Home Exchange Service & Fees - Why Home Base Holidays?

• Experience
  Home Base Holidays is a major international home exchange agency. Established in London, England, 1985.
• Reputation
  Home Base Holidays is featured in many articles, radio and TV programmes every year. A founder member in 1993 of the first organisation uniting independent home exchange agencies, the International Home Exchange Association. A founder member in 1999 of the First Home Exchange Alliance, an association of established home exchange agencies worldwide. Many members join Home Base Holidays on the recommendation of long-standing members.
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• Up-to-Date On-line Service
  New listings added daily to the website (registration and expiry dates shown in listings).
• Customer Service: We are available by e-mail and phone to give advice and answer any questions you may have: +44(0)20 8886 8752, 9 am - 6 pm GMT Monday - Friday; generally answer phone on weekends & evenings; we will respond within 24 hours.
• Low Membership Fees (quoted in pounds sterling):

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• Quality Exchange Offers Only
  All members pay a reasonable fee to join; only listings from members who have paid the small subscription fee and so are genuinely interested in arranging home swaps are included. All listings include join and expiry dates so you can see exactly how long any listing is in circulation.

  • Easy On-line Registration
  • Secure Payment - Payments are made on the Barclaycard secure payment website
  • Instant Access to New Listings
    As soon as you submit your membership form you will have full access to all current listings.
  • Privacy: for your security, Home Base Holidays does not publish any contact details, including your email address. All correspondence with other members is done in your own private member area on the website. You decide when you are ready to share any contact information with another member.

  'Home Base .... a particularly user-friendly website' (from 'Swapping all over the world', an article in The Telegraph travel section)

Alternative Subscription Payment Options

If you prefer not to pay on-line please e-mail us or call, giving your name and mailing address. We will send you a brochure, sample exchange listing and membership form by post. You may complete and return the printed membership form, paying your subscription by cheque or international money order in pounds sterling or by transfer to the Home Base Holidays bank account. 

Alternatively, to speed up your application, complete a membership form on the website, clicking Continue at the end of the form to save your listing information. Contact us to let us know when you have completed a form. We will send you further information on paying your subscription and, as soon as your payment is received, your listing will be added to the website.

What Else Do I Get for My Membership?

• Your Listing
  Submit your completed membership and payment form and your listing will be added to the database immediately. Your listing will be available for viewing for one or two years depending on your membership choice. Please note that ONLY current members will have access to your personal contact details.
• Free Photos
  No charge to include up to eight full colour photos of your home with your listing. Information on adding photos will be sent to you as soon as you join and full details are also available on the Member Information page.
• Access Password
  Choose your own unique password and view listings whenever you want during your membership period. Send messages to other members from the website using a form or by direct email. Add listings to your 'Favourites' as you browse, for easy access when you are ready to contact the members with your exchange offer
• Changes to your Listing
  Additions and changes can be made to your listing whenever needed. Arranged an exchange? Update your own listing to give details of the next exchanges you are planning!
• Free Guidelines
  A comprehensive check list to take you step by step from making initial enquiries to the final preparations before your holiday.
• Regular Home Swappers Newsletters  

Tips for Visitors and Joining Information