I read on craigs list people doing this.. instead of renting a house for vacation- they trade homes for the week. Have you? We are thinking about it.

I actually have not done this, but have read a lot about others who have. Seems like a great possibility. I would be careful of just doing business with someone on Craigslist, unless perhaps they are also listed elsewhere or you could get some sort of references or feedback from them. I did a quick google search and have come up with a coupld of sites. I am sure you can find more if you do a more exhaustive search. Let us know how it goes if you do this
SwapYourVacationHome.com Home

Home, House Exchange and Home, House Swap and House Trade

Vacation Home Exchange / Holiday House Swap : Join for FREE!


This is a link to a Today show segment that might give you some hints and also lists some more sites (they all charge):

House swap for a cheap vacation - Consuming Interests - MSNBC.com


Another article:

How to Exchange Your Home for Free Vacation Accommodation - wikiHow

__________________
"Well-Behaved Women SELDOM make history."Laurel Thatcher Ulrich


"Yesterday is but a vision, and tomorrow is only a dream. But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, and every tomorrow a dream of hope." Anonymous

"Your candle does not lose it's light by lighting another candle" Generosity

Have the courage to be yourself.

We have never done this, but it seems like something that we should look into. It would sure enable us to go to places that we might not think about otherwise

__________________
Think about helping out with cancer...
Join the Relay for Life

After we watched "The Holiday" DH and I talked about how cool that would be. Seems like it would save a whole lot of money!

Lisa

__________________
"It's not having what you want,
It's wanting what you've got"

I read an article about this in one of my parenting magazines over the summer, but can't remember which one. The article listed several different home swapping websites, nearly all of which cost money to list your house. ** The article said to be wary of any "free" home swapping sites.

I was quite intrigued by it, but when I wanted to discuss the article with DH, he about had a stroke! He said "NEVER!!!!" (I guess, although I'm usually the perpetual worry wart, his imagination started to run wild with "what ifs")

Personally, I think it sounds cool. Like someone else said, it would open up more possibilities for us to vacation at!

Suzanne

__________________
Fate is like a strange, unpopular restaurant, filled with odd waiters who bring you things you never asked for and don't always like. - Lemony Snicket