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Home Swappers newsletter: holiday home swaps for 2022

Start planning your home swap holidays for 2022

Now is a good time to start penciling in your home swap holiday plans for 2022. Whether you're looking for a staycation or planning a trip abroad, you will find thousands of tempting home exchange travel offers available through Home Base Holidays.

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• Check out the latest issue of the Home Swappers travel newsletter

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This issue of the Home Swappers newsletter:

• Featured home swap: thatched cottage in Shaftesbury, Dorset along the famous Gold Hill.
• Winning photo: Home Base Holidays member, Sarah's winning photo from her family's wonderful home swap in the New Forest. 
• Latest home swap holiday offers for 2022.
• Travel restrictions? Get in touch if you've had to cancel or postpone your home swap plans.

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Join Home Base Holidays: start planning your holidays for 2022 Whether you're looking for another staycation or starting to plan a holiday overseas, by arranging a home exchange through Home Base Holidays, you can cut the cost of your getaways by up to 90%. View the latest home swap holiday offers and Join for free.

Winning photo: home swap travel photo competition

Christine's winning photo from her family's home swap in the Lake District

A BIG thank you to everyone that sent in their photos to our home swap photography competition. We received over 200 photos making it extremely hard to select a winner.

The photos received included everything from fun holiday selfies, lovely photos of off-the-tourist trail discoveries, as well as several photos from professional travel photographers. However, we loved Graham & Christine's winning photo (above) which was taken during her family's home swap in the English Lake District. As the winner, Graham & Christine will receive an Amazon Kindle plus a one-year Home Base Holidays membership.

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"This photo was taken during one of our favourite home swap holidays. Here we are climbing a mountain in the beautiful Lake District... it was our second attempt as the first day we drank all our water mid morning and a dog ate our lunch!" 

- Christine (London, England)

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Meet the member:    Graham and Christine live in a lovely family home in Crouch End in North London with their two children. View Graham and Christine's home swap offer in London

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Competition runner up photos:

Shown below are the three runner up photos, each runner up receiving a one-year Home Base Holidays home swap membership (worth £49 each). As mentioned, we received so many excellent photos - we will share some more of these home swap experiences in a separate blog post. 

"Hi HBH team! We had an amazing house swap holiday with Nick and Jane on Vancouver Island last summer and also enjoyed a great swap this summer with Ben and Elisa in Capbreton, France. This photo was from our swap on Vancouver Island." View Tilly & Olly's home exchange offer in Somerset

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"This is from our excellent home swap in Warwickshire earlier in the year. We visited the National Trust property Coughton Court, where Paul was very pleased to be able to use the National Trust’s buggy to help explore the estate." View Paul & Jean's home Exchange offer in Snowdonia

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"We had a fantastic home swap experience with a family in San Sebastian, Spain. They, in turn, stayed at our apartment in Lisbon, Portugal and a wonderful time was had by both parties. Thank you to the home swap team for making sure people make good memories in a caring and supportive environment!" View Alex & Ellis's home exchange offer in Lisbon

Merry Christmas & happy home swaps in 2021

Well, 2020 has sure been a strange year (and that’s putting it mildly); we just hope that you're all doing really well and that you have a lovely relaxing Christmas.

 

We're increasingly optimistic that the new year will bring us all much better news and we'll enjoy home exchanging again in 2021. 

 

Wishing you a very Merry Christmas xx 

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Latest home swappers newsletter:

• Featured home swap offers: stone and flint cottage in Norfolk (England) | apartment in Chamonix with views of Mont Blanc (France) 
• Trip report: members' November staycation home swap between Oxford and Cornwall
• Cleaning guideline: cleaning recommendations for home swapping in 2021

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>>> View the Xmas issue of the Home Swappers newsletter

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Home exchange holidays in 2021:

• Search the latest home exchange offers
• Join Home Base Holidays
• Preparing for a home swap checklist 
• Top 10: things to do at the end of a home swap
• Cleaning tips for holiday home swaps during COVID-19

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Join Home Base Holidays: start home swapping Looking for a much needed getaway in 2021? Arrange free holiday accommodation by choosing to swap homes rather than book hotels or holiday rentals. View the latest home swap offers then sign up to Home Base Holidays.

Home Swappers newsletter: be a tourist in your own town

Explore your own neighbourhood and add photos / info to your home swap offer

With many of us again facing travel restrictions, it's good to focus on safe ways to keep active while not venturing far from home. Going for a walk or bike ride is a great way to lift your spirits, get some exercise and take in local sights. 

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• Check out the latest issue of the Home Swappers travel newsletter

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In this issue of the newsletter:

• Take a camera with you: take photos of your neighbourhood and upload them to your home exchange offer
• Write a guide: include details about local walks and sights in your welcome pack
• Keep in touch: send us your like a local stories
• Home swap cancelled? Contact us for an extension
• 2021 holidays: search the latest home exchange offers 

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Join Home Base Holidays: start planning your travels for 2021 Whether you're looking for staycation ideas or planning ahead to overseas travel in 2021, by arranging a home exchange vacation through Home Base Holidays, you'll cut the cost of your getaways by up to 90%. View the latest home swap travel offers and join for free.

Home Swappers newsletter: home exchanges in 2021?

Understandably, many people will not yet feel ready to make firm travel commitments. However, it's a good time to start new conversations with Home Base Holidays members so that you can begin penciling in your home exchange travel plans for 2021.

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• Check out the latest issue of the Home Swappers travel newsletter

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In this issue of the Home Swappers newsletter:

• Featured home swaps: traditional cottage on the Isle of Barra, Scotland | Apartment in Chamonix, France with fabulous views of Mont Blanc
• Arrange a 'working' home exchange getaway
• We're here to help: get in touch if you've had to cancel or postpone your home swap plans
• Check out our cleaning guidelines for home swapping during Covid-19
• Latest home swap holiday offers for 2021 

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Join Home Base Holidays: start planning your travels for 2021 Whether you're looking for staycation ideas or planning ahead to overseas travel in 2021, by arranging a home exchange vacation through Home Base Holidays, you'll cut the cost of your getaways by up to 90%. View the latest home swap travel offers and join for free.

Home Swappers newsletter: summer 'staycation' swaps

There's been a big increase in members looking to arrange 'staycation' swaps

Summer home swaps: with travel restrictions easing in many countries, we've seen a big increase in members looking to arrange much needed getaways. 'Staycation' home swaps within our own countries are proving particularly popular. Country cottage, a place by the sea or a city break?

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• Check out the latest issue of the Home Swappers newsletter

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This issue of the Home Swappers newsletter:

• New home exchanges: selection of new tempting home swap offers (including some beautiful thatched cottages!)
• Home swap cleaning tips: cleaning / disinfecting guidelines for home swapping during Covid
• Swaps abroad: the latest on 'travel corridors' between countries
• Members helping NHS: Home Base Holidays members providing free holiday stays to NHS staff and frontline workers worldwide
• Here to help: get in touch if your home swap travel plans have been affected by Covid-19

 

Staycation home exchanges  Home swapping helps you to step away from the tourist trail and enjoy the space, comforts and safety of a home from home. Explore the beauty of your own country by arranging a staycation home exchange through Home Base Holidays. Search home exchange holiday offers

Staycation home swaps: home swappers newsletter

Staycations: start planning a home swap holiday closer to home

Staycation home swaps: we've all been following the ever changing travel restrictions with an eye on whether our summer holidays can go ahead. However, with talk of quarantine periods, it's looking likely that international travel will be slightly slower to open up. On balance, arranging a home swap 'staycation' sounds quite an appealing option. We're expecting a big uptake in people looking to arrange their next home exchange closer to home - how about a country cottage or perhaps somewhere by the sea this August?

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• Check out the latest issue of the Home Swappers newsletter

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This issue of the Home Swappers newsletter:

• Staycation home swaps: spend your next home exchange getaway in your own country rather than travelling abroad
• My Travel Pledge: a massive thank you to our amazing members for stepping forward and offering free holiday stays for healthcare workers and frontline staff
• Membership extensions: free membership extensions for anyone whose travel plans have been affected by the Covid-19 crisis
• Just in: new home swap holiday offers

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Staycation home exchanges 

Home swapping helps you to step away from the tourist trail and enjoy the space, comforts and safety of a home from home. Explore the beauty of your own country by arranging a staycation home exchange through Home Base Holidays.

• • • • • • Search staycation home swap offers