'The Holiday'
Do you remember the 'The Holiday' movie ? Let's refresh your memory... It was an American romantic comedy from 2006 in which Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet They exchanged their houses and lives during the Christmas holidays.
Both women decide after a moment of existential crisis to go to an Internet page to make a vacation exchange that will give them a break: Cameron, the stressed executive from Los Angeles, will have to move to a country house in Surrey , Britain ; while Kate Winslet, the heartbroken wedding journalist, is sent to the summer of Los Angeles.
One of the houses in Manhattan.
Can you imagine that this could be real? Where would you like to go? In the year 2011 -5 years after the premiere of the film- ** Love Home Swap was born to bring this cinematographic experience to reality.**
“The founder spent a stressful caribbean vacation with his two sons. There he realized that it was difficult to find affordable and authentic accommodation to spend a vacation… ”, they point out to Traveler.es from Love Home Swap.
It was then that they decided create a home exchange club with the main cities of the world. “Love Home Swap has more than 10,000 homes in more than 100 countries , in all those you can imagine, including the main urban destinations such as New York, Paris, London or Barcelona , as well as popular tourist destinations such as Tuscany, Bali, Provence or the Balearic Islands”, they add.
Sri Lanka?
If you are one of those who are looking for space, comfort and “feel at home” when you travel this can be a good opportunity to get it. To do this, the first thing you will have to do is register your home on the portal -approximately 84 euros per year, about 11 euros in the reduced monthly rate-; then you must add a presentation of yourself and your home.
Once you have registered you will have to ** get points **. How can you get them? Very simple... To get points and use them whenever you want, You will have to exchange your house even if you do not always end up being the one who travels.
for what not , it is not necessary to coincide in dates to exchange .In addition, you will have to have good ratings to get more swaps (and be able to redeem them when you want to travel), be clean and have some good pictures of your home.
What are you traveling with a pet? Do not worry because it also has a filter to exchange homes where they are allowed. With the point system our members can exchange homes even if they can't match dates or destinations . Which means you could trade for Manhattan using the points you earn by hosting others in your home, or using our loan points system."
How do you earn them? If, for example, you allow others to stay in your home even if you don't do an exchange, you will be earning points and you can use them whenever you want.
Or Bali...?