More Reasons to Exchange Homes

Eliminate Hotel and Car Expenses

Suddenly, any destination in the world is affordable!

While exchanging there is no pressing reason for you to blow your budget on hotels or car rentals. You'll have a kitchen, equipped to prepare family meals so you do not have to go to restaurants for every meal. This is the way that your family can afford to visit places you have only dreamed about. Exchanging homes, leaves your budget free to spring for special tours, dining or entertainment.

The Comfort of Living in a House

Let the kids play outside in the yard while you take a hot bath.

Come home after a hard day of shopping and sightseeing to the warmth of a friend's home. Sit down in a comfortable chair, and put your feet up, you are on vacation. You have time and space enough for everyone. You are not confined to a dinky hotel room with your whole family, nor do you need to run off to a restaurant, or try to heat the baby's bottle in a bathroom sink. Hang out instead and cook a family dinner together. Watch a movie, enjoy each other. Slow down. Take time. You've earned it.

How about Convenience?

Unbeatable! Use your home exchange house as a base to explore a region, with short or long trips as you will.

Security = Peace of Mind

Your home is not empty, and the newspapers and mail are not piling up, the plants are watered, the lawn mowed. The dog is still barking in the back yard and, even though you are happily touring Chateaux on the Loire, at home life appears to go on as usual. Our members take excellent care of each other's property while vacationing. Your insurance company will be pleased to hear that your home will be occupied while you are away.

Speaking of Kids and Critters

No need to lug three weeks worth of toys and games through a foreign airport.

Go ahead, imagine your luggage from your last holiday. Open it up, and remove all the stuff you took, because you might need it. Now, dare to imagine this: You are exchanging with a family in Sweden, and they have kids the same ages as yours. Just as adults enjoy driving a holiday car, kids delight in a temporary toy exchange. There will be something for everyone: a different favorite coffee cup, different books to read at bedtime, movies you might not have seen or music you haven't heard. These are all a part of your exchange partner's every day lifestyle and they are available for your use at your exchange partner's home.

When our members travel, their pets remain in the comfort of their own homes. No more expensive pet hotels, no more worrying whether the neighbor remembered to feed your fish. Many of our members are happy to exchange pet-care as part of the deal. It is a relief to know that while you are away, your animals are well cared for, and it is fun to care for your new friend's pets. Neither humans nor animals will have to miss out on the petting and companionship that is a necessary part of life for animal lovers.

Open The Door To Serendipity

Our members live in all sorts of neighborhoods, around the world.

An Intervac membership offers you the freedom to explore neighborhoods and lifestyles not available through travel guides. When specifying your preferred exchange destinations simply choose Open to All Offers. You may find youself vacationing in a Danish fishing port on the Baltic Sea, or a ranch in western Canada, a village in rural France or a barge moored in central Amsterdam. If you are flexible, let serendipity take you to places you never dreamt of!