Listen to a podcast with Jo Savill, CasaVersa’s Community Manager and learn all the inside tips on go on an amazing home exchange vacation.
CasaVersa is excited to be featured on the popular Overseas Property Insider Podcast, produced by Taylor White.
During the podcast Jo from CasaVersa answers questions such as:
- Where are the best places to look for home exchange vacation opportunities?
- When should I start planning a home exchange?
- How do I prepare for a home exchange?
- What is the future of the home exchange industry?
Listen into the Home exchange podcast here. You can also listen to the podcast on iTunes on on Stitcher Radio.
Some of Jo’s top home exchange tips include:
1. Find a quality home exchange community
Find a community of like-minded people on a home exchange website, group or forum. Your options include CasaVersa, or Facebook groups or Craigslist for specific destinations.
2. Be open minded
Being open-minded about travel destinations and flexible with your dates will give you lots of amazing home exchange vacation options. You’ll have the opportunity to discover gems you may have never heard of otherwise.
3. Start searching for a home exchange a few months in advance
Request exchanges a few months out from your intended travel dates, as it will take a bit of time to find the right home exchange partners and organize your swap.
4. Communicate, Communicate!
Communicate with potential home exchange partners in as many ways you can - via email, phone, social media and skype. Get to know your potential partners a bit and you’ll know soon enough if they are a good match for you. Home Exchange is really about the people, and many home exchangers become life-long friends with those they swap with.
5. You’ve found an exchange, now what?
Key steps in preparing for your home exchange include: arranging with neighbors to handover keys, asking friends to help your visitors while you’re away, checking your home and car insurance, and cleaning your home for your home exchange partners. Find out more on CasaVersa’s FAQs.
Ready to try home exchange now? Sign up to CasaVersa - it’s free to join and there’s no annual fee!
