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Taking a vacation but worried about those sky high hotel rates, restaurant bills and so on. Next time swap your home and kick away those worries forever. You heard it right! Home swapping is a fast growing fashion which was started somewhere in Europe. Let’s forget where it started, instead try to take advantage of this new trend.

For those who haven’t heard about this, you may either Google it, search the Wikipedia or simply read this article. If you have heard or have swapped your home before, don’t just stand there doing nothing. Help other fellow travelers with your tips and experiences by posting it as a comment.

Home swapping has endless of advantages, staring from the saving part to avoiding cheap hotels and motels, cooking your own meal, mingling with other local and best of all, enjoying the comfort of home while you are traveling. Unfortunately, home swapping also has its dark side and one should always be wise and careful, before and during swapping your home. Fortunately, most home swapping related downfalls can be avoided. Here are some tips and tricks that you should follow before and while swapping your home.

1. Finding the best suitable partner is very important while swapping your home. If you are going to travel with toddlers, try searching a swap partner who has a toddler, same goes for any family travelers. By doing this you need not buy or carry basic things like toys for your kids, story books and so on as you can use theirs and they can use yours.
2. Always use a reputed swapping online site or an agency. Before you finalize on a swap partner, try to spend some time corresponding them. It will make you more comfortable while handing your house keys.
3. Don’t forget to ask your swap partner to leave instructions and details for operating home appliances, including television, washing machine and so on. You too do the same for your partner.
4. It is also advisable to ask your partner to leave details as, the closest super market, restaurants, local parks and gardens.
5. Get all the emergency contact numbers from your partner, such as police, ambulance. You must also leave all the emergency number of your city.
6. Please clean your home before you head out. Let them know where you are keeping your house keys, where they will be keeping their keys.