A cheap and exciting alternative to renting a home in Spain or other places abroad is to do a so-called home exchange. The biggest in Sweden for exchanging holiday homes is Hembyte.nu. They broker over 250,000 vacation home exchanges per year, and have over 40,000 houses and apartments (and even RVs and boats) in nearly 150 countries. With this service, you can exchange holiday homes in most Spanish resorts or areas, such as Alicante , Costa del Sol, Valencia, Barcelona , ​​the Canary Islands, etc.

When talking about this type of housing exchange, it is mainly about hospitality exchange and home exchange. Exchange of hospitality means that you agree on a time of the year when you can visit each other's homes. This also often means making new friends from exotic places. home exchange option is more common and simply means that you exchange houses or apartments with each other during a certain predetermined period of time. Here in Europe, it is most common to do it during the summer months. Incidentally, August is the most common holiday period in Spain and the rest of Europe.

Many people prefer to change their holiday home because it is a cheap option, and that it is often about homes in a more "genuine" environment compared to all tourist resorts.
Swapping homes with each other during the holidays is not a new phenomenon. The first services came already in the 50s. The difference was that most exchanges of housing were done privately back then and were a rather inconvenient process. Nowadays, thanks to the Internet, the whole process of exchanging a home with someone abroad during the holidays is much smoother. House exchange, apartment exchange or other types of accommodation, such as boats and motorhomes, are available around the world all year round. As said, the service is not only excluded to Spain. Exotic destinations are also found here, such as one of our personal favorites Tobago. Visit tobagoresor.se if you want to travel to Trinidad & Tobago. Other recommended alternatives are intervac-homeexchange.com and housing exchange e.com. Have you changed homes with someone in Spain during the holidays? Feel free to leave a comment below about how you experienced the switch, with pros and cons. See also our page for homes for rent in Nerja.