Over Labor Day weekend I am doing two single-night swaps, even though they are against my idea of what home exchange is for.
To me, the benefit of a swap is getting to know an area, living like a local and meeting real people in the places you visit. That cannot be accomplished in a single night stay. However, I was contacted by a woman who lives in Pennsylvania, on the way to my kids' grandparents' home. She wanted a weekend in Manhattan, and seemed very nice and responsible. Her home is four hour drive from mine, which is too far for a relaxing weekend get-away when one has small children. But four hours is the perfect amount of time to drive towards grandma's place when leaving on a Friday after work.
The home she offers is not her primary residence so she agreed to make it available on the Friday before Labor Day weekend and the second Monday afterwards. That means we can get to and from the in-laws place without sleeping in a dirty, cramped hotel room.
Most of the time, someone asking for a one-night swap simply found the hotels in your area too expensive. In our case, a one-night swap will let us get a sense of the exchanger's area and allowed us to accommodate her request for a weekend at our place. It will be a first for us. I will let you know how it goes.
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