The way we treat time in the West is very specific. Very lineal, very constrained… a little weird. Other cultures, whether the distance be historical or geographical, do not share our way of thinking. Some see it in terms of seasons. Others, in cycles.

We see it as a foward march. An inescapable progression. And because of this, sometimes, it traps us. We can get trapped in our age, trapped in our bones, trapped in our time tables.

What does this have to do with home exchange? A heck of a lot.

We don´t need to see the year as being divided into pre-ordained, predictable segments. We don´t have to have the long, arduous build up between stark, empty January, to lighter but wetter April, then to the inevitable climax in the summer period. Sure, having a summer full of sun in your hair, salty gazes and leaving your silent footsteps along the shore is one of the sweetest times you can spend. But what we need to eliminate, is the inevitable come down, and the holiday-starved slow months that make up the rest of the year.

What we´re saying is that you can have that unmistakable holiday flush more than once a year with home exchange. We can take the peaks and troughs of the year, put them in a pile, and then weed out the troughs. With home exchange being so incredibly cheap and easy, you can take weekend breaks and short trips all through the year. Or maybe even treat yourself to two or more big holidays every year.

Home swaps are incredibly liberating. Not only in terms of giving you the opportunity to travel in style all over the world. But also by freeing you from the financial and traditional time shackles that so often constrain and shape our lives, they can help us rearrange our dreary Western marching of time into constantly revolving holiday cycles.