During our travels in France this month, we’re staying in French homes that I was able to book using HomeExchange.com. We tried our first two home exchanges three years ago, and each time we have so appreciated this option for family travel! The surprising part of home exchange is that you don’t need to have a beautiful, large home in a tourist-friendly location for this to work. Having a lovely space in a desirable area is helpful of course, but you don’t necessarily even need to own a home in order to book a home through HomeExchange. I’ll explain the options in a minute, but first here’s a quick summary of the ways we’ve used HomeExchange in the past.