You’ve made a match on SabbaticalHomes! Guests will soon be on their way to your home, so it’s key to take the time to organize and clean your home before they arrive for a successful stay. To help you prepare your home, we’ve compiled a…
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Being part of the academic world often grants the precious perk of sabbatical leave. This period of time is truly significant for the opportunity to focus on personal and professional development in a completely different setting from your daily workplace. It is not, however, only…
Have you just completed a successful sabbatical or did you experience the trip of a lifetime? SabbaticalHomes.com would love to see photos from your host universities, your sabbatical homes, or your sabbatical cities! Bring your adventure to the SabbaticalHomes community so they can take an…
Pamela Carsaniga, a SabbaticalHomes.com member from the UK, participated in her first home exchange where she spent one year in a Sydney, Australia home while the members of that household occupied Pamela’s home in London. During this year of home exchange, Pamela experienced some delightful…
Since there is nothing so well worth having as friends, never lose a chance to make them. —Francesco Guicciardini Founder, Nadege Conger, never misses an opportunity to get to know her SabbaticalHomes members and make a new friend. So on a recent trip to Montreal, she met…
Shep Steiner, a SabbaticalHomes member from Canada, shares his family’s experience and provides helpful tips to guide others through the challenges of preparing for an extended stay in France. Planning a sabbatical can be complicated and bureaucratic, but if you take it one step at a time, you may find that it’s not as…
I enjoy keeping in touch with SH members! Will we have the pleasure of meeting you at an upcoming conference? My favorite part of SabbaticalHomes.com is keeping in touch with our amazing community. I communicate daily with our members. People are often surprised to get…
Whether you’re visiting a new city, state, or country for a brief vacation or for an extended period of time for an academic sabbatical, it can sometimes become overwhelming when trying to experience all that a locale has to offer. When you find yourself in…
Life’s Great Travel Adventures with Gordon and Althea Abraham Scholars seeing the world. Dr. & Mrs. Gordon and Althea Abraham are seasoned SabbaticalHomes.com members and world travelers. In 2010, they decided to volunteer at St John’s University of Tanzania in Dodoma. Teaching students in this…
A sabbatical, by definition, is an extended leave from one’s career. It is sometimes offered as an employee benefit, especially in the academic world, and occasionally in the corporate world. Sabbaticals can be paid or unpaid time off, and the length of the sabbatical varies….