"I used to use Craigslist and find people, but it was really hard to find people who wanted the exact timeframe that you wanted and who also had a decent home that you actually wanted to stay in. Now I use Kindred, which is so much easier because the home swaps don't have to be consecutive. I'm obsessed with never being home and traveling a lot, and Kindred has given me the ability to do that."
"I have the Kindred Passport, which costs $600 a year, so I don't pay service fees, just the cleaning fee. Because I'm traveling constantly, I get my money's worth on the passport within a month or two. The cleaning rate I've paid in Mexico is $110, so you can go to Mexico for a week for $110, and it could be a five-bedroom place with a pool. The cleaning rate in most of the places I've seen in Europe is $140, so we went for 10 days to the most beautiful place in Greece, and it was $140."
Meagan Cignoli began house-swapping around 2005, initially finding matches on Craigslist which often made timing and quality alignment difficult. She now uses Kindred, a home-swapping network that permits non-consecutive swaps and offers a Passport membership that waives service fees for $600 a year. Members can perform direct one-to-one swaps or earn nightly credits by hosting; no money exchanges between hosts and guests. Stays require a service fee and a one-time cleaning fee, which can be inexpensive — examples include $110 in Mexico and about $140 in parts of Europe — enabling affordable solo, group, or work travel across varied home sizes.
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