At two years old, my son has completed eleven home exchanges, and my six-month-old daughter has two under her tiny belt. Some swaps lasted only a weekend. All were wonderful ways to introduce the children to new places and ways of living.
Member Stories and Spotlights from SabbaticalHomes | Page 8 of 9 | SabbaticalHomes Discover the people and stories behind SabbaticalHomes.com. Explore member spotlights, founder updates, academic journeys, travel experiences, and community connections that bring our global network to life.
Building green homes is a growing trend, though hardly a new one. Member Jennifer Siegal designed and built her own green home, one of the first of its kind on SabbaticalHomes. She shares what went into it and why it matters.
This year SabbaticalHomes launched a new House Share feature, and member Sam Hickey was the first to try it. The result was a hit. He describes a pleasant, well-matched stay with housemates who made the experience a success.
Members open their homes for all kinds of reasons, but Ian Johnson and his partner Ien Ang may have one of the most unusual. Living between Australia and France, they make their French dream home available while away, and share how it came to be.
Gabrielle Blair runs DesignMom.com, a favorite at the intersection of motherhood and design. This year she is moving her whole family to France, where she found the perfect home in the beautiful Normandy region. She shares how it came together.
Living between Berlin and Los Angeles, Deike Peters has learned that home is where you make it. It is her fifth time finding renters for her Berlin home through SabbaticalHomes, where she, her screenwriter husband, and their two children have built a bicontinental life.
Touring the Benjamin Franklin House in London, founder Nadege Conger found herself wondering: with his endless curiosity and love of the unknown, wouldn’t Franklin have jumped at a service like SabbaticalHomes? A playful thought experiment on a founding traveler.
Professors Konrad and Hannelore Jarausch keep their minds on the move around the world, with active appointments that take them everywhere. Both on the faculty at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, they share how travel shapes their work.
Actor and teacher Debra Deliso found more than a quiet place to write when she took a SabbaticalHomes home sitting opportunity. Her connection with member Michele Druon grew into a friendship rooted in a shared love of theater.
Author Shelley Miller says home exchanging changes the question from whether you can afford to travel to where you should go next. In this interview, the writer behind Postcards From Home sits down with founder Nadege Conger to talk shop.