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The reason we travel is to relax and disconnect from our
routine, to discover the world a little bit more, to learn about different
cultures, to live new experiences... the list can be endless! There are so many
kinds of ways people travel and recently the concept of swapping homes has
started to become a trend. Home swapping means exchanging your home with
somebody else while you're on your vacation. Rather than staying in a
hotel you stay in a perfectly comfortable home with all the appliances
and comforts. It's like being at home but in another person's home.
And not only that, the beauty in travelling is learning as
much about the local culture as possible; practically soak yourself with localness!
And who better to share their tips with us than the home exchange family
themselves. We recently exchanged homes through a website called Knok, with a country house in Dordogne, France
and the experience was lovely. Our exchange partners did not only ask us to
swap our homes but also our refrigerators! At first we were a bit surprised as
to what this meant. We had swapped homes but not homes and refrigerators.
Later did we understand that they were asking us to fill our fridge with all
the local Spanish food and they would fill up their fridge with local French
food. What a brilliant idea!
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| Dordogne, France |
The advantages in swapping homes are immense; not only does
one live new experiences but also discovered a travel alternative that is much
more affordable and practical. Home exchange belongs to the sharing philosophy,
a philosophy which believes in sharing rather than possessing. A philosophy
that encourages us to start trusting one another again. We have swapped our
homes 5 times already and we love it.
We get a chance to engulf ourselves with new local
experiences, typical local food, enjoy a relaxing weekend, travel affordably
and make a new set of international friends. Why wouldn't anyone want to home
swap?
*Written by Guest Writer Anjali who swapped homes via Knok
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