All of us dream of having a holiday/vacation of a lifetime, but with the ever increasing costs of accomodation there are not many of us that can actually afford it

Well all that is about to change thanks to a relatively new idea. The concept is simple, you swap your house or holiday home with someone who is advertising their\'s in the country you would like to visit.

There are more and more people choosing this option daily, and more and more websites are catching onto the idea.

The original people that came up with the idea, where a couple who had spent most of their lives travelling, due to work and didnt want to \"sell up\" everytime they moved to another country for a while. They now lead the field and have over 80,000 properties on there database from countries worldwide.

My family and I have now chosen this option on a couple of occasions and to be honest, I cant see myself ever going back to paying for accomodation again.

I have been able to visit countries that I only ever dreamed about. The website I used for initial contact about this was http://www.houseswap.site88.net/properties This is the original site for this type of holiday but there are more and more appearing daily.

Obviously there are a couple of rules when exchanging this way, but the owners of the site will give you all the help you need. We found it great that we got to know the people we were exchanging with through email and by telephone long before the exchange actually took place. We were able to find out all the best places to visit, the best restaurants, etc. It really is a great way to find a home from home, and make your holiday dreams into a reality.