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…
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…
We recently heard from a homeowner who lists her newly refurbished attic room with ensuite home share in London on SabbaticalHomes.com. The comfortable, sunny space is perfect to a researcher or a PhD student. She has always been excited to open her home to others to have a more…
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…
Barbara Kolber attended a festival in Cartagena Columbia two years ago and heard author Monica Ali speak about her immigration experience. Ali’s book, Brick Lane, was made into a movie in her Bangladeshi community in London. Kolber found her to be a modest and eloquent…
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…
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…
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…