If you are looking for an uncommon vacation, to a different place this summer, you might want to consider.  The Home Exchange, for example,  allows you to list your home and exchange for another home.  The cost is $99.95 a year.  They say most exchanges are direct (one-to-one), and you should clean at the end of your visit.  (I would clean before I left my home, and again when I left the exchange home - yuck!  Too much cleaning for me!)
With Vacation Exchange, you pay only when you arrange a home exchange ($500), and the exchanges don’t have to be one-to-one. This one might work superior for me — I’m not sure how many people would want to come to Cedar Rapids, Iowa!  If someone uses your home, you get a $250 credit.
 ExchangeHomes.com says they’ve been around since 1986, and they’ve a nice “how it works” page.  You pay $39.95 for a one-year listing.  I couldn’t figure out how much you pay to rent a home.
 I’m not recommending any of these services,  just giving you a little information so you can check them out yourself.  I’m ready to go to Ireland!  Where would you like to go?  Â
Tags: baby boomers, home exchange, Ireland, vacation homes
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