Comments on: Discovering the Best HomeExchange Program for Families

By: Calvin F.

Calvin F. — Fri, 26 May 2017 19:54:59 +0000

Hears about this before, interesting.

By: AD

AD — Tue, 16 May 2017 01:40:01 +0000

I’ll have to consider this next time I travel; I don’t like the idea of a traditional home exchange, but this could work for me.

By: kathy downey

kathy downey — Wed, 03 May 2017 21:57:53 +0000

Thanks for the info,this is interesting.Internet access is so important to keep in touch when away!

By: Yashy

Yashy — Sun, 30 Apr 2017 14:37:34 +0000

In reply to Erin.

We’re definitely saving a fair bit by staying at homes, that’s for sure. Pillow case – the case is long and open on both ends. Some houses had one long pillow inside and other had two regular north american sized ones slotted into the one case! Yes I use Chrome always and it’s so very helpful!

By: Erin

Erin — Sat, 29 Apr 2017 06:52:44 +0000

I’ve never thought of that about properly getting to know local families by using their home – it’s true, when you’re in a country for more than a couple of weeks, you start having to do things like grocery shop, do the laundry and whatnot. I’m super curious, is it one big long pillow?? In Germany, the bed pillows are either skinny rectangles or perfectly square. So obviously I can’t get pillow cases for my old Canadian and British pillows, and the new pillows we bought don’t fit our old ones… ha.

Internet access can be a real challenge sometimes. Our home internet in Germany is pretty good, but will be flakey for no reason sometimes. There’s very little free wifi in public places compared to Canada or the UK because all providers are liable for what people access.

Oh – tip: use Chrome as a browser and download the Translate plugin, that way you can read any website, automatically machine translated. It’s my lifesaver.