Inflation: exchanging your house to go on vacation at a lower cost

In the large kitchen they already feel at home. And yet, Timothée and Camille are not quite at home. They come from Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône) for a six-day vacation in Montpellier (Hérault) with someone they don’t know and who left their villa with swimming pool, personal items and even their cat free of charge. Individuals exchanged their homes. The accommodations are not necessarily equivalent and the dates do not always match. The exchange system therefore works with points.

Traveling in France or abroad

In the exchange market, there are several sites. More than 250,000 accommodations in a hundred countries. There is nothing to pay, except the annual insurance at 150 euros. A family from Montpellier was seduced by the concept 16 years ago and since then it has already carried out around sixty exchanges in France or abroad. The advantage is economic. Otherwise, the family would not have been able to afford trips for five people. In exchange, they lend their house. This summer, they will go to Florida.