Frequently Asked Questions

Yes - it's free to list your home. There are no membership fees or annual costs.

We always recommend that you speak to your home insurance provider to notify them of your home swap plans.

In addition, every family home swap booking includes biometric verification and a £3m accidental damage and liability guarantee through our global partner Superhog. Click to visit Superhog

Many families like the option to car swap as it saves on hire-car costs. Before you make an agreement, check that your insurance policy allows your exchange partner to drive your car - if an extra premium is charged, decide who will pay.

Our website has a secure chat system so that you can message prospective home swap families.

Once you home swap is booked we encourage you to get to know your home swap family over Skype or similar video platforms; this fosters better connections and enables you to show each other around your homes.

Confirming your home swap booking is simple.

Click 'Make Booking' (at the bottom of the home listing and on the member's profile area) and follow the simple steps.

Once you have started the process, your home swap family is notified and prompted to complete their details.

When both parties have completed the booking form, your booking is complete and you can start planning your family holiday.

Communicating with your home swap family is essential to make sure that you both have the same expectations.

We've created a checklist to help you. Click here to view it.

Your phone number, home or email address will not be made visible anywhere on the Family Home Swaps website. 

To protect your privacy, members cannot see your full name when contacting you about a home exchange unless you choose to share this - just your first name.

For added security we have also chosen to keep home listings hidden from non registered users.

We only show home listings that are 90% - 100% completed. To see what’s missing click on the % button.

Photos are loaded one at a time. Fifteen photos can uploaded, but only five will be visible on your home listing page. Additional photos will be viewed in the gallery.

The five photos that show on the front page of your listing have been labelled, so please upload accordingly (three home photos and two environment)

The local area and environment are a really important element of our community’s travel experience and will influence their home swap choice. We would love to see photos of your local environment and the surrounding areas.

When you have uploaded all of the required information your home listing will show as 100% complete.

Click on the % button to see what elements you still need to add.

Simply click on the menu on the left side of the menu bar and select ‘My Home’. Any changes or updates can be made from this page.

You can hide or activate your listing at any time by clicking on the ‘visible’ button.

We know that family life is busy and planning ahead can be difficult.

Our traffic light system allows you to quickly share dates that you are available for a swap, the dates you cannot do and the months that are open for discussion.

Our community thrives on connection, so we encourage you to engage with other families to confirm the exact home swap dates.