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Global Home Exchange and Vacation Homes

Home exchange  is a practical vacation alternative where you agree to swap homes for a vacation.  Typically home swaps are arranged for one to four weeks with cars an option to be included in the arrangement.  

We offer home exchange accommodations to great destinations worldwide.  

Australia  Austria  Bahamas  Belgium  British Virgin Islands  Bulgaria Canada  Chile Costa Rica  Czech Republic  Denmark England  Fiji  France Germany  Greece  Guadeloupe  India  Ireland  Israel  Italy Japan  Malta  Martinique  Mexico  Morocco  Netherlands  New Zealand Nicaragua  Portugal  Puerto Rico  Scotland  Senegal  Slovenia  South Africa  Spain  St. Martin  Sweden  Switzerland  Thailand  UAE  United Kingdom  USA

Long term and sabbatical home exchange 

is for academics or anyone wishing a longer visit to an area for study, work or leisure.  University and college faculty academics, teachers on a teaching exchange, seniors, extended vacation travelers, job seekers or people being transferred to a temporary job are often those looking for a longer term exchange.   View  long term / sabbatical swaps

Weekend home exchange and Homecations

There is also the option of exchanging homes for a relaxing weekend getaway to a nearby location. Weekend swaps are for those that just want a short stay, perhaps from one to three days.  

Homecation is the newest trendy fashion in travel. Although international home exchange is popular, spending time experiencing your hometown or nearby cities and towns can be quite worthwhile and enjoyable as well.  Short distance home swaps is growing as a terrific vacation alternative.   A homecation is a wonderful alternative for those who wish to cut back on travel costs and a home exchange to nearby communities is a terrific way to vacation with no accommodation costs.

A home exchange or house swap is - you stay at my place while I stay at yours.  By swapping homes for a vacation, two families, from different parts of the area you live in, from other regions of your country, or the world - agree to exchange homes for a vacation or holiday.   Since no money changes hands between the parties - you can have the a first class vacation anywhere in the world and free home accommodation! 
 
Exchanging homes has many advantages, including significant savings on accommodations. Whether for a homecation, short term vacation, or a longer term sabbatical, a home exchange  provides you with more comfort, spaciousness, multiple rooms, kitchen facilities, a yard and greater flexibility than a hotel room.  

Is it safe to trade your home and personal space with a perfect stranger? About as safe as staying in a hotel owned by someone you don't know. Remember that your home exchange counterpart is also taking a risk by staying in your home, so instances in which the arrangement goes bad are few and far between. Historically, complaints are rare.

Many travelers join Global thinking the biggest benefit will be the money they save. This is most certainly realized with savings of hundreds to thousands of dollars on hotels, vehicles and meals.  After swapping homes most will say that the greatest benefits are experiencing an area like a local, not a tourist and having the comfort of being in a multi room home rather than a cramped hotel room.  Families with children love the spaciousness of an exchange house. 

Global Home exchange has served the vacation accommodation needs of worldwide home swap, bed and breakfast & vacation rental travelers since 1998.

Global membership includes a home listing that one may edit, pause or cancel at anytime.  Each member has access to a control panel for self editing, adding photos and a private mailbox with copies of contacts sent to them. 

As Global is an open site, member listings may be contacted to arrange an exchange by other Global Members, by members of our partner clubs and by any visitor or member of any worldwide home exchange club. 

Global Home Exchange is pleased to be accepted as a member of CHECtravel

CHECtravel is an independent professional organization of home exchange clubs and a family of individual home exchangers.

Vacation Homes - Vacation Rentals Accommodation and Bed and Breakfast Lodgings

Global also offers a growing selection of Canadian and worldwide vacation rentals and B&B.

Vacation Rentals worldwide  USA Vacation Rentals  Canada Vacation Rentals   Vancouver Island Vacation Rentals,  BC Vacation Rentals   Alberta vacation homes  Newfoundland vacation homes  Nova Scotia vacation homes  Ontario vacation homes  Prince Edward Island vacation homes  Quebec vacation homes  B&B

The benefits of holidaying in a vacation rental home versus staying in a hotel are:

Vacation Homes  offer More Space
Instead of a hotel room, vacation rentals allow the entire family to stay under the same roof. This kind of accommodation is well-suited for both short term and extended stays.

Vacation Homes offer More Amenities
Vacation homes offer more amenities than hotels, such as multi bedrooms, fully equipped kitchens, fireplaces, and private hot tubs and pools.

Vacation Rental Homes offer More Privacy
Free from the environment that comes with noisy hotels, privacy is one of the biggest benefits of any vacation home rental.

No more cramped rooms, inflated prices, noisy hallways and  surcharges. Vacation Rentals provide you with the extra space, amenities and privacy not found in a hotel.

We offer vacation rental accommodations to great destinations worldwide. 

Media

Global Home Exchange and Vacation Homes has been featured in the New York Times  Wall Street Journal  Los Angeles Times   San Francisco Chronicle   San Diego Union-Tribune   Sacramento Bee  Palm Springs Desert Sun   Consumer Reports Newsletter   Orange County California Register   Minneapolis St. Paul Minnesota Star-Tribune  Albany New York Times Union   Vancouver Sun   Edmonton Journal   Halifax Chronicle - Herald  Winnipeg Free Press  Denver Rocky Mountain News  New Zealand Herald  Sydney Morning Herald  Bottom Line Personal   Frommers Budget Travel Magazine USA as one of the world's 20 best travel bargains  US News and World Report as news worth reading  Chatelaine Magazine Canada  and hundreds of other quality world-wide newspapers, travel magazines and Internet travel news articles in Canada, Italy, Germany, England, Australia, New Zealand, Spain, Ireland, United States, France, England and Mexico.  We have also been featured on national and regional television in Canada (CTV and Access) and in the USA (ABC TV) as well as on radio station talk shows

SPECIALTY AREAS

Global specializes in USA home exchange, USA vacation rentals, Canada home exchange, Canada vacation rentals   

BC homeexchange  BC vacation rentals  and Vancouver Island vacation rentals

BC  Vancouver Island Bowser Campbell River Comox Cowichan Valley Gulf Islands Nanaimo Qualicum Beach  Parksville Port Alberni Sproat Lake Tofino Shawnigan Lake Sidney Sooke Victoria Okanagan Big White Kelowna Osoyoos Penticton Shuswap Lake Sun Peaks Vernon Fernie Kootenay Lake Golden Radium Hot Springs Windermere Chilliwack Vancouver Whistler  Sunshine Coast West Vancouver Cariboo Chilcotin Northern BC   

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