✈️ This year I stayed in a seaside apartment in Ireland, a townhouse in Norway and a mansion in Australia, while guests lodged at my house 👉 The total bill? £150, or roughly £2.50 per night
Not every property is flash. In Enniscrone, a popular Irish seaside resort in Sligo, we stay in a two-bed flat that could do with some love and a lick of paint, but it still has a washing machine, dining table and everything else to make a week-long stay easy. There’s also a full fridge and a shed of buckets and spades.
Even in adversity, we found camaraderie; and problems do happen. When our shower leaked, I had to arrange a fix with the Spanish guests and Albanian plumber by video call, all while trying to enjoy a day in the Polish countryside introducing my son to his grandparents. That’s a lot of languages when water is cascading down over your dining table. But we laughed and both parties left each other five-star reviews.
But more meaningful was the personal connection we got with people in the destination, and the happiness brought by welcoming guests into our home. We are still in touch with those Perth retirees; exchanging stories and pictures of our dog which they looked after. The swap gave us the sort of lifelong connection that’s so hard to find in travel these days.House swapping: how to get startedYou’ll need to pay an annual membership fee to join a house swap website.
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