If you do find a great airfare deal, you might decide to base a home exchange around it.
There is one crucial modification to make to your plans, however, if you buy a flight before finding a place to land.
Booking your flight as far in advance as possible is important if trying to find a home exchange to go with it.
Please have some flexibility and don't demand exact dates of potential swap partners.
Nothing tells me "the exchangers intend to treat me like a hotel reservationist" like an email asking for precise swap dates just a few weeks later.
It makes a better impression of consideration for your swap partner to ask instead for "one to 2 weeks during the period of X to Y".
Give a range of dates in your initial inquiry, even if it means finding two concurrent exchanges.
Another option is to book a hotel room for a night or two on one or both ends of your trip.
Remember, a home exchange vacation is a two-way arrangement. Real home exchangers have as as much consideration for their partners' travel plans as for their own.
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