If you click on the headline of this post you will see a review of a new bicycle rental shop in Brooklyn. It rents used bikes for only $10 per month! This is exactly the sort of local knowledge that I always put right into my home exchange book. Do you have a home exchange book? Mine was originally intended to organize take-out menus. It is a spiral-bound notebook of pocket folders with different stickers to mark the sections.
A good home exchange binder has menus, but I also include any articles I find on my neighborhood. I cut out newspaper reviews of local restaurants and put them with the relevant menus. I always have coupons for the airport limo services in there. Many swappers, especially Europeans, have asked me for information on buying or renting a bike. Now I have that resource to offer as well.
Each year our local free papers publish guides to New York City festivals. There are "Best of New York" issues each year; summaries of new restaurants in the "Cheap Eats" and "Year's Best" categories; special issues on topics like different movie theaters or tips for people attending yearly sporting events. I save mini guides like this in case swap partners are visiting specifically for those reasons. These lists of interesting local happenings can also provide fodder for your swap listing so you can interest exchangers in special activities held in your area.
Your home exchange binder is a nice way to share local info with your swap partners. It is secondary, however, to your home instructions. We will discuss this much more crucial info another time.
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