1 December 2012

What are the main advantages and disadvantages of house swapping?


In my opinion, house swapping is a good way of travelling without spending too much money on hotels, but it can also have consequences in your holidays and even in your daily life.
First of all, you have to be very careful with the people you are doing the swap with. You won’t always find rich people with big mansions who want to do a house exchange during a few days. Normally, people who look for this kind of travelling are those who cannot afford paying a hotel or people who don’t appreciate much their house, so you don’t know how they will treat yours.
I’m not saying that you have to distrust everyone, but you should think that you are inviting unknown people to your house while you are not there, so they will be able to do everything they want there.
Furthermore, images on the internet can deceive you because you might think that you are going to a normal house and then you find something completely different which dislikes you.
In conclusion, this house swapping can be a good way to travel cheaply, but you have to be careful because you never know where you are going or who is going to your house.

4 comments:

  1. Well done, Borja. As you can see, the only mistakes you have made are prepositions. You SPEND money ON sth. You PAY FOR sth and with the verb TRUST you don't use a preposition. Now you can correct the words in red and then change the colour to black.

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  2. I agree with you, is a good way to travel. But the problem is that images can be manipulated, among other things. Although it is also a way to break the routine and see new places. I think if you establish contact with the person you are going to make a house swapping and you can see that this person is legit, you won't take any risk and it will be a cheap way to travel.

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  3. I agree too Borja. That's a nice way to travel, but how you say in the essay you can be worried about your house, but if you go on holidays with house swap you must be careful with the house. You essay have been corrected, and I think that your expressions are good enough.

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  4. I’m agree with you that house swapping is the best way of travelling. You can get a house with all things you can need around the world. On the other hand you know nothing about that person so it’s a great risk to give your keys to a stranger. If I would be sure that the person who is going to come to my house won’t mess it I would be now in Australia doing house swapping.

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