The ideal length of a home exchange varies by country. Europeans generally get far more vacation time than Americans and are more likely to use it, since there is no legal right to vacation in the United States. This piece looks at the long-term exchange.
This Marie Claire piece is about traveling without spending a fortune. Think you can’t afford to go abroad? Instead of paying for a pricey hotel, some travelers swap homes to see the world for less. Here is a look at the barter-nomics approach.
In The Ultimate Guide to Free Travel, Laura MacNeil compiles nine ways to travel for next to nothing. One is house sitting, where Sophie Alexander recommends ironing out the details, asking questions, and reaching an arrangement that works for everyone.
Five years ago, Nadege Conger and her husband, former McGill management professor Jay Conger, began traveling regularly from near Los Angeles to London, where Jay held joint appointments. Their experience abroad became the seed of SabbaticalHomes.
Nadege Conger sees herself as a kind of international matchmaker, though lifelong love affairs aren’t the aim, a two- or three-month lease will do. This Chronicle piece covers the June launch of Sabbatical Homes and how it serves nomadic scholars.
When SabbaticalHomes first featured Rachel Louise Snyder, she was an international journalist researching stories around the world. Today, the longtime member is an award-winning author, professor and journalist whose acclaimed books include No Visible Bruises and Women We Buried, Women We Burned.
SabbaticalHomes member Mary Jane Baxter combined her passions for journalism, fashion and making to forge a creative career. The former BBC journalist became an author with Chic on a Shoestring, sharing inventive ideas for transforming everyday and vintage finds into stylish creations.
Artist and SabbaticalHomes member Katherine Dolgy Ludwig found a creative way to combine her international art practice with extended stays around the world: exchanging original paintings for housing and forming lasting friendships along the way.
When Lorna Hendry and her family grew tired of balancing work and family pressures, they gave up city life for a year camping across Australia and a year in a remote Aboriginal community in the Kimberley. This is the story of their outback adventure.
Screenwriter and Harvard lecturer Chris Keane, author of Romancing the A-list, shares his experience renting through SabbaticalHomes and his advice on writing a screenplay that sells.
