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Owners John C. Moore and Barb Di Renzo share their thoughts and tips on bartering online. All comments are welcome.
Owners John C. Moore and Barb Di Renzo share their thoughts and tips on bartering online. All comments are welcome.
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Regarding home exchanging, I have several comments. Updating our total exchanges to 22 with only one less than perfect result. Nothing stolen or broken but housekeeping was not this couples' long suit. Aside from that the experiences have been joyously memorable. I had no trepidations about exchanging when we started in 1996, I was more concerned that no one would want to exchange with us! How wrong I was. Since our first venture to England in 1996 we have had literally hundreds of requests to exchange! Jean and I have done as many as 3 exchanges in a calendar year. My second exchangers were from Sheffield, England, 1997. He was a retired medical doctor, she a retired teacher of gifted children. We became such good friends that in that time from 1997 to today we have been to Spain, France and Colorado with them plus visits to their home and them to our home on a yearly basis. Sadly the doctor died 3 weeks ago of cancer and we are terribly upset. The reason for this tale was to show just how emotionally attached you can become with your exchangers. For those who wish to travel but have reservations about exchanging, put your fears aside and jump in. After all, it is about trust. If you lack that quality then you should continue to stay in hotels and eat your daily meals in restaurants and never become acquainted with the locals.
Such a sterile experience. When you leave the place you visited, who remembers that you were
there? Take a chance, Columbus did!
Jack Ehlers
Prescott, Arizona
U-Exchange.com Member
The person that came up with the house swap idea is one smart cookie. We've been doing it for three years now. Best thing we have ever done. Once you do the first one you'll want to keep doing it.
Everytime I uttered the words home swap to my husband he'd cringe. I finally got him to have a look at a few sites (begged) and now he's considering it. I love the idea but I just have to convince him. BTW I like your story Jack.
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