Shelley Miller reveals her biggest secret, “With home exchanging you will never say, ‘I wish we could afford to travel.’ Instead you’ll ask, ‘Where should we go next?’.” We were so pleased when this up-and-coming author (Postcards From Home: Exchange the home, save the family)…
Last January, my family spent a month in Vietnam. While we were away, a family from Christchurch, New Zealand, had their own holiday in our home. They weren’t friends or relatives; in fact, we’d never met them until the day they collected the key. The…
“This is a traveler’s dream job,” says Nadege Conger, founder of SabbaticalHomes.com. “I can virtually travel the world several times over each day and help academics and their families with their dreams of adventure and exploration.” Conger, born in France, has an MBA from McGill…
Chris Tachibana informs scientists on the move in this interesting and informative article. He encourages others to take advantage of the chance to work abroad. One of the scientist he interviewed for his article, Joel Rothman, chair of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology at the…
We are always looking for wonderful places to stay, while traveling. I eschew hotels for the most part, and prefer homes in which we can relax (and have a yard, if possible), especially if we are to be gone for long periods of time. I…
SabbaticalHomes.com, the leading internet-based directory for sabbatical home exchanges, home rentals and house sitting opportunities, celebrates its seventh anniversary of helping academics worldwide with their housing needs. Founded by Nadege Conger, an experienced sabbatical traveler (her husband is a professor), SabbaticalHomes.com has experienced exponential growth…
The ideal length of a home exchange varies by country. Europeans get a lot more vacation time than Americans do, and are much more likely to use it. There is no legal right to vacation time in the United States. In Europe, the law ensures…
Art Pays Rent for One of our Notable Members Toronto-based artist Katherine Dolgy is taking her vibrantly colored paintings around the world—and through her relationship with SabbaticalHomes.com, will rarely pay for lodging. Dolgy extends her art internationally by staying in the homes of academics, artists,…
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 ?…
