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Home Exchange Academy e Book



H


ome Exchange vacationing         exchanging with her family for    
has been around for in          more than twenty five years,      
excess of half a century        she’s the veteran of more than    
and during that time, countless       forty swaps so it’s not difficult 
businesses have sprung up, eager      to see where her depth of         
to reap a living from promoting       knowledge springs from.           
the concept.                                                            
                                      The opening title describes the   
A few have weathered the trials       e-book as a “Blueprint to Swap    
of time and still remain today,       Homes For Your Next Vacation and  
but the vast majority has fallen      Get Out Of The Hotel Rut”, and    
by the wayside, although quickly      that’s a perfect summation. Home  
replaced by fresh contenders.         Exchange Academy could not be     
                                      more detailed. It explains        
This has left the inexperienced       exactly how to compare all the    
swapper with next to no               clubs presently available, what   
guidelines, no course of action       to look for on their web sites,   
when selecting a club to join. A      plus the red flags to guard       
few books on the general subject      against.                          
of home exchange have come and                                          
gone, but none have taken the         Once a club has been chosen the   
aspiring home exchanger by the        author explains right down to the 
hand and walked him through the       last detail exactly how to set up 
entire process step by step. That     a listing, what text and          
is, until now …                       information must be included. She 
                                      also has some excellent           
A brand new e-book—Home Exchange      suggestions for integrating more  
Academy—has just hit the market       photographs and information than  
and I see it as a winner! Athena      the website listings can          
Ricky, the author has been home       accommodate.                      



                                      allowing “strangers” into their   
Also covered in extensive detail      home, they continually resist     
are: correspondence between           making a commitment and joining a 
members, developing likely            club themselves. I think this     
inquiries, preparing your home        e-book does an exemplary job of   
for an exchange, writing Home         allaying all those unfounded      
Exchange and Car Exchange             fears. As the Ms. Rickby so       
Agreements, and creating a Home       succinctly states:                
Exchange Book which provides                                            
visiting guests with detailed         “The question I’m most often      
information about your home and       asked by the uninitiated is: How  
its idiosyncrasies, emergency         do you trust complete strangers   
contacts and phone numbers,           to live in your home for two      
recommended local restaurants and     weeks?                            
attractions, plus much, much                                            
more.                                 My response is usually concise    
                                      and along the lines of: “How do   
Samples of these documents are        they know they can trust me?”     
incorporated in the e-book, plus      I think those words speak         
purchasers can download actual        volumes!                          
working copies in Microsoft Word                                        
and PDF formats from the e-books      I especially like the author’s    
website.                              clearly expressed decision not to 
                                      promote any current club above    
May potential home exchangers         another within her book. She      
marvel at the notion of               chooses not to reveal which clubs 
vacationing almost anywhere in        she herself belongs to and never  
the world, without ever having to     so much as mentions any club by   
pay for accommodation, but            name. Instead, she walks her      
because of reservations about         readers through how to search     



for, and list all the current         otherwise be possible, plus no    
clubs by dint of Google, Yahoo,       club can feel slighted or         
etc. Surely, this tactic alone        complain because they have been   
will keep her e-book fresh for        left out.                         
significantly longer than would       




About the Author:

Visit The Home Exchange Academy website Anne Pottinger is the owner of ExchangeHomes a home exchange company that has been in business since 1986. She has also written hundreds of travel articles.


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