Manhattan Beach, CA (February 21, 2003) – SabbaticalHomes.com aims to facilitate academic sabbaticals, post doctorate and research trips by providing a listing service to academics worldwide who need to find or offer temporary accommodations. This is SabbaticalHomes.com 3rd year, and the service just posted its…
We are always thrilled to attend the Modern Language Association (MLA) convention. The attendees are achieving academics and also happen to be articulate wordsmiths. Can you find a better group to inspire new tagline ideas for a service, like ours, dedicated to scholars? Dr. Jacquilyn…
Described as a great resource by Ira Simmons, SabbaticalHomes.com makes it possible for him and his wife to retire. “SabbaticalHomes.com has been a great resource and essentially makes it possible the nomadic retirement my wife and I launched recently,” explains Ira Simmons, a Notable Member…
Professor Lee Tobin McClain teaches English and is the director of the master’s program in writing popular fiction at Seton Hill University. She wrote a thoughtful four-part series about her sabbatical for The Chronicle of Higher Education. While first embarking on her sabbatical journey, she…
Building “green” houses is a growing trend in construction but certainly not a new one. One of our SabbaticalHomes.com members, Jennifer Siegal, has designed and built her own green home and it is one of the first of its kind available on SabbaticalHomes.com. In addition…
Minds on the Move Around the World with Professors Konrad and Hannelore Jarausch Professors Konrad and Hannelore Jarausch have active academic appointments that bring them across all corners of the globe. They are both on the faculty at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Konrad…
“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…
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…
Although Evanston residents can log onto Web sites to try and temporarily exchange houses, like Kate Winslet and Cameron Diaz’s characters did in the film “The Holiday,” the possibility of finding someone who wants to visit Evanston is slim. Instead of hunting for a temporary…
Nadege M. Conger considers herself something of an international matchmaker. Lifelong love affairs aren’t necessarily her goal, however. She’d settle for a two- or three-month live-in relationship, sealed with a lease. In June, Ms. Conger launched Sabbatical Homes, a Web site that lets nomadic scholars…
