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How do you start? If you've seen the movie, The Holiday, you have a bit of insight of how home swapping works—with the exception that it probably won't happen after two minutes of instant messaging or within 24 hours of the exchange. Home swapping is just as it sounds: You swap homes (and sometimes cars) with another person at no cost. But you don't want to hand your keys over to just anyone. A little homework is involved, including choosing the website you will choose to use for home...

As I explained in Part 1, I spend many months of each year as a world globetrotter, staying in luxury accommodation for free. I cannot sing the praises of house exchanges loudly enough. I reckon it’s one of the world’s best kept secrets. As someone who regularly travelled the world for both work and pleasure during my working full time years I was feeling some trepidation as to how I would manage to travel so regularly and with relative luxury in my retirement. The price of hotels...

How would you like to travel the world living in rooms larger than the biggest suite in the most exuberant hotels? How would you like to experience vacations where you have the most private of balconies with the most stunning of views? How would you like total privacy and private facilities and separate rooms for each person in your company?
Imagine finding some of the best locations in the world. Imagine sipping a glass of wine on your large private balcony with stunning views while...

Just recently I had the chance to speak with author and travel blogger Ainslie Waldron about how she and her husband live for free in hundreds of cities in dozens of countries around the world. This post will especially be of interest to budget travelers with expensive taste. Many of us are looking for an insider’s guide to help us travel better. Reducing expenses for accommodations figures high on the list of ways to make this possible. Ainslie’s book addresses how to make this...

Some travel trends come and go. But one of the hottest, which has only been gaining steam, is home exchanges. Unlike renting a house, condo or apartment, home exchanges are just what the title says—exchanges—where you and another party swap domiciles for the length of a vacation.
The new e-book “Luxury Globetrotting on a Staycation Budget: An Insider's Guide to the Home Exchange Experience,” written by self-described semi-retired, globetrotting, baby boomer Ainslie...

Ainslie Waldron, author of Luxury Globetrotting on a Staycation Budget, is traveling in the United States on practically no budget. Find out how Ainslie got started in traveling through home exchanges.

I love to travel in luxury for as many months each year as I fancy. I do this on a staycation budget. How? You may ask. Well, I am lucky enough to have found a way and am living proof that it works. I have discovered the world of home exchange, and I have never looked back.
I travel the world and stay in rooms larger than the biggest suites in the most lavish of hotels. I drink sumptuous local wines and sample temptingly delicious local food. I chat with locals and discover the hidden...

The Los Angeles Mensa Open Forum will be hosting a free 4th Friday Event on Februrary 26th at 7pm. Venue will be the offices of Polsinelli, 2049 Century Park East, Suite 2900, Los Angeles, California 90067 (In the southeastern tower of the triangular twins). Please RSVP to: MensaLosAngeles@gmail.com
Ainslie Waldron MENSA (Australia) Member, Travel Writter & Blogger Ainslie Waldron shares expert advice on how to travel the world with free accommodations using home exchanges,...

Boomer Travel Patrol host, Lisa Kaslyn gets the ins and outs of home exchanges as a vacation option with Ainslie Waldron, "My Place For Yours" blogger and author of Luxury Globetrotting on a Staycation Budget.