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Rogue Home Exchange Club
2008-01-15 00:15:00 Over the past couple of weeks, all the major home exchange clubs have been increasingly concerned by reports circulating about a rogue club out of China calling itself AllHome Exchange .com. This disgraceful organization has somehow found the means to infiltrate the security of many of the established home exchange clubs and plagiarized their listing data. As ... More About: Club , Rogue
Home Exchange - Web Site Upgrades Part Four
2008-01-14 21:53:00 With the beta testing on the new web site now winding down, we’re coming closer and closer to the actual launch! It’s very exciting because this will represent our first major upgrade in several years. Oh, we’ve added numerous new features over time, but a brand new web site, completely re-written, last took place in ... More About: Home , Site , Exchange , Upgrades , Part
The Importance of a Home Exchange Agreement
2008-01-05 18:58:00 I’ve been talking over the last few days with a long time member who states she and her family were let down at the last minute by a family with whom she believed she had a firm, committed arrangement. Unfortunately, what she didn’t have was a written Home Exchange Agreement . The lady sent me copies of the ... More About: Tricks
Home Exchange Email Addresses
2008-01-03 17:47:00 Yesterday our latest Newsletter, (The December / January edition), was distributed to our mailing list. I was dismayed this morning when I viewed the list of non-deliveries— A total of 189 emails had bounced for the following reasons: Non-existent address— 88 Mailbox Full— 57 Blocked by ISP— 29 Other— 15 All these have ... More About: Email , Home , Exchange , Administration
California Home Exchange
2007-12-30 19:54:00 This wonderful Home Exchange Story was sent to me by a long time member. I need to give full credit to Travel and Transitions where it was travel story contest participant. It’s a great, heartwarming story. We had been let down by email at the last minute by our Chicago holiday exchange partners. The only consolation, that ... More About: Books , California
Last Minute Home Exchange Request
2007-12-20 20:02:00 I’ve recently received a last minute request from Exchange Home s.com member VH25490: Does lots and lots of white, powdery snow and a nice, warm house close to the ski areas to come home to sound like just the winter time getaway you’ve been looking for? We live in the heart of Colorado ski country and are ... More About: Request , Minute
Comparing Home Exchange Clubs Levels of Service
2007-12-13 18:41:00 A problem I’m currently encountering with an Internet business has given me pause to think about the whole spectrum of home exchange agencies. The business I’m battling with is a “hobby” business, run by the wife of a recently retired sporting super-star. He has a web site and his wife has added a spin-off, selling ... More About: Clubs , Home , Service , Exchange , Administration
Home Exchange Dates Explained - Again!
2007-12-11 19:54:00 Oh dear, yet again with newcomers visiting the Exchange Home s.com web site I find myself having to explain the difference between join and expiration dates versus requested home exchange dates. Since I started this home exchange blog, I believe this is the third time I’ve written a post dedicated to the subject of published dates, but unfortunately ... More About: Dates
Home Exchange: Never Pin Your Hopes On One Listing!
2007-11-27 18:26:00 Occasionally I am contacted either by phone or email by someone viewing the Exchange Home s.com home exchange website, who is planning a trip to a very specific location and has found just one listing matching where they hope to go. When our completely revised website goes live, these people will be able to join as Associate ... More About: Hopes , Tricks , Listing
Home Exchange - Web Site Upgrades Part Three
2007-11-22 20:27:00 Today I continue with an ongoing series of posts covering all the major features included in our pending Exchange Home s.com web site upgrade. In part three I will cover a major change to the web site that will allow registered members (both Full and Associate) to rate any member with whom they have already completed a home ... More About: Site , Homes , Administration
Home Exchange - Web Site Upgrades Part Two
2007-11-16 18:59:00 Today I continue with an ongoing series of posts covering all the major features included in our pending Exchange Home s.com web site upgrade. Today I will concentrate on how your photographs will be displayed on the new web site— Currently, members are limited to a maximum of six photographs. The new web site will have no limit. Members can ... More About: Site , Administration , Upgrades
Home Exchange - Web Site Upgrades Part One
2007-11-15 17:56:00 As Exchange Home s.com moves toward the unveiling of a MAJOR home exchange web site upgrade, I think the time has arrived to begin revealing exactly what both members and visitors to the site can expect to find after the launch. To achieve this, today begins a series of posts covering most of the upgrade’s features. In ... More About: Site , Homes , Administration
Home Exchange Plans For 2008
2007-11-12 18:23:00 As we start looking towards the end of the year, and, of course Christmas, savvy home exchangers are also beginning to form their plans for 2008 . The euphemism about the early bird catching the worm always holds true for home swapping. Of course, as new members continue to join throughout the year there will always ... More About: Home , Tricks , Exchange , Plans
Home Exchange To Hear The Church Bells Ring
2007-11-02 17:40:00 I received this email just the other day and just had to share it with everyone— My husband and I moved away from England to the USA almost thirty years ago. Although we settled into our new life in San Francisco, there were always certain things I missed from back home. Over the years these memories ... More About: Church , Home , Exchange , Hear , Ring
Home Exchange and Honeymoons
2007-10-29 18:53:00 I was delighted this morning to read a blog extolling the idea of home exchanging for a great, affordable honeymoon. The blog I’m referring to is Our One Heart, and the posting I’m referring to is titled Affordable Honeymoon Ideas. Christine lists Home Exchanging as her number two option (number one suggests placing the honeymoon on ... More About: Exchange , Chang , Chan
Home Exchange Travel Shortsightedness
2007-10-28 18:20:00 It surprises me that so few of my past and likely present exchange partners are so uninventive when it comes to travel arrangements. Virtually all of you expect to fly out from your local airport on a Saturday and return home again on a subsequent Saturday. It’s a well known fact that the best air travel ... More About: Travel , Home , Exchange , Chang , Chan
My Most Difficult Home Exchange Question
2007-10-25 19:46:00 When I tell them, people find it hard to believe that the most difficult question I’m frequently expected to answer is: “What are my chances of getting a home exchange?” There are so many variables involved, I would have to be thoroughly dishonest to even pretend to provide an up-front answer to that question. Instead, I realized ... More About: Question , Home , Tricks , Exchange , Chang
More About Home Exchange and Telephones
2007-10-22 22:55:00 To continue with the discussion about telephones as they relate to your home exchange arrangements: At the beginning of this year we switched cold turkey from a traditional land-line to a Vonage VOIP (voice over Internet Protocol) service and I have no hesitation in saying it’s the best move we ever made. Shortly afterwards we made a ... More About: Home , Tricks , Exchange , Telephones , Chang
Home Exchange and Telephones
2007-10-19 21:03:00 Years ago, the ubiquitous telephone was a very fundamental item. It sat there in virtually every home and barely raised any discussion in home exchange arrangements beyond the usual agreement that each party pays for its own calls. Recently however, subtle changes have crept onto the scene and today, quite a few homes no longer have ... More About: Home , Tricks , Exchange , Telephones , Chang
Qalities of a Good Home Exchange Participant
2007-10-15 17:52:00 Out of the blue, I was asked the other day, what criteria defines a “good” home exchange participant. The question gave me pause for thought - not because I had any difficulty in answering, but because there are so many points that can be attributed to a good home exchanger, my response needed to be ... More About: Home , Tricks , Exchange , Good , Chang
Home Exchange - Declined Credit Card Payments
2007-09-25 17:58:00 Occasionally we have to explain to indignant would-be members who, for one reason or another, have had their credit card payments declined, that it’s not our own ‘personal’ rejection against them. We don’t play any part in how the payments are authorized and either accepted or declined. No company, no matter how big, processes payments directly. ... More About: Card , Credit , Home , Exchange , Administration
Home Exchange Back-Up Contingencies
2007-09-24 18:34:00 I remember that years ago in newsletters and posts I frequently stressed the importance of always having back up arrangements available—just in case. I have to admit that recently I’ve let this advice slip, until my own recent dilemma brought it very much to the forefront for me again. At the end of last month, my ... More About: Home , Tricks , Exchange , Back , Back-up
Home Exchange Requires Detailed Discussions
2007-09-19 18:11:00 I heard this week from a somewhat disgruntled member from the US who had returned recently from an exchange with a family in the UK. He was delighted with the home he and his family had exchanged with, but he had been horrified when he climbed into the exchange car and discovered it was equipped ... More About: Home , Tricks , Exchange , Disc , Tail
Home Exchange Academy eBook
2007-09-02 16:28:00 Home Exchange vacationing has been around for in excess of half a century and during that time, countless businesses have sprung up, eager to reap a living from promoting the concept. A few have weathered the trials of time and still remain today, but the vast majority has fallen by the wayside, although quickly replaced by ... More About: Books , Academy , Home , Tricks , Ebook
Home Exchange Moves Closer to Home
2007-08-12 16:18:00 It’s becoming increasingly noticeable that the travel aspirations of many of our US members, both new and long standing, are shifting. The chronic fall in value of the US dollar against both the pound and euro has suddenly made it necessary for members to look closer to home for home exchanges. Unfortunately it doesn’t end there. ... More About: Home , Exchange , Closer , Moves , Chang
Rental Properties Listed on Home Exchange Websites
2007-08-07 17:10:00 At the moment there is an ongoing widespread discussion on some of the home exchange blogs about the questionable fact where many companies are turning a blind eye to owners of rentals who enroll their properties under the guise of being for home exchange, when nothing could be further from the truth. The situation isn?t helped ... More About: Rental , Home , Websites , Exchange , Homes
Home Exchange Via a Motor Home?
2007-08-06 17:38:00 Last week I received the following report and photographs from two long-time members from the UK - Eric and Irene. They and their American home exchange partners have certainly managed to create a new and innovative slant on home exchanging. Irene wrote …. Hi Anne Now we’re settled back home after our absolutely unbelievable June/July exchange, I just ... More About: Motor , Home , Exchange , Chang , Chan
Capture the Crown Winner!
2007-07-28 16:34:00 Finally! ExchangeHomes.com and KnowYourTrade have arrived at a winner for the inaugural Capture the Crown Contest that was held throughout May and the first two weeks of June on the ExchangeHomes.com web site. The prize was a free year’s membership. The Exchange Queen at Know Your Trade originally selected a winner who ... More About: Winner , The Crown , The Crow
Home Exchanging is Just the Beginning When Saving Money
2007-07-17 16:24:00 Most people pay far more than they need to when they travel. This is the first of several posts I shall be making to this blog and also to the Exchangehomes Forum, listing how the savvy home exchangers can continue saving significant amounts of money. Tip One: Travel Out of Season Without a doubt, traveling out of ... More About: Money , Home , Tricks , Saving , Ving
?Capture the Crown? Winner
More articles from this author:2007-07-12 15:31:00 The inaugural Capture the Crown Contest, run by the Home Exchange Queen and Know Your Trade closed on June 15th and I’ve been eagerly awaiting the opportunity to direct visitors to the winner’s listing on the ExchangeHomes .Com web site. Unfortunately, the person the Queen selected as the winner took so long to reply to her initial ... More About: Administration , Winner 1, 2, 3 |
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