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HJEMBYTTERES ERFARINGER
"This year was three months covering Mexico, LA, Annapolis, London, Cornwall UK, Switzerland and Honolulu, for example, all tied up through HomeExchange!"
Richard Amery, Auckland, New Zealand
"Your site, HomeExchange, is life-changing. Thank you!"
David Hochman: Santa Monica, CA, USA
"My husband and I recently returned from a 3 week exchange to Berlin, Germany. We exchanged our home in San Antonio, TX for a lovely 2000 SF apartment centrally located in Berlin. The exchange went very smoothly and both families enjoyed the exchange very much. We kept in touch with the family in our home via E-Mail during the exchange. This is our 3rd exchange and we are very pleased with HomeExchange. Looking forward to more great exchanges!"
Carol and Carl Lahser: San Antonio, Texas, USA
"The UK based Cowley family had a fantastic first home exchange with a New England family this summer!"
Lesley Cowley: Wiltshire, England
"Well, it's been less than a month since we signed up, and already we've gotten ourselves set up with *exactly* the sort of exchange we were hoping for! A great 4-bed house in Whistler for 2 weeks over Xmas as a "trade" for a week's sailing with us next summer. Perfect!!!
We're still chatting with several other folks too, for other potential ski/sail trades later on. Lots of options, lots of interesting people.... and a lot of fun exploring possibilities!
Keep up the good work, we're certainly happy to have joined HomeExchange! :)"
Diane Edwards and Ray Luxford: Leros Island, Greece
"We just returned from an 8 week exchange with a New Zealand couple. They came to ski and we went to play golf and explore NZ. For both of us it was the trip of a lifetime and we both got back to homes and cars in perfect condition. You may use this info as a testimonial to the terrific opportunities offered by HomeExchange."
M & J Fruin: Kimberley, BC, Canada
"I thought you'd like to know that since I joined, I've had over 30 offers of exchanges, and we were introduced to a very nice family from Vancouver. That compares with 0 offers from another service with a very similar name I joined at the same time. You must be doing something right!"
Rob and Jenny Waller: Worcestershire, England
I have barely had my listing on for 5 days, and I have had already had offers from 4 people from very desirable locations. A castle in Southern Germany has been offered for 2 months, a 3 bedroom apartment home ACROSS THE STREET FROM CENTRAL PARK, Manhattan, nice home in the ritzy town of Wiesbaden, along with an Ocean View home at the Atlantic coast--Brittany, France. I just have one problem--which one do I choose!! Last year I had my home listed on another home exchange website and it took 6 months before anyone showed any interest. I looked at the member panel and saw that 44 people (in 5 days) have already viewed my home from all over the world. That speaks volumes for the amount of exposure your website has. It's world class! Plus, you offer such fast, personal service--I actually got you personally on the phone the two times I called. Thanks so much for offering such quality and savvy internet marketing tools."
Hanni: Seattle, quaint town of Edmonds
"We thoroughly enjoyed our stay at the flat in Paris. In addition to being a phenomenal and convenient location, staying at the flat gave us an invaluable opportunity to feel more of a part of a Parisian neighborhood. It is a great alternative to a hotel. The flat was cute and quaint; the Internet access and having a kitchen were two things that I especially appreciated!"
Bryan Moline from Chicago
"We are from Ireland and went on our first exchange to South Carolina - we had the holiday of a lifetime."
Brendan Burke: Ireland
"HomeExchange is a wonderful way to achieve your vacation plans in a budget. By saving hotel and car rental expenses, you can increase the number of vacations per year or the extention of weeks. I cannot see a better way to travel, where you become part of the community you visit. We have shared great holidays with our 4 children in lovely homes, equivalent to ours in Cancun, Mexico. Successful experiences include simultaneous and non-simultaneous exchanges to England, France, USA. We have just agreed on a one year home exchange arrangement, where our children will study an academic year in Florida. HomeExchange can make your dreams become plans, and your plans become achieved."
Ricardo Rivas: Cancun, Mexico
"We listed our interest in HomeExchange and found ourselves in contact with a couple from Victoria BC Canada by 5 March. Six months of most enjoyable, almost daily, e-mail correspondence ensued, making friends before exchanging, on a simple walk out/walk in basis. We were confident by then to put nothing away, leave cars, computers, kitchens and houses generally as going concerns. We finally met in Sydney, at the end of the two month exchange, and enjoyed two days together as we showed off some of our favourite, less obvious Sydney places.
In the course of the exchange we enjoyed so much more of Canada, the NW US border country, the Rockies and the Cascades (driving our exchanged car)than we could have imagined visiting otherwise. We also had time to cruise down from Alska.
It was, indeed, a marvellously successful experience and we look forward to the next opportunity."
Ken Thompson: Port Macqurie, Australia
We have had excellent luck in exchanging our luxury condominium in the New Orleans French Quarter. Our new friends have exchanged their properties in New York, Florida, California, France and we are working on another France trip as well as one to London. This is a great way to travel and we love the chance to play host for our guests.
Our property is a second home so we have the luck of being very flexible about dates and we seldom exchange for the same dates. This enables us to, whenever possible, pick up our exchange partners at the airport in New Orleans. Because we are in the French Quarter, our guests rarely rent a car and instead walk around town. Most of our exchanges have been similar situations where they have another home also.
This is a great way to travel.
Joel Daste: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
"Hi there, we are writing from our exchange property in Australia. Our house swoppers are happily installed in our house in England. Thank you for making this possible."
Patricia McBride: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
"We had a fabulous home exchange with a family from England with our home on the Cape."
Lisa Shmerling: Massachusetts, USA
"We have enjoyed fantastic holidays using your service - it's great value."
EA: Balmoral, Sydney, Australia
"I experienced my first home exchange this past summer. I had the good fortune to exchange with a retired Latin teacher from Milan, Italy. Being a Latin and French teacher myself, I soon discovered I had made a new friend. Emilio made my initiation to his city a delight. He graciously helped me get oriented to his city and neighborhood before leaving for his stay in my home in North Carolina. I stayed in Milan for six weeks, studying the language, touring and making new friends. I even made some friends who are members of an Italian bluegrass band. Since I also play in a small bluegrass band, music brought us together for good times and camaraderie. On his end, my guest/host Emilio loved North Carolina. The first day he was in my home, I received an email which stated: "You don't live in a city; you live in a park." My friends took him to the Blue Ridge mountains, Charleston, S.C. and various local sites.
In a telephone conversation to his sister, Dina, Emilio remarked, "Questa e la vera America.": This is the Real America. We continue to correspond, and my friend Ed and I received a marvelous Christmas cake and wine from Emilio for the holiday celebration. This has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my life. I hope and trust that our friendship will continue to flourish."
Judy Arnette: North Carolina, USA
"Thanks for your help to locate an exchange for us. We did find one for Germany and spent the most relaxing holiday we ever had, in the Harz mountains, for 3 weeks. The other couple met us there and took us for dinner with their mother who would help us out during our stay. We had a great exchange! Both couples did and it all worked perfectly!
We met and made new friends.
Home exchanging is the BEST way to go and we'll do it again as often as possible. Even people we corresponded with and couldn't make it work out right, have become friends through email, and it is so interesting to hear from all over the world!"
Dianne and Ed Clowes: Canada
"We are so happy with HomeExchange and have already done several wonderful exchanges this past year."
Mary and Jay from Taos, New Mexico, USA
"I want to thank you for all your help of the past year and to tell you how pleased I am at the success of your service...I had a very successful year last year with over 50 bookings, 39 of which were Home Exchange members...two of which have re booked to return this year...so thank you!!!"
Kathy Connolly: Italy
"Many thanks. HomeExchange is wonderful. I can't thank you enough for getting this all up and running. I have had a fabulous year trading. Two months in Australia, a week in Victoria, B.C., a couple of weeks in Seattle and San Francisco. Now I am off to Italy next week. WOW!!! Thanks again."
Rosalie Hope: Mexico
"We just completed our sixth home exchange (Kittery, Maine) with our seventh yet to come at the end of the month. We stayed in a 250 year old house with beautiful woodwork and attractive decor. It was like staying in a museum. It turned out that the opposite party couldn't come to our house, so it turned into a gift rather than an exchange - the second time this has happened to us."
Bob Kelly: Seattle, Washington
"We just listed our place with HomeExchange and I wanted to let you know I am already very impressed!! You folks have done a great job. Setting up our page was a breeze, and the confirmation process was timely and seamless. I'm very pleased with how easy it is to update or modify our listing. I know because the company I sold about a year ago used to help set up web sites and market them. Furthermore, our listing has been on line for less than 24 hours and we already have interest from a family in Germany."
Bernie: Northern California
"Hooray! I just found your Web site yesterday. I stayed up until 1:00 AM taking it in. My 3 children thought heaven was coming through the Internet. The site is beautifully done & I wanted to let you know how much we enjoyed finding it. Your site is by far the best home exchange site that I've found."
Karen Rosasco: Sunny Florida
"As my month long vacation in London, England draws to a close I thought I'd send you a note to say thank you for your service, without which this never would have been possible. As this was my first exchange, I was nervous, just as I was when I first joined your program a year ago. I was sure that no one living in such an exciting city as London would ever want to come to my small, modest home off-the-beaten track in Florida, but after speaking to you personally by phone, I felt confident, paid the fee and had an offer within 6 weeks. Almost a year later I am writing to you from the home of that first offer, the home of a now dear and true friend.
To those thinking of joining I would say: don't be afraid! Set aside any preconceived notions of income and standard of living and just trust your instincts. Develop a rapport with potential swap mates you feel drawn to, and then, enjoy your vacation!
This had been a vacation beyond my wildest dreams. My own two bedroom flat, minutes from London! It would cost a fortune which I do not possess to have done this any other way. I want to thank you for making your service affordable and available to the average person. I have recommended this service to everyone I know, and everyone I've met while waiting in airports, at bus stops and pubs along the way! Thanks for a wonderful holiday."
Jacki Barber: Tallahassee, FL
"We were in New Zealand for 2 months. The first 10 days, we exchanged with a lovely kiwi family who made actually a world round trip. It was not a simultaneous exchange, and then, we are waiting for them both in our country cottage and in Paris and are very exciting to help them to discovering our country. Through this experience, we win some friends from the other part of the world. The 2 last weeks, we exchanged again with people from the North island, and were in their home during the time they were in our in Paris. We feed the cat, and used their car. It was also a wonderful experience and although we didn't meet them physically, they are now friends and we still keep the contact by e-mail. It was our first experience of home exchange and it's a complete success. Thank you HomeExchange!"
Kiki & Jean claude, Paris, France
"My home exchange this summer worked out perfectly! You have a great site and I am tickled to have come upon it."
Ursula Rudd, Bethesda, MD
"We exchanged with a wonderful family in London last summer and had an exceptional experience. Their flat was centrally located, in the Bloomsbury district, and gave us easy access to everything in London. We also exchanged cars, and during the 2nd of our 3-week trip, we toured England, going up to York, over to the Lake District, through the Cotswolds and down to Bath, then over to Oxford and back to London. I highly recommend HomeExchange because of the ease of use, as well as the very thorough and descriptive listings. We've made some great contacts and are looking forward to our next adventures!"
Beverly McManus; San Francisco, California
"We have just completed our first HomeExchange and it was wonderful! We spent a glorious month in southern France while our home exchange partners enjoyed our lake-side home in Florida. This could not have been a better vacation for my wife and I. We are definitely going to continue our HomeExchange adventures, either by returning to France or by exploring the North West in our own country. This is a great way to enjoy an exciting and economical vacation."
Ron and Janet Haase; Florida
"My husband, son and myself had a great house exchange to the Miami, Florida area. Even though we have been to Florida many times we always avoided that area. What a mistake! Living there, as a resident was fabulous. We discovered so much more than staying in a hotel. We can't wait to exchange again!"
Bonnie Machin; Ontario, Canada
"Just wanted you to know how delighted we are with all the inquiries we have had for exchanges in the past year and we have just rented out our villa for one year through your website...fantastic...miles better than many rental sites we have used over the years. We've had two of the best holidays we have ever had exchanging in Malibu and Lake Tahoe and made some great friends into the bargain...Thanks!"
Joanna & Michael Feat; Nice, France
"Just thought I would let you know that HomeExchange is really number 1. A couple of months ago, I registered on two sites and the only one that has worked (meaning receiving propositions) is yours. Congratulations for the good work and the changes! Thanks to this brilliant idea, we are heading to France in a few days for our first exchange."
Catherine Caron; Montréal, Canada
"I like the new changes on the web site. We are very pleased with the
responses we have gotten using HomeExchange. We are off to Ireland this fall and have Scotland lined up."
A. M.; Naples, Florida, USA
"Congratulations! The site is fantastic! I liked it a lot before, but I must say your new site is better than ever!"
Ilze from Quebec/Ottawa
"We were thrilled with our exchange in Paris and could not have had such a great trip without HomeExchange. Thank you for a user-friendly and thorough site."
Daniele Gerard; New York
"I have renewed for a couple of years - can't complain about the deluge of interest your service has unleashed - long may it continue!"
Patrick Early; Galway, Ireland
"I have owed you several notes of thanks, and here they are: For 5 great weeks in Putney, UK and the 2 lovely friends we made there, For one month outside Grenoble, France 2 summers, and many musical experiences. For one month near Evian, France, where we lived in sight of Lake Leman, and motored to Switzerland and the Montreux Jazz Festival. We have had at least 100 requests for exchange. We expect guests from Canterbury next May. We are so grateful to have discovered your intuitive service."
Helen van Voorheis; Stuart, FL
"We are in the Essone area in your Paris area listings. We have done three exchanges and have felt we profited in many ways from all of them. Our last exchange was in Washington, D.C. It was for three months. It allowed us to find a house and for my husband to get a job here - after his retirement from the French government. We are very fortunate to have found your service. Thanks again."
Ann Meneguzzi: Paris, France
"I've just had four wonderful weeks in Paris with my 10 year old daughter, and recommend home exchange to everyone we meet. Thanks for your facilitation."
Katrina Graham: Sydney, Australia
"We have just returned from a fabulous home exchange with people whose house in Versailles and apartment in Earls Court London were just wonderful and we have established a close friendship with the other couple involved. They were able to enjoy Sydney during the Olympics and we of course had a great time in Paris and London. As a result of our successful exchange we have many friends who are now interested, so this site will grow and grow. Thanks so much for the wonderful service."
Donald Flanagan, Australia
"We've found home exchange to be a wonderful opportunity for travel close to home! We can't get away every year for a trip overseas, but relish the chance to take a few long weekends. We recently exchanged with a family in Louisiana. They had a lovely vacation home on a bayou within an hour of New Orleans. We took the kids and had a great time relaxing, fishing off the pier, boating, and antique shopping. They have excellent strawberry daiquiris over there! It made for a great vacation getaway...about a 6 hour drive for us. Though we love to look at all the great places around the world to go, it's nice to know we can enjoy the benefits of HomeExchange right around the corner as well. Thanks."
The Brooks Family, Panama City, Florida
"I must tell you that I am completely blown away by the HomeExchange service. Since signing up with you a month ago we have had over 15 inquires! You run a very efficient service and your site is very user friendly. We can't wait to retire and do home exchanging on a regular basis."
Keith and Marlene: British Columbia, Canada
"Just completed my second home exchange this year. One for a week in San Diego and another for two weeks in Cologne, Germany. Both went well. Thanks for a superior site."
SP: Fairfax, Virginia, USA
"Thank you! Thanks to your system I've done two exchanges already, and have a couple more lined up in August and September. This is great, a new wave of relating in the global community."
JP: Paris, France
"I've just finished sending out a bunch "do you want to swap" emails for a pending trip to North Carolina. Once again I was impressed with how user friendly your service is. We've arranged several swaps through your service."
Harry Freeman; New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
"Just thought you might like to know that we did a wonderful home exchange last summer using HomeExchange. We exchanged our village home in the country in England for a lovely house in Vancouver. It was a total success and we can't wait to do it again. Thank you very much. Your easy to use site and the fact that we were able to browse free of charge make you the best site for home exchange that I have visited."
YE, England
"I have found HomeExchange to be by far the best hometrading site on the Web. I get at least 2 offers a week from your site and I am enjoying so much success from it. I can't thank you enough for all of the wonderful travel opportunities you have sent my way since I joined your service. Just yesterday I got an incredible offer to do an exchange in Cape Town, South Africa, where I have wanted to go for years! last year I did 3 successful home trades arranged through your service including a wonderful week in London as the guest of some home traders who stayed here over the New Year's holiday. We have become good friends with this couple and we had a great time staying with them and got all kinds of insider information about what to see and do. Their home is a converted art gallery in Chelsea...right off Kings Road. It was so nice to have a cozy home to stay in rather than a tiny hotel room that cost a small fortune.
The two house traders that were here while I was away (from Hawaii and Alaska, respectively), were great. I came home to a house that was just as spic and span as I left it ... and if it wasn't for the nice notes and full tank of gas in my car, I would have never known anyone was here. My aunt and I will be using my Alaska "raincheck" in March go to the big Ice Art festival in Fairbanks. And I will use my Hawaii rainchecks during our chilly season. (I have 2 Hawaii rainchecks now!)
Thanks again for making it possible for me to travel so much, stay in so many lovely homes, and meet so many wonderful, trustworthy people. Count me in as a member for life!"
Sandra Watkins: San Francisco, California
"We're back from our second exchange through HomeExchange. This time to Ireland in which we ended up exchanging with three different families (!) and arranging a 4th home exchange for a friend. Everything worked our perfectly and we're all the greatest of friends now. HomeExchange really does have 'heart' and creates a framework in which people of good will can enjoy tremendous benefits."
Daniel Ben-Horin: San Francisco, California
"Just a note to tell you that your web site is far superior to any other like it on the entire Internet! Very nice job!"
BG: Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
"Please renew my very happy membership with you. Your member from Paris was making an understatement. You are the most fun, the greatest idea in 'living' this century! I had a fabulously happy exchange with London this February and am about to embark on a great holiday in New York for a month this summer...never possible without HomeExchange. I'm looking forward to another year of fabulous surprises! IT's UNBELIEVABLE!!!"
PH: Roma, Italy
"We just want to let you know how pleased we are with your service. In the year that we've been listed, we have received over 150 inquiries about our house and have exchanged two times."
JW: Marco Island, Florida
"Thank you for your wonderful site. It has changed our lives. We are going on our first home exchange this summer to Holland and to Australia for Christmas. We are very, very excited and we have HomeExchange to thank."
IKP: Quebec, Canada
"Just thought you might like to know that we did a wonderful home exchange last summer using HomeExchange. We exchanged our village home in the country in England for a lovely house in Vancouver. It was a total success and we can't wait to do it again. Thank you very much. Your easy to use site and the fact that we were able to browse free of charge make you the best site for home exchange that I have visited."
YE: England
"I had a fantastic experience last October in Paris, and traded my apartment for a month. Weekly, I get requests to trade. I must say, it is a very friendly, nice bunch of people."
BL: New York City
"We have found your organization /website extremely efficient, highly entertaining, and excellent value for money. Keep up the good work!"
JW: French West Indies
"Thanks for the excellent service. The renewal was easy and fast. We are so excited about our London trip this summer. The family we're exchanging with sounds great -- we've exchanged about 40 emails and about 5 telephone calls with them so far. They're helping us with our itinerary in England, and we're helping them make reservations and get tickets to attractions in the Bay Area. We've been telling everyone about HomeExchange because we're so pleased."
BM: San Francisco, California
"This is our first experience exchanging houses and although the exchange hasn't taken place yet we are looking forward to it, in August, with great anticipation and think we have found a really good match. We have certainly had lots of response to our listing and had plenty of possibilities for an exchange. Keep up the good work."
BE: Redwood City, California
"We have found an apartment in New York city for the Easter holidays. Thank you very much for your site which is really wonderful for travelers."
JP: Cherbourg, France
"Thank you for your help on the phone, as well as your excellent site. We've just made a satisfying agreement for four weeks in London, and are looking forward to it eagerly."
AS: Mill Valley State, California
"The inquiries have been pouring in, and we get about 3 or 4 per week. It's really nice to see all the interest as I will most likely be doing this again. Thanks for hosting this very valuable service - I have been very happy with the quality of the exchanges that you provide."
JS: Teaneck, New Jersey
"We are absolutely thrilled about our first home exchange!!! We have managed to plan a dual exchange with two lovely families in England and Scotland. We will attend my husband's family reunion in Scotland. We were to go to Scotland seven years ago for our honeymoon but could not afford it then, so this is a much awaited and meaningful trip for us. We love the concept of planting ourselves in someone else's culture and allowing our home to provide the same experience for others. My mother in law is a member of HomeLink and had no luck at all after placing 26 inquiries - you must be doing something right. Many thanks for our much anticipated trip abroad and for helping make our dream come true!"
Lori from Southern California
"I just want to say how much I love your service! I am a member of a couple online home trading services, and yours is by far the best. Superior graphic representation and descriptions of homes. Lowest membership fee. Largest selection of quality homes. Excellent "featured homes" slide show presentation. Fast and easy editing ability. And by far the most intelligent "search" function of any site - being able find people who specifically want to come to my city is incredibly useful and timesaving! I will let my subscription on the other home trading services run out and go exclusively with HomeExchange from now on."
SW: San Francisco
"To start with I would just like to say that I really like HomeExchange, having been worried about the whole process, I am now completely addicted, I have completed one swap and have two more definite ones plus one which might also work out, I am considering a career change as I need more time off to go to all these exciting places :-). HomeExchange is also far and away the best run, with the most people, best locations and I have had just loads of offers from all over the world."
MS: London, England
"Many thanks for your confirmation e-mail. HomeExchange seems like a really good system. We've exchanged before (Lake Tahoe and Victoria, BC) but have always had to pay up front for listings with other exchange organizations before being able to get in touch. This is great well done!"
DLD: Cumbria, England
"Thanks for this great service... FYI, we've received about 30 requests in the past 2 weeks! And are approaching nailing down an exchange in London."
BM: San Francisco, California
"We were extremely pleased with your service and happily recommend HomeExchange to friends. Our swap to New England last year went very well - we had a super time."
MN: Reading, England
"I have been using your service now for a few months and have been quite happy with it. Your interface is by far the best in the industry, as far as I can see. And I particularly like the atmosphere that you create in the descriptions and the courtesy you encourage."
DW: Ashland, Oregon
"The response since we have been listing with you for the past 6 months has been overwhelming, we are now in a position where we have no more vacation time..." A&M-R: Cheriton Bishop, Devon, England
"Congratulations for your great Home Exchange Program -IT WORKS!!!, We came back from the greatest 7 week vacation in Europe -ENGLAND AND FRANCE. We were able to coordinate two consecutive home exchanges due to the fact that we receive many home exchange proposals. We were able to strengthen family links with our children, and because no money was spent in accommodations we enjoyed a lot of peace of mind and had lots of fun with them, I LOVE IT!!!"
BR: Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico
"Had a marvelous time in Scotland thanks to HomeExchange. Our hosts were wonderful people! You provide a great service!"
VH: Galway, Ireland
"Just thought I'd let you know that we are in Granite Bay, Sacramento now on the most perfect exchange. We are here for 7 weeks and our exchange family and friends are in Donegal, Ireland. We have a huge house on Folsom lake with our own pool and everything anyone could ever ask for. They have also left us a 7 seater van as there are 6 of us here. We stopped a night in your town Santa Barbara en route. Off to Reno now this weekend. HomeExchange is by far the best exchange company - we got nothing from any of the others not even Homelink with it's huge fee. We have turned down so many great offers since we chose Granite Bay and have a list already to choose from for next summer.
Keep up the good work - you provide a wonderful service."
JB: Donegal, Ireland
"We listed looking for a swap in Sydney and within 6 weeks it was all wrapped up with a wonderful family. They have children of exactly the same ages as our own children, so even the toys, videos and computer games can be swapped!!
JO'S: Dublin, Ireland
"...I just want to let you know how brilliant your service is. I get a new request each day, it's really a lot of fun!"
JR: Paris, France
"We just returned from a home exchange in Lake Tahoe with the P...'s for our Fryman Canyon LA home. Had the most wonderful time. It's such a pleasure to trade with experienced homeowners. Our house was left perfect--and we did the same at the other end."
SM: Los Angeles
"I would like to take this opportunity to tell you how effective I think the HomeExchange site has been in providing an opportunity for home exchanges. We continually receive offers to exchange and have taken advantage of a number of them. The people we have exchanged with have been friendly and respectful of our home. We even "bank" exchanges with some. Currently we are "owed" visits in Paris and Italy and "owe" a visit to a member in Lake. We may be a somewhat of an advantage because of our exchange in our weekend/vacation home in San Francisco which gives us a great deal of flexibility in arranging exchanges. Thanks again for this great service."
LS: San Francisco, California
"My HomeExchange listing has been remarkably effective -- we are currently on an exchange in Hawaii and will be going to San Diego next February."
NP: London, England
"My experience with HomeExchange has been very positive. I've arranged a home exchange with a family in Philadelphia. The Philadelphia guy says he was astonished that in the first evening that the idea occurred to him to look for a home exchange, he found somebody in Seattle who wanted to go to Philadelphia. He's being very generous in also letting me use his father-in-law's beach condo in New Jersey. Since arranging this exchange, I've had several other inquiries from Switzerland, Boston, Long Island, and Charleston - I wish I could do them all!"
BK, Seattle, Washington.
"We signed up with you and were very pleased with the responses we received from all corners of the US within a period of a few weeks. We are in the process of arranging our exchange with a family in Denver. We have found the Internet extremely effective in making contact with possible fellow exchangers and are booked to travel look forward to it very much. Thank you for a very useful service!"
PD: Tullamore, Ireland
"We are real happy with the listing - we didn't get multiple inquiries, probably due to our off-season desires, but an inquiry from Denmark brought a well matched exchange and it looks like we may have a second exchange from the same HomeExchange listing in Ireland."
DCS: Saratoga, California
"Just wanted to let you know that I am very excited, since I am looking forward to leaving for Melbourne, Australia on January 11 for a 3 week visit. Found my beach front apartment through HomeExchange, and the swappers seem like super folks. We are all gathering relevant tourist information and arranging for our friends to welcome each other to our respective temporary homes. Your Web page is very well thought out, and I am pleased to have done so well on the first try."
JS: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
"Thank you for inserting the picture, which, it seems, I sent only a day or two ago. At the risk of being redundant, I must complement you again as to your efficiency, and the ease of surfing your site, which is a testament to it's design: I think that your "custom search" feature is particularly innovative, and to the best of my knowledge, is unique insofar as H/E sites are concerned."
AL: La Jolla, California
"We just completed a great exchange to Utah. It was wonderful to see a new place and be able to really relax at our "home" in the evening and not a hotel. We also enjoyed the option to eat out or cook in! Loved it. As our daughter is going to college in the fall, money is tight. A home exchange gave us the opportunity to pay for her schooling and still take vacations. We are counting on this for the next 4 years. We have averaged 5-8 exchange inquiries a month since we signed on with HomeExchange. I am very excited to be a part of this and look forward to future exchanges."
SW: Boston, Massachusetts
"We are experienced home exchangers, having done nine in the last 4 years. We have surfed the net to find home exchange companies to list with. We have found that HomeExchange is is one of he best for annual fees AND, (very important for us,) for being able to access the email addresses of the exchangers immediately. It's quick, easy to read and has the option of photos."
HDD: Whistler/Blackcomb, British Columbia, Canada and White Rock, British Columbia, Canada
"I've received a number of very positive responses to my postings. I'm very pleased with both the number and the quality of the responses."
GC: San Francisco, California and San Diego, California
"We arranged an excellent exchange with a family in Massachusetts last summer through your organization. Everything went extremely well. We appreciate the efficiency and the quality of your service and look forward to using it again in the near future."
MLB: Cambridge, England
"We are VERY happy with your service. We have received many contacts, and have trips planned because of them. Thanks! Please renew us for another year."
RS: Bajamar, Baja California Norte, Mexico
"Thanks for a great service. We exchanged this summer through
HomeExchange and had a superb time in Colorado. We have also had plenty of inquiries from all round the world."
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Dr. CB: Chester, United Kingdom
"Your service is great. Your "management" or "editing" of the listings makes it one of the best sites for house exchanges."
CK: Hollywood, California
"Thank you for putting my picture on my home exchange page, I must admit that at first I was apprehensive about supplying a picture as I thought it might put people off contacting me, then when I started to get lots of responses I thought people should see the cottage and then if they contacted me there are no surprises or disappointments later on."
KW: Devon, England
"Your site is very professional, and I found it to be fast and much more appealing than any of the other sites."
BJ: Lyons (Estes Park), Colorado
"We have received such a great response since listing our house."
TS: Cork/Blarney, Ireland
"I must say that HomeExchange is working very well. On average I receive 2/3 proposals per week, mostly (but not only) from the US. I have already arranged a home exchange with Californian swappers and had great times in SD."
MC: Sardinia, Italy
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