Membership includes:
	Toll Free Customer Service: 800.877.8723
	HomeExchangeGOLD Guarantee: Make an exchange in your first year of listing your property or your second year is absolutely FREE!
	Everyone loves our easy to read and informative listings
	800+ Listings - Your listing will have exposure to many many more potential exchange partners
	Email contact directly to you from your listing - 24/7
	Your contact information and email address are always kept private
	Free, unlimited photos of your home
	Update your listing whenever you want - 24/7
	View 200 new and updated listings from member area
	Get email notifications of new listings from where you want to go

How can I view the individual listings?
All of our HomeExchangeGOLD text links are underlined. Click on the "View Listings" link found at the top of every page. Then click on the country that interests you and drill down to the listings. You will see a list of locations followed by a description of a home exchange or vacation rental. Click on the underlined description to view the listing.

How can I contact the owner of a listing?
After choosing a listing (see above), scroll down to the end of the listing, where you will see a contact form. Fill in your name, your email address, text for a subject line and information about your home exchange. Then click the "Send Your Email" button. We highly recommend that you compose your home exchange offer in your word processor and then copy and paste it into the response form. A well-presented, friendly inquiry is most likely to receive a response.

What should I include in my response to a listing?
Before you respond to any listing it is a good idea to review a number of HomeExchangeGOLD listings to get a feeling for what members say about their homes and desired trades. A good listing response will include a description of your home, neighborhood and a bit about yourself and family and when you would like to make the exchange. A listing response should be composed in your word processor and be checked for spelling and grammar. You can then copy and paste it into the response form at the end of every listing. It is a good idea to include your telephone number in your response, as some folks are more comfortable with non computer communication.

Can I do an exchange within my country?
Yes, HomeExchangeGOLD can assist you in finding both national and international exchanges and vacation rentals.

What's special about the HomeExchangeGOLD "Detailed Search"?
This search software has been specially programmed to assist you to find a home exchange partner. The *reverse search* feature of our FREE Search will allow you to find potential exchange partners who want to go to your location. You can also search for times of the year and for keywords - and to narrow your search you can combine the location date and keyword search areas.

I am concerned about having my name, address and email address exposed on the Internet.
So are we - which is why HomeExchangeGOLD does not reveal your name, street address or email address in your listing, or make them available over the World Wide Web. Our advanced home exchange system hides your personal contact information yet makes it possible for a visitor and potential home exchange partner to contact you directly from your listing at HomeExchangeGOLD - 24/7.

Is it safe to exchange my home with a stranger?
Yes, and we'll tell you everything you need to know - you'll love it. We advise that you make an effort to get to know your exchange partner by email, telephone and snail mail. Many people exchange photographs and videos of their family and home before they make final arrangements. Remember, you will be living in your exchange partner's home as well, and their concerns are very similar to yours. A home exchange is built on trust, and the mutual respect of each other's property is what makes home exchange possible and indeed highly successful.

What are some of the benefits of a home exchange, aside from saving money?
For many people, the exchange is the beginning of a lasting friendship with many possibilities. This could be visiting each other on occasion or being included in special family events, such as a wedding or an anniversary party.

How can I find out more about the home exchange process?
HomeExchangeGOLD is happy to answer any and all of your home exchange questions - just give us a call at (310) 798-3864.

Check out our guide book:
TRADING PLACES - THE ABCs OF HOME EXCHANGE
The Trading Places guide has a wealth of information including sample letters and agreement forms.

What's the difference between a home exchange and a hospitality exchange?
Basically, there are two types of exchanges: home exchange and hospitality exchange.

Home exchangers trade their homes, condominiums or apartments at a time that is convenient to both parties, but these are not the only types of accommodations that one gets to choose from. For example, one exchanger traded his home for a 40-foot yacht. Another couple swapped their villa in Italy for a RV in Oregon because they had always wanted to tour the USA in true nomadic style. Often, home exchangers will include their automobiles as part of the package.

Hospitality exchangers, on the other hand, host each other in their homes at designated times. Your home exchange partners stay with you as guests and then you go and stay with them as their guests. There is a social aspect to this kind of exchange that some exchangers particularly enjoy. Conceivably, you also get a built-in tour guide with this mode of exchange.

Some of the listings do not have a year in the desired date section and thus look "out of date." What's going on?
Members who trade at the same time each year may choose not to place "year" in their listing. If a listing looks "out of date" you may send them a message indicating your interest for a particular time and perhaps the member will also be interested.

May I exchange my apartment?
Yes. However, it is appropriate to notify the owner of your apartment and get any permissions necessary.

Will anyone be interested in my "average" home?
Yes, folks exchange homes for many reasons. A potential home exchange partner may wish to be near a loved one or family member, or perhaps need to come to your area for business reasons. So your "average" home may be just the ticket for someone wanting to exchange with you.

HomeExchangeGOLD has a varied range of home exchange offerings from high end apartments and estates to average homes in regular neighborhoods. If you have specific requirements just state this in your listing. A HomeExchangeGOLD listing gives you high exposure and as the listing is in your own words - maximum options while maintaining control over your choices.

Can I see a list of new and newly updated listings?
This is a service that is available only to members. Members have access to a list of new and recently updated listings.

Can you notify me by email of new listings that come in from the location I want to exchange with?
This is a service that is available only to members. Members can sign up to be notified by email of new listings that come in from 3 chosen locations.

What is a HomeExchangeGOLD member?
A HomeExchangeGOLD member is a person who has a listing on the HomeExchangeGOLD Web site. Because HomeExchangeGOLD has very high Web site traffic, members get many more home exchange offers.

What's the difference between HomeExchangeGOLD and other home exchange services?
HomeExchangeGOLD is the largest and most user friendly home exchange service on the Internet today. HomeExchangeGOLD has received international acclaim for its advanced, attractive and well-organized Web site along with its comprehensive customer service.

HomeExchangeGOLD members can update a listing directly from the Web site, in a browser, at any time and from any location, thus providing correct and timely information regarding an exchange. HomeExchangeGOLD provides members instant access to update listings on line, therefore, we do not have a paper-based catalog -- one of the reasons we can keep our annual listing fee a very low . And additional listings are only per year per listing.

HomeExchangeGOLD 's custom search is unparalleled in the industry. The options include a location search, date search and key word search. All of these options can be combined to finely hone the search for your next home exchange partner.

We at HomeExchangeGOLD cherish our total commitment to providing you, our valued visitor and member, with the finest home exchange service on line. Since 1996 we have pioneered the use of advanced Internet technologies to provide home exchangers a state of the art venue to successfully find home exchange partners. Many of our members do multiple home exchanges a year through contacts made at HomeExchangeGOLD

What's the HomeExchangeGOLD guarantee?
We feel so confident we can assist you to find a home exchange partner that if you do not find a partner within the first year of listing your property we will give you a second year for free. No questions asked.

Why should I become a HomeExchangeGOLD member?
In order for your home exchange offer to be found on HomeExchangeGOLD you must have a listing. HomeExchangeGOLD listings get more responses. Catalog based services may claim to have more listings but it's the results that count - and HomeExchangeGOLD listings get results. 50% of our listings are out of the USA thus giving our members and visitors an excellent balance of choices.

HomeExchangeGOLD is an effective resource to assist you to find a home exchange partner. It's fun and easy to search the listings and send emails to prospective home exchange partners. In addition, if you wish for your home exchange offer or vacation rental to be found by other interested parties, there's no better way than a HomeExchangeGOLD listing. And it's a fabulous travel value at only for a -year listing. Additional listings are only per per listing.

If you would like to become a HomeExchangeGOLD member please click here.

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