Explore home exchange opportunities and stories from travellers who exchange the use of their homes or properties. Home exchanges can offer a different way to experience a destination while reducing accommodation costs and making use of an existing home rather than conventional tourist accommodation.

Home exchange, house sitting and hospitality exchange

These arrangements can overlap, but they are not the same. In a home exchange, reciprocal use of homes is the central arrangement. In house sitting, a traveller stays in another person’s property and usually takes responsibility for the home, pets or plants while the owner is away. A homestay or hospitality exchange normally means staying with a host rather than exchanging properties.

How to use this page

Check the publication date, exact property, location and exchange dates. Before agreeing, confirm who will stay in each home, house rules, utilities, cleaning expectations, pets or plants, keys and security, insurance, responsibility for accidental damage and cancellation arrangements.

Home exchange depends heavily on trust and clear communication. Consider speaking by video before committing and keep a written record of the main conditions agreed by both parties.

Related opportunities: House sitting · Cultural exchange · Slow travel

Last reviewed: October 2026.

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Browse the opportunities and stories below and confirm that reciprocal home exchange is genuinely part of the arrangement. Older announcements may no longer be available, so check current dates and conditions directly with the other party.

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