Testimonials
Real Life Adventures
Sleepless in Seattle
David, a 34-year old banker, and Alison a 31-year old graphic designer, live in Yorkshire, England. They first swapped in 1996 and have since exchanged in the UK, Sweden and in Seattle with the Hildyards. Read More
English Treat
Hobart and Virginia moved from Kansas City to Whidbey Island, near Seattle, in 1992, when Hobart retired as a United Methodist pastor. Virginia used to run a travel agency. They first exchanged homes in 1977 with a Methodist pastor in Sidmouth. Read More
Luck of the Irish
Our family recently completed a home exchange with an Irish family located in Dublin, Ireland. It turned out to be one of the best vacations that we have ever experienced.The hospitality and graciousness extended to our family during our stay was unbelievable. Read More
The First of 30 Home Exchanges
Let me tell you about home exchange. For more than fifteen years, my wife and I have been taking most of our vacations using this method. That is, we minimized our travel expenses by exchanging home and car with a family who live at our vacation destination. Read More
Toronto Film Festival
I am a writer and artist living in Taos New Mexico, a culturally rich, incredibly beautiful place in the middle of the Sangre de Christo mountain range in Northern New Mexico. I have lived here for 17 years, traveling as often as possible to other wonderful places!Read More
New York
My husband and I were going to travel to New York City for a friend's wedding. We had booked reservations at a hotel months in advance, but a few weeks before our trip, we thought it might be a good idea to do a home exchange instead. Read More
Barcelona
This year my husband and I decided to spend our two-week vacation returning to Barcelona where we had previously exchanged five times. You might wonder why anyone would want to exchange in one area so many times, but we learned to love Catalonia and its people. Read More
Iceland
In the beginning of August we left for Iceland, a destination we had in mind for some years already. We found a home-exchange partner, a nice Icelandic family …and cheap tickets to get there! We flew via London using Easyjet and Iceland Express airlines (The cost of the ticket was not much higher than a domestic flight!!). Read More
Winter in Munich.
We conducted an exchange in the winter of 2000 in Munich with the Puchheim family. They have a lovely home outside of Munich toward the Czech border. While it was cold, the scenery was beautiful and the stream running in front of the house made it very peaceful. Read More
Italian Home Exchange
We have always loved the food and art of Italy so we arranged an exchange with a family there through Intervac. We were attracted to this particular family because they had an apartment in a large city and two vacation homes that we could use.Read More
Bicycling by Dutch Windmills
Since my husband’s retirement in 1987, we have traveled and lived in many different countries. English speaking people from England, Scotland, Ireland and the United States, plus French and Austrian families have lived in our home while we lived in theirs.Read More
Paris at Christmas.
So we did a one month exchange for a three-bedroom flat in the Montparnasse neighborhood.
Upon arriving, we were let out by the taxi driver and entered into a complex behind a gate filled with various flats. With the help of some of the local residents, we found our new home.
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Australia - California Home Swap
Barry and Kathleen departed Melbourne on a Qantas flight to Sydney, and from there, a most comfortable ten hour Jet Star flight to Honolulu. Accommodation was at Aloha Surf Hotel. Honolulu was a great stop over, breaking a long journey. There was so much to do and see. Read MoreSuccessful Exchanges
Best Service for the USA
- We joined three other home exchange organizations in order to get a series of exchanges in the USA; four in a row from September to November. It finally worked out, but I'll tell you the Intervac exchangers have been the most knowledgeable with the nicest houses. Susan Liang, Costa Rica
- Your service is fantastic. We have had three exchanges and are waiting on our fourth, fifth and sixth. Thanks so much. Siri Richar
- We've had four exchanges through Intervac so far and have discussed it with far too many people, increasing the San Francisco pool too much, we fear. Nevertheless, here we are again. Carol Livingston, California
- We have made three exchanges through Intervac this year; San Francisco later this month, Scotland in July and southeast England in August. Plus, we unfortunately had to turn down many more offers! Incredible response from the winter catalogue and especially on the Internet. We are obviously happy campers!Thanks for everything. Randle Griggs, Arizona
- Wow! Members for one week. One offer from Finland, two from Sweden, one from Switzerland and two from France. Looks like we're going to central Paris. The other company we joined three weeks ago, no offers! Thank You Intervac!!! Many thanks for our Honeymoon, a dream come true! Gordon & Kathy Poulson, Santa Cruz
- The family in Bologna we did a non-simultaneous exchange with were wonderful. We stayed there for one week and they will stay here this summer. Angie Keller, Missouri
- We love to travel to foreign and exotic places as well as the good ole USA. Exchanging homes through Intervac USA has been a wonderful experience--being in Key West makes it fairly easy to find suitable exchanges. In August 2003, we exchanged homes in Paris and we did a second trade with folks from New York City for the holidays. We returned from California in a non-simultaneous exchange in May of 2004 and a simultaneuous exchange in New Orleans for Thanksgiving. Guillermo and Kent, Key West, Florida
- We once got 61 (yes, sixty-one!) home exchange offers in one season. Fully expect the upcoming season to be another year, which will provide exciting opportunities for fascinating exchanges and the making of new friends in some corner of the world. George Rausch, Florida
- You provide a wonderful service, and our Intervac exchanges -the first in Amsterdam, the last four in France-have been both exciting and deepening. We are excited about making another exchange this summer. Denis Clifford & Naomi Puro, California
- Your deal is so great. We have been to Spain, France and Oregon. All have been with people who are hip to the zip, and respectful and aware of what it takes to trade. I thank you for it. You have made it possible for us to have really great experiences. Steve Plesa
- This is our first exchange. I'm familiar with the whole concept, however, because as a child my family did three exchanges from Boston to London, Laguna Beach and Newfoundland. Great memories! Jennifer Shepherd, California
- Thanks again for your help in enabling our third marvelous hosue trade! We were in Nice for three weeks this last summer thanks to you. Karyn Hollis, Pennsylvania
- Your company has brought our family many wonderful vacation opportunities to establish life long friendships. We sing your praises to all our friends. Thank you! Thank you! Sally Johnson, California
- Thank you for your Intervac service. We actually have a wonderful couple from Germany staying with us for five days right now. And we will be spending Christmas in Galway County, Ireland with dear friends we met through Intervac. Dan Flynn & Kate McNally, Washington D.C.
- We had a great time in England and our exchange with George and Ella McLeod worked out beautifully. - Jean & Bill Hensey, Texas
- Good Friends in Toulouse Our home exchange in Toulouse couldn't have been better; we now have good friends in Toulouse. Irene Rabb
- There are more exchanges with Europeans through Intervac than there is with Homelink. Joe Larkin, San Diego
- I am in, can you believe, La Ciotat, France one block from the beach in an imaculate little villa that has everything. The owners are at my home in San Diego it is amazing how great Intervac is. Roberte and Jacques contacted me and the rest is history. Thank you so very much for Intervac. We are saving over ten thousand dollars in hotel bills and car rentals. Fantastique! Bill Zimmerman, San Diego
- I wanted to let you know we had an excellent exchange in July. We traded with Ernst & Heidi Klungler from Speyer, Germany. We exchanged for three weeks and traded cars as well as homes. They are a very nice couple/family and we enjoyed meeting Ernst in September when stopped in Oregon at the end of a cross-country bicycle tour. Thanks for this excellent service. Scott and Diane Mulligan, Oregon