Scholars are consistently making the world a better place through thoughtful research, observation, and application. Inspired by graduate students’ zeal for learning, we created our very first scholarship opportunity to cover one month’s housing costs for one graduate student traveling for educational purposes. We were…
We recently compiled interviews with several Sabbatical Homes members at the #MLA convention in Chicago from last year. We love hearing about all the ways that our members have used the website to connect with other academics across the globe for home rentals, home exchanges,…
As early as high school, students are encouraged to begin planning their academic trajectory – a path that can often block out the next several years of their lives. With that in mind, the idea of taking a “gap year” can often seem puzzling or intimidating…
An upcoming trip can be both exciting and exhausting. But searching for great accommodations shouldn’t be a roadblock to getting on the road. Feeling pressed for time in a world that rewards the busy, one might feel that dashing off quick one-line notes to query…
Manhattan Beach, CA (July 2000) – SabbaticalHomes.com is dedicated to bringing academics on sabbatical leaves, research trips or exchange programs together on the web. It is a place where scholars can go to post their homes for rent/exchange/homestay or to search for what other academics…
Living a bicontinental lifestyle from Berlin to Los Angeles—each city with a different culture—home is where you make it. It’s Deike Peters’ fifth time successfully finding renters for her Berlin home through SabbaticalHomes.com. She, her screenwriter husband, and two children have chosen to live a…
Chris Keane, screenwriter and writer of fiction and nonfiction books (How to Write a Selling Screenplay) lectures at Harvard. He just published Romancing the A-list. Chris talks about SabbaticalHomes.com and, of course, about his book. SH: How would you describe your experience with SabbaticalHomes.com ?…
