Word: swaps
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Montreal Townhouse This graystone is located in the city's trendy Plateau Mont-Royal district Will swap for: A three-week stay in Argentina Where it's listed: 1stHomeExchange.com, where it's free to list a home but costs $75 a year to contact members...
Seaside Condo in Brazil This multisuite condo near São Paulo has an infinity pool and a dry sauna Will swap for: A house in Jackson Hole, Wyo., or Hawaii Where it's listed: HomeExchange.com, a 17-year-old site whose membership (at $99.95 annually) is up 34% this year...
...hard to beat free access to a washer and dryer and fully equipped kitchen, but swaps entail more planning than simply whipping out a credit card for a vacation package. Exchange seekers often contact dozens of people before they find someone willing and appropriate. For starters, location really matters. Kathleen Dwyer, a retired assistant principal who has been exchanging for six years, says she fielded lots of offers to swap when she posted her apartment in Manhattan. Now that she exchanges only her vacation home--an old sea captain's house in a fishing village in Nova Scotia--swapping inquiries...
While New York, London and San Francisco are some of the most popular destinations, swappers need not live in major metropolitan areas or palatial splendor to luck out with great swaps. Exhausted urban residents who need a break from the hubbub may be more than willing to swap their fabulous condo for a lakeside cabin in the middle of nowhere. "It may be a little bit tougher to find someone if you live in Nebraska than if you live in France," DiCaprio said. But it can be done. "Sell its virtues: kayaking, hiking over trails, trout fishing, some festival...
English Country House This five-bedroom in Derbyshire includes use of the family car Will swap for: A house in Europe, the U.S. or the Caribbean Where it's listed: HomeForExchange.com, which offers members (who pay $88 for two years) special cancellation insurance...