{"id":683663,"date":"2026-07-10T05:06:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T05:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/683663\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T05:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T05:06:09","slug":"we-saved-6000-on-holidays-by-swapping-homes-with-strangers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/683663\/","title":{"rendered":"We saved \u00a36,000 on holidays by swapping homes with strangers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The main home-swap listings platforms vet their members and invite them to review one another.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But the Association of British Insurers advises hosts to check that their home and contents insurance provides the cover they need before hosting guests. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It also says it is worth checking your travel insurance before staying in someone else&#8217;s home to check it covers accidental damage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Petra Novak, who uses the home swap site Kindred, says the platform&#8217;s own damage protection policy has covered her on the few occasions something was damaged in her London flat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The 34-year-old, who uses the platform as she works remotely around Europe, says she has saved some \u00a318,000-\u00a320,000 through home exchanges. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">She says she was nervous about swapping homes with strangers at first but has never had a bad experience.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">However, for added peace of mind, she likes to check out the social media profiles of prospective guests, adding that a personal touch can help build trust before an exchange. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I personally like when someone submits their booking request along with a nice introduction letter, telling me about themselves and the reason why they would be visiting London.&#8221; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The main home-swap listings platforms vet their members and invite them to review one another. But the Association&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":683664,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[84,59,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-683663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-gb","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=683663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683663\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/683664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=683663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=683663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=683663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}