membership options, subscription rates, currency converter, payment security, terms of membership, privacy policy. Link to membership form

Non-English Language Information  - plus links to membership forms in Deutsch, Español, Italiano, Français

Further Information

Home Swappers Newsletter - archive of our free bi-monthly ezine with brief description of the main contents in each issue and links to the current and all previous issues. Browse the newsletters for member exchange stories, articles on various issues related to arranging successful home swaps, feedback and tips from experienced home exchangers, special offers and travel information

Home Exchange Travel Weblog - sharing up-to-date information on home exchange vacations through regular posts, comments and links

Home Exchange Stories  - members share their home swapping experiences. You will also see brief quotes with links to members' current exchange listings in several pages on the website. Member exchange articles are published regularly in Home Swappers Newsletter and a special exchange story in pictures  (California houseboat for Edinburgh flat)

Long Term Home Swaps  - information to help you find the most likely exchanges if you want to swap for a period of several months

Cost Savings of a Home Exchange Holiday - compare potential savings when swapping homes (and possibly cars and/or pet care too) with the costs of a 'conventional' holiday

Travel Resources - links to travel websites, with a focus on those that may be of particular interest to home swappers

'The Home Exchange Guide'  - information and reviews of an independently published book on home exchange

Media and Articles  - information for journalists and programme researchers plus links to articles on various aspects of swapping homes. Articles include:

• Try out a New Country the Easy Way - Swap Homes!
• Addressing Concerns about Home Swapping
• Exchanging with Children
• Advantages of Home Exchange for Seniors
• Arranging an Exchange to the UK
• 'Ask the Expert':question & answer column on home exchange vacations from 'The Mature Traveler' newsletter

Privacy Policy - Home Base Holidays copyright, protection of members' private information plus terms of membership and service

Contact Us - still have questions? Send a message or call us. 

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