A home exchange vacation is an alternative way of getting travel accommodation. Such practice involves two parties exchanging their houses for a designated period for vacation purposes. There has to be mentioned that there is no rent that has to be paid to be able to enjoy someone else's home. The simple switch of homes is the currency that is paid by both parties.

Home exchange vacations are divided into several categories, depending on several factors. The most important factors refer to the period of time selected by exchange partners to spend their vacation, and to the existence or lack of an intermediary that would guarantee a legal agreement between the two parties involved in a home exchange vacation.

The first factor, which is the travel time chosen by exchange partners, divides a home exchange vacation into two categories: simultaneous and non-simultaneous. As an example, a simultaneous home swap UK is an arrangement where exchange partners swap their houses at the same time, spending their vacation in the exact same period of time.

On the other hand, a non-simultaneous home swap UK is an arrangement where exchange partners do not swap their houses at the same time, but on different occasions. In general, this happens with people that have more than a house and prefer to use their second home as a guest house for home exchange vacation guests.

The other factor, the existence or lack of an intermediary, divides home exchange vacations into two categories, as well. First, there are home exchange vacations that are arranged through a home exchange website, and then, we have privately arranged home exchange vacations.

It is recommended that you contact an intermediary and use the services of a home exchange website, because only this way you can be certain your house would not reach on the hands of some not very well intended people that could create problems.

If, however, you have friends living in North Carolina, United States of America who would like to visit your local city, London, UK, there is no need to use an intermediary, since you can always contact your friends and directly arrange a home exchange.

A rare type of home exchange vacations is represented by long-term swaps. In this case, exchange partners are usually seniors looking to enjoy their old age in a fun way by experiencing different cultures on a regular basis or by professionals who prefer to use this economical way to travel, instead of staying at expensive hotels.
A home exchange vacation http://www.homebase-hols.com is the practice of exchanging houses with another person, usually a stranger. To avoid problems that might occur from swapping your house for someone else's, it is recommended that you use the services of an intermediary. Therefore, we invite you to visit our home exchange website and find the most perfect exchange house for your needs. A home swap UK http://www.homebase-hols.com , France, Spain, Germany, we can provide you with a large variety of home exchange offers to choose from.