HomeLink International is the world’s oldest home swapping
community. Our not-for-profit organisation has pioneered the global experience of home
swapping holidays since the early 1950's. If you want to know all about home swapping, rest assured that you have come to the right place.
We invite you to discover that after more than half a century, HomeLink is still unique. It's because our community has always been about far more than just low cost holidays. HomeLink is all about people like you.
Unlike the "new" breed of faceless, internet-only home exchange networks, HomeLink has local Coordinators in 27 major countries. We are not one disengaged "web-master", but instead, a professional team of highly experienced home swappers. So it is our pleasure to offer knowledgeable, personal support for a global community of real home swapping enthusiasts.
At HomeLink, we understand the essential ingredients that make for a rich and rewarding swapping experience. We also understand that before you can truly relax and enjoy your holiday, the one thing you really need is to feel safe and secure about the people who will stay in your home. We understand that you need to find far more than just the right house.. you need to find great people to swap with. People who make you feel comfortable, who share your values.
Rest assured that HomeLinkers are those people. Since 1953, our global community has grown by embracing a wonderful tradition. We like to call it, “The HomeLink Spirit”. It is our simple, old-fashioned community values. Respect. Trust. Caring. Generosity. We understand that these are the foundation for every great home swapping holiday.
Upholding these values is also why HomeLink is unique in offering you a 100% Money Back Guarantee - because we believe it is the right thing to do.
If you share our values too, and you would like to begin forming instant (and often lifelong) friendships in over 60 countries around the world, then on behalf of our entire global community we'd like to say, “Welcome Home”.
We're tickled pink to have you visit us!
The savings are what attracts people initially. But in the long term, people come back, year after year, perhaps in a village somewhere in France to experience someone else's life.
Brisbane Courier Mail - Sep 2005
Green has received exchange requests from Spain and Montreal, so her holiday calendar could very well pop the staples. "There are all these choices... so the world is ahead."
Melbourne Weekly - Jul 2009
Forget about hotels and rushed itineraries, swapping houses with someone on the other side of the globe is an affordable and relaxing way to see the world.
Outlook Travel - Spring 07
Queensland company director Cass Betts is planning a trip to Florence. Her secret? She is swapping her two-bedroom, two-storey home with pool overlooking the Whitsundays for a fancy apartment in historic Florence.
The Australian - Executive Lifestyle, Oct 2008
Some retirees live semi-nomadic lives by swapping almost continuously and people with children can match up with others who also have children.
Weekend Australian - Feb 2006
Sasso Morelli is sort of like going to a tiny little town outside of Benalla .. it has a little market garden, it's tiny, and has a fairly poor community. I think there's 12 streets and no one speaks English. It's real Italy.
The Age - Mar 2006
I have found almost everything ever written about love to be true. Shakespeare said, 'Journeys end in lovers meeting'. What an extraordinary thought.
The Holiday - Dec 2006
In today's world, where fear and mistrust dominate our headlines, it's refreshing to hear there is a whole community of people who still find it possible to open their homes and hearts to strangers.
Sunday Telegraph - July 2005
Edna is a home exchange veteran. She spends most of the year travelling around the world staying in people’s houses – this year she’ll only be home for a month.
Way2go - Mar/Apr 2009
Crippling interest rates, ever-rising petrol prices, inflated school fees ... enough to make you think you’ll never be able to afford a holiday again. But they’re back on the menu as home-swapping becomes the savvy holidaymaker’s way to save thousands.
New Idea - 28 Oct 2006
The Stocks joined the HomeLink International website in 2003, after seeing TV shows about exchanges. They have done two to three swaps a year since then, staying in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Florida and Hawaii.
SMH - May 2008
House swapping can be an extremely rewarding travel experience that delivers new friendships and takes you to a place you've never been before - in more ways than one.
The Sunday Telegraph - Oct 2009
"We have been to Germany, New Zealand, Los Angeles, the Netherlands, Essex in England and also in Australia. And we went to the island of Reunion, which we would never have visited without Homelink," she says.
ninemsn - Money, Dec 2008
Reporter Diane Smith in the heart of The Big Apple, Manhattan .. enjoying the views from the fabulous apartment of HomeLink members' Sally and Gabe!
The Great Outdoors - July 2006
A common misconception people have is that you have to have a palace, and one of the main reasons people do exchange is for the location, and also for a change of lifestyle.
Ch 7 Sunrise - Jan 2006
It is easy to imagine swapping for a holiday destination - a loft in New York, a pied-a-terre in Paris, a beach house in Florida. But what if your hometown does not immediately come to mind when holidays are being planned?
Herald Sun - Mar 07
It’s simple to arrange, easy on the wallet and a brilliant way to see the world. That’s why more Australians are house swapping for their holidays
House & Garden - May 2008
