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Trading Houses
From Chicken Soup for the Soul: Young at Heart
By Marjorie Woodall
You don’t have to be rich to travel well.
~Eugene Fodor
When I tell people that my husband and I are able to travel so much by trading houses with strangers, I usually get one of two reactions: “Wow! I want to try that!” or “Ew! You let people you don’t know sleep in your bed?” House trading is not for everyone; it takes a certain adventurous spirit, flexibility, and a bit of faith in humanity, but we’ve found that taking that leap of faith has been well worth it, both in expanding our travel options and opening us to new experiences.
My husband retired early, and I work part-time as a freelance editor. This gives us lots of time and flexibility but not a lot of funds. And while we have happily chosen free time over money, we do love to travel, and travel is usually expensive. Still, we’ve managed to take a lot of affordable trips, and the best way we’ve found to keep the cost down is by house trading.
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