Like with everything that’s related to home exchange etiquette, there is one simple question that you need to bare in mind. “How would I like to be treated by them?”

So it may be that you’re tired after totally unwinding and relaxing on your home exchange. Or that you’ve spent every spare minute darting over the unexplored city, and have ended up with that happy worn-out tiredness. What with the slightly less than welcome prospect of having to return to work, it can same like the least appealing thing on your mind, to go through the whole house and give it a good rub down and thorough clean.

But it really pays off. It can be a good idea to set aside a day for the cleaning, and you can assign, for example one section of the house to each member of the family. This way you will maintain a great relation with your home exchange partner, so you’ll have the option of swapping with them again the next time.

Also, what will really make the whole thing worth while is when you finally  get back to your own home and find it dazzling brightly clean and tidy!