Round the World in Home Exchanges Blogs

5 things to do in Melbourne when it’s SCORCHING hot

As part of our Round the World in Home Exchanges we spent a few days visiting the wonderful city of Melbourne, if you haven’t been there then the key thing you need to know is that it has one of those ‘four seasons in one day’ reputations.

The undiscovered North of New Zealand

With 65% of all visitors to New Zealand flocking to the South Island on arrival, we decided to buck the trend and take a jaunt to the wild Northland. Maybe it’s just me but the…

Round the world in Home Exchanges – Our half way trip review

It’s been 6 months since we hatched the brilliant scheme to travel round the world staying in other people’s homes while they stayed in ours. We’ve been travelling for four months now and have just arrived at our half way point in New Zealand…

You dream of location independence – but where does your partner fit in?

A stumbling block for many people who want to experience a more ‘location independent’ lifestyle is their partner. Travelling overseas for extended periods can definitely…

So how can you make this work?

The Best Things to do in Palm Desert in August (Stop 4)

Driving through the security gates and into the compound of our new gated community home exchange felt like entering a deserted film set. There was no one here. If it wasn’t for the high fences I’d expect to see giant tumbleweeds rolling down the empty streets…

How to have the best ever weekend in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

Contrary to popular belief, when you can work from anywhere you like in the world you do still have to work, even if you are in a popular holiday destination. And sometimes, you can find that a whole month has slipped away and you haven’t really…

Portland is THE place to be, well at least in the summer! (Stop 2)

For the first time ever I was reluctant for a flight to end as we arrived in Portland. We’d ordered from the interactive touch screen snack menu; the cabin had pleasing mood lighting; we had acres of space in our business class seats; and it was all free courtesy of air miles earned from using our credit card (moral of the story, save your air miles kids!).

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We recently attended a conference in Portland and at the end of the last session the guy who was running it Chris Guillebeau, came back on stage with….

Finding sponsors for your BIG PROJECT

Here’s something we’ve been asked quite a bit in the last week; ‘So how did you win the competition?’

The thing is, we didn’t. We magic-ed the prize ourselves.

For as many ideas as there are, there are as many different ways to make it happen. Here is how we achieved ours.

Our Round the World Home Exchange travel adventure – Los Angeles (Stop 1)

Life at home was all good. We were hanging out with friends, going out for dinner, avoiding drowning in the near apocalyptic rainstorms.

Then suddenly, we’re embarking on several month trip round the world in home exchanges, where we will not only be wearing the same clothes for the best part of a year as we circumnavigate the globe, but also sleeping in strangers beds….

Newsflash! Our unique work and travel world challenge starts here in 29 days!

Since the initial idea about doing the first ever ‘Round the World in Home Exchanges’ we’ve had a fair few ups and downs. We knew the concept of promoting location independence and home exchanging together was pretty cool. But we just weren’t sure if we would get proper support, or if we would be going alone.