Last January, my family spent a month in Vietnam while a family from Christchurch, New Zealand holidayed in our home. We had never met until they collected the key. This is the story of that exchange and what it taught us about opening our door.
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On SabbaticalHomes, thousands of people look for a house or apartment to exchange or rent on the other side of the world, often for a sabbatical year. This French-language feature revisits the site more than a decade after its launch.
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.
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.
Photographer, author, and founder of the Latin music label Tumi Music, Mo Fini has spent more than four decades exploring the arts, crafts, and culture of Latin America. We revisit the remarkable journey of one of our most well-traveled notable members.