Planning for a Home Swap Well Ahead: Tips from an Experienced Home Exchanger

'I actually start planning an exchange a year out, not always easy to plan that far ahead but it seems to work.

I also contact people who may not necessarily mention New Zealand as a favoured place and in fact our Utah house exchangees were actually looking for Scandinavia!

We also don't put months in our listing, leave timing as open as we can because if it is somewhere we want to go we would be more flexible.'

Wise words from Home Base Holidays member, Cathy Lawie Phillips! See Cathy's exchange offer in Auckland, New Zealand, HE12437