February 17th, 2010
This is a very active time for home exchange travelers. Many swapers are finalizing their summer vacations on JewettStreet. Come and join us! Right now we run a membership special for € 30/ US$ 30. You save 25 % with discount code Swap2010. The promotion ends on February 28, 2010. Join us now
JewettStreet’s Advantages at a Glance
- A guaranteed home exchange in your first year, or the next 6 months are on us!
- Personal coaching how to arrange a successful home exchange.
- Absolute discretion.
- Membership includes up to 3 listings! (e.g. your primary home, your second home, your yacht, your RV).
- Access to 15.000+ listings through our partner agency - for you free
- A user- friendly and easy to navigate website.
- A 1-click contact form allows for easy first contact between members.
- You can load up to 7 photos for each listing.
- We have an extensive Advanced Search function.
- We offer you a quick response customer service by email and phone.
- Our listings are up-to-date.
- Our team of international travelers (of various cultural backgrounds) have lived overseas for many years. Whatever your question, rest assured you will be in good hands. We will help you find the best possible solution.
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February 10th, 2010
Our February Home Exchange Newsletter with the latest listings and the following topics is now available.
Tags: Dalai Lama, Dharamsala, Home Exchange, Italy, Olympic Winter Games, Vancouver
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August 23rd, 2009
Last week, in the midst of dinner preparation time, a door-to-door salesman knocked at our front door. He was the second one within two days. This hadn’t happened in years and it reminded me of long forgotten times as a child, when traveling salesmen were a common sight in residential areas where I grew up in Switzerland. In the course of our 30-second conversation, he put his attention to two things mainly: He tried to get a glance at the inside of our home and gave the heirloom coral beaded necklace I wore an appraising look. I was perplexed. We live in one of the wealthiest areas of Germany, the country is in the middle of a deep recession, there are school holidays in Bavaria and all of a sudden traveling salesmen start to show up at doors again. Not during the day, but in the evening, when people who are not on vacation are more likely to be at home and therefore unoccupied residences are more noticeable.
Maybe I overreacted and the traveling salesman was honestly trying to sell household products, but the thought of having home exchangers in our house while we will be on vacation the coming weeks made me feel much more comfortable.
Your home exchange guests make great house sitters and they can take care of your animal(s) and plants, too. What a fantastic deal!
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August 4th, 2009
The August Home Exchange Newsletter with latest listings and more is now available
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July 30th, 2009
In May of 2008, an unusual home exchange request reached the larger home exchange community from Los Angeles.
A member of Home Base Holiday had been diagnosed with leukemia and she was also pregnant. She was looking for home exchange accommodation near Cedars Sinai Hospital in Beverly Hills during the course of her cancer treatment immediately after her baby was born late July.
In a joined effort, several home exchange clubs among them JewettStreet, contacted their members in LA in order to help Leslie, the pregnant cancer patient, to find suitable accommodation. In the process Leslie and I developed an interesting and profound email correspondence. Needless to say the contact faded as the estimated due date was nearing.
I have been thinking ever since what happended to Leslie and her baby. This week I got mail from her:
“Thanks for checking in on me. I am doing very well. My baby, Merceda, just turned 1 on the 15th and both she and I are healthy. I had chemo in Sept. and went into remission in October. I feel entirely normal except the way I look at life is very different now. I am extremely grateful and try very hard to live in the present moment. I understand what a gift is each moment that I am healthy and alive.”
Leslie has written about her unusual journey in her own blog.
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