Athena Ricky, a senior Home Exchanger with 40+ home swaps, has written an excellent guide called Home Exchange Academy - Blue Print to Swap Homes for Your Next Vacation. This step-by-step, down-to-earth e-book offers sound and very detailed advice for the novice Home Exchanger. The e-book covers every imaginable aspect of Home Exchange from how to choose a club (your good judgement in selecting JewettStreet will of course be confirmed in the book!) to how to set up your listing and prepare your home for the exchange.  The book includes more than 65 pages. Here is the complete list of content:

Introduction  -  What Is A Home Exchange  -  Who Exchanges Homes   -  Bonus Features  -  My Own Experiences  -  How Home Exchanging Began   -  Selecting Your Home Exchange Club   -  The Major Differences   -   How their members are contacted   -   Paid Memberships or Free   -  Directory Based Clubs   -   Points System / Full Service Clubs   -  How Do You Find A List of These Clubs  -  How On Earth Do You Decide  -  Clubs’ Home Pages - Membership Fees  -  Clubs’ Published Contact Information  -   Listings’ Published Start and End Dates  -  Some Clubs’ Inflated Membership Figures  -  Hiding Your Contact Information - Privacy Policy  -  Listing Demographics  -  Additional Customer Support  -  Guarantees  -  Evaluate Your Selections  -  Test Them!  -  Call their Customer Service  -  Send questions to their email address  -  The Adventure Begins  -  A few tips  -  How should you set up your listing  -  Illustrate your listing with good photographs  -  Children and pets  -  Your location  -  Your own Home Exchange Web Site Contact Between Members  -  Receiving Inquiries and Replies  -  Declining Inquiries  -  Your listed email address -  Developing likely inquiries  -  References  -  A Written Agreement  -  Car Exchange  -  Sample Car Exchange Agreement  -  Payments  -  Pets  -  Watering Plants  -  Clarification  -  It’s A Matter of Trust  -  Perfection rarely happens  -  Sample Home Exchange Agreement  -  The Next Step  -  Preparing Your Home  -  Family Treasures and Irreplaceable Items - Your Insurance  -  Pets  -  Your Home Exchange Book  -  
Sample Home Exchange Book  -  Warning  -  My Ten Golden Home Exchange Rules  -  General Tips and Advice  -  In Conclusion

I highly recommend this useful e-book to novice Home Exchangers!