Travel the Home Exchange Way blog

Travel photography competition: runner up #5

Sue's swap in Melbourne for the birth of her Aussie grandchild

This photo was taken during Sue's home swap in Melbourne for the birth of her Aussie grandchild. Fabulous!  

"This photo was taken on a fantastically wonderful six-week home exchange – Oxfordshire Cotswolds to Melbourne, Australia.

I was in Melbourne for the birth of my first Aussie grandchild. The occasion is the annual Buddhist Day and Festival at Federation Square when little Bodhi was blessed in a naming ceremony – a delighted Flora with Bodhi and two serenely joyous nuns.

I have another home exchange organised for November, this time three weeks to Grenada, Caribbean!

Thank you all for making this all possible for someone on a limited budget." - Sue (Oxfordshire)

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• View Sue's home swap offer in Oxfordshire, England

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Winning photo and fabulous runner up photos:

Six excellent runner up photos were chosen with each runner up winning a one-year home swap membership (worth £49). View the winning and runner up travel photos

Travel photography competition: runner up #4

Susie's beautiful photo from her summer home exchange in Falun, Sweden

Susie's wonderful photo of Viking boats at Birka taking during her summer home swap in Sweden. 

"This photo was taken this summer on our wonderful exchange to Falun, Sweden. We knew nothing about the area when we agreed to exchange. Viking boats at Birka: we didn’t know the island existed; and so we didn’t know it was the centre of the Viking trading world once upon a time, with a thousand inhabitants. Now there are only seven." - Susie Wilde (London)

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• View Susie's home swap offer in Chichester, England

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Winning photo and fabulous runner up photos:

Six excellent runner up photos were chosen with each runner up winning a one-year home swap membership (worth £49). View the winning and runner up travel photos

Travel photography competition: runner up #3

New York home swap: Jon's excellent photo showing NYC street life

Jon's competition entry (above), wonderfully current street photography scene in New York. 

"This photo was taken on our house exchange to New Hampshire. We spent most of our time in our partners’ house in Hollis, New Hampshire but also travelled to Boston MS, New York NY, Portsmouth NH and to visit MASS MoCA in North Adams, MA. We spent 3 weeks in this corner of New England with our three children. We swam in fresh water lakes, visited the only permanent exhibition of the works of Sol LeWitt, skateboarded under a New York bridge, ate breakfast in the oldest diner in New Hampshire and visited the home of the Boston Red Sox. Quite an adventure." - Jon Nicholls (London)

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• View Jon's home swap offer in London, England

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Winning photo and fabulous runner up photos:

Six excellent runner up photos were chosen with each runner up winning a one-year home swap membership (worth £49). View the winning and runner up travel photos

Our fantastic home swap to Symi Island, Greece

Flick and Steve's home swap offer is on the beautiful Greek Island or Symi

"We had a fantastic home swap on the beautiful Greek island of Symi. Flick and Steve's house is so charming and the location on the water is amazing.

Symi was a very different Greek island for us and we fell in love with it's beauty and charm.

Flick gave us great information to make our trip to Symi via Rhodes go smoothly and lots of recommendations for our time there. Thank you so much Flick and Steve!" - Maxine

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Highlights of our Greek island home swap:

1. Beautiful house with many designer touches
2. Fantastic waterside location
3. Great communication with Flick and Steve

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Meet the members:   Flick and Steve's Greek island home swap Maxine's home swap in Noss Mayo, Devon

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Travel photography competition: runner up #2

Runner up photo: Louise in her fabulous 1600s home swap house in Ludlow

This is Louise's fab photo (above) from her recent home swap in historic Ludlow, England. 

"In this wonderful 1600s house in Ludlow, we lived an experience of a lifetime. Such an amazing little town with it's old beautiful architecture. We visited some beautiful private gardens and met many of the extremely kind locals. We also spoke to the lovely neighbours who even invited us in for a tea. We enjoy the newley baked cake at the market where everyday there were different stands, often with local fruit and vegetables. There was also the lady making fresh butter at the market - wonderful. We enjoyed lovely walks along the river while some young people even had a swim in the river. What a great experience and discovery!" - Louise (Rome, Italy)

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View Louise's home exchange offers:

• Home swap offer in Rome
• Home swap offer in Umbria

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Winning photo and fabulous runner up photos:

Six excellent runner up photos were chosen with each runner up winning a one-year home swap membership (worth £49). View the winning and runner up travel photos

Travel photography competition: runner up #1

Sue in Western Mongolia where she spent several days with 3 different Kazakh eagle hunter families

This is Sue Fox's fantastic photo from her trip to Western Mongolia, Ulgii (Olgii) province. 

"This photo was taken in March 2017 in Western Mongolia, Ulgii (Olgii) province. I was extremely fortunate to spend several days with 3 different Kazakh eagle hunter families. This is an amazing cultural tradition of the Kazakh nomadic people. They use awesome golden eagles. This really heavy eagle belongs to Bashahan, a very proud, friendly and welcoming host for 3 nights. I was very excited to get the chance to wear his eagle hunting clothes. This was a very rare opportunity to be allowed to do this! I was thrilled and buzzing with happiness!" - Sue Fox (Phnom Penh, Cambodia)

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• View Sue's home swap offer in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

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Winning photo and fabulous runner up photos:

Six excellent runner up photos were chosen with each runner up winning a one-year home swap membership (worth £49). View the winning and runner up travel photos