"One favor: Would you mind starting up the VW once while you�re there. We keep rocks behind the wheels to keep it from rolling down the hill so don�t move the car, but we would appreciate your starting it up to keep the battery charged for us. Thank you."
These folks are going away for a month. Like any vacationers, they could come home to wilted plants, burst pipes, hungry pets and a dead car battery. Or they could just swap homes. We are happy to bring in their mail and start their car while we are there.
It seems that every reporter who interviews me about home exchange wants to know what went wrong. Home exchange must be too good to be true, right? Someone must have broken our Ming vase or urinated on our sofa. Well, actually no. In fact, just having home exchangers in residence while you are away will makes it much less likely that your home will become a target of thieves. Unoccupied homes are vulnerable to all sorts of theft or damage.
Is home exchange too good to be true? No, it's even better.
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