Here are our children, enjoying the home exchangers' trampoline. They had never seen one before and it was a big hit. When it comes to home exchange amenities, swapping with families similar to your own can mean more fun for members of the family who are close in age to those in the swap party.
Yesterday we took the kids on a long hike on the local rail-trail (a bicycling and hiking trail created on an old railroad right of way). They got to do things city kids don't usually experience like hunting for the best rock, walking with a "hiking stick" made from a tree branch and throwing twigs into a creek.
Now we are cleaning the swap home while the exchangers' sheets finish washing. After we put the linens in the dryer we will head home. The exchangers asked us to just "start the machine" to wash their sheets and towels, but I don't like to leave wet laundry to molder.
When departing from a swap home, washing one's linens and leaving the home at least as clean as you found it are the bare minimum of consideration. No one wants to return from vacation to a messy house.
The effort involved in a three-day swap is just as great as the work one must do after a three-week exchange. But short-term trades near one's home are well worth the extra effort. We hope to exchange with this family -- or their neighbors -- again and again. And if you own a home in a rural area or a quaint small town within a few hours drive from Manhattan, please get in touch. Maybe you can be our next swap partner!
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