Monthly Archives: April 2012
A Virtually Free Vacation Can Be Yours When You Home Swap and Use Air Miles
Reprinted from The Huffington Post Spring break is over. Kids are back in school. Routines return. But soon enough, your thoughts will turn to summer vacation. Where will you go? What will you do? You may look at your tiny tax refund and and think that you can’t afford a “real” vacation, what with hotel … Continue reading
Catch a Fabulous Home Exchange With a Great Email: 9 Writing Tips
Once you’ve joined a home exchange agency and completed your listing with photographs and information about you and your home, you are ready to send an email to home exchange prospects. Writing that first home swap email can be daunting. You want to appear friendly, yet professional. You want the reader to look at the … Continue reading
You’ll Need This Guide, If You Home Exchange in Paris
When I received my first e-mail about a home exchange in Paris,I had no idea what an arrondissement was; let alone how to pronounce it. The e-mail was from a French family of five. The wife, Julie, wrote, “We have decided to exchange our home in the 5th arrondissement because we like to travel and we … Continue reading
In Less Than 60 Seconds Find Out Who Wants to Home Swap in Your City
There are people all over the world who want to vacation in your home—and yes—that means you get to vacation in their home. For free. I recently discovered a tantalizing way to find a home exchange. It’s called reverse search. If you try it, just be sure to have tissue ready. You will salivate. With … Continue reading
Packing Confession of a World Traveler
Regardless of how many countries I’ve visited, or trains I’ve ridden, or steps I’ve negotiated, I always think I will need more clothes when I travel. Packing light remains my Achilles’ Heel. I’m going to want that flowered blouse. Those yellow shoes look so cute with that skirt! Who am I trying to impress anyway? … Continue reading
