After our 3-day leaf peeping swap we all felt refreshed and reinvigorated.
Times like these, when change is brewing and things are uncertain, can be stressful.
Doing a nearby, short-term home exchange really took my mind off current events. Our family took some time to have fun together. Being with them reminded me where our strength lies.
Even if you do have concerns, a home swap vacation is not going to break the bank.
Gas was at a relatively rock bottom $2.85 per gallon en route to the exchange home. With tolls, our total transportation costs were $25.
We bought $50 worth of easy breakfast, lunch and snack foods and beverages.
The home exchangers have a lovely new kitchen but all we used was the fridge. Who wants to cook when on vacation. Pouring cereal into a bowl or spreading jam on bread was the extent of our culinary efforts.
Each night we ate dinner at a restaurant which averaged $45 for the 4 of us. That totaled $135.
A walking tour cost $8 for our family. We saw a movie for $12. Our kids are under age 6 so they were free. The hiking, biking and leaf-peeping were free as well.
The total cost of our 3 night getaway: $230 including free home exchange lodging.
That is less than $20 per person per day. I live in an expensive city and could easily have spend that much staying home.
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