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New company explores home swap concept in surf travel

Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 2 March, 2009 : - - What is home exchange? When you exchange your home, your flat, your caravan, you lend them to a member of another travel group and he will lend his home or others things in exchange, usually at the same time for an agreed period. You can swap, travel and surf by exchanging with surfers all around the world and therefore you can benefit of free lodging and free surf equipment.

You can exchange your house, your apartment and at times a car exchange deal can also be concluded at the same time like the home exchange deal. You can also swap your mobile home instead of having to lease one or to stay and surf in the same country or continent. Therefore you can exchange your motorhome, RV, campervan, sleeper van, house trailer, caravan or even boat.

Possibilities are huge, you can exchange your house for a similar lodging, a flat for a cottage, a RV for a campervan… You could travel more, further and safer at low cost to practice your sport. This is an interesting concept for all surfers and windsurfers.

One company: swapandtravel.com plays an intermediary role between the surfers by diffusing the offers and creating a link between potential home exchange partners. However, members can contact me by email at any time for questions, comments or problems and I will help members with my experience and will find solutions.

How to proceed: There are three possibilities:

1. The first and the most effective way is to place your offer and indicate the home you would like to exchange. In this case, you will have to subscribe to the advertiser package and follow the instructions. You will fill out a questionnaire concerning your home and can also add photos if you wish. We advise you not to wait until somebody is interested in your offer before you start your search. Start searching right away and check offers that may interest you.

2. You can only check the exchange offers and subscribe to the consultation package. This package will enable you to send an email to any exchange offer that may interest you.

3. You can also subscribe to the prestige package if you wish to place 2 exchange offers or if you want to make your offer more eye-catching.

These 3 packages are FREE for the moment for the 1000 first subscribers.

The advantages of a home exchange
· Friendliness
· Money saving, you have only your transportation to pay for.
· Free home, RV, caravan…, whatever the case may be and a free car if you concluded a car exchange deal as well.
· Free activities at times, for example, if your exchange partner has surf equipment that he can lend you
· You get to learn the surf culture of the country you are visiting.
· Friendship between the exchange partners and surfers.
· Your home and/or vehicle are watched while you are away.
· You can even go far away from home and surf all around the world
· You will have general information like the cost of living or the place where you could surf, thanks to your exchange partners.
· There will be someone to welcome you and drive you back to the airport.
· The comfort of arriving in a fully furnished home and having all that you will need (bedding, TV-video, washer and dryer, computer in most cases…)
· You can always arrange with your exchange partners, for example if you have a baby and you need a crib. They can get it from a friend or an acquaintance. In exchange you can lend them your surf equipment. What a great deal!

Guidelines for a successful exchange

· We invite you to check the chapter "Guidelines to a Successful Exchange" to ensure the best exchange possible. As such, you will leave reassured and return satisfied like most of our members.

· In order to better understand the exchange principle of our website, we will recommend that you read the various chapters of swapandtravel.com. This was carefully created to help you better prepare your exchange vacation and to better answer all your questions.