Doing a home exchange between Europe and Australia is sometimes difficult.

Let’s face it. It’s a long way to go. One of the problems that Australians would have with home exchange with Europe is that they often want to see more than one European country in order to make the most of the trip.

Which makes perfect sense. If you travel all that way, you’d definitely want to sample some of the rich tapestry that Europe has to offer.

But this should not be a problem though. Why not do two home exchanges? It’s not that difficult to co-ordinate. You spend a couple of weeks in France, a couple of weeks in Portugal, and then take a few days out to travel between the two.

From the other perspective, depending on the number of people that would be interested in this, the system could work very well. Australia is a popular destination for travellers, and generally people are interested in poking around in various different areas across the country in one trip. So, if a European family did a two week exchange in one part of Australia, they could then take a few days to travel around, and then reach their second holiday home exchange destination.

A trip between Australia and Europe could be costly, flight wise. So saving money on other expenses such as accommodation could definitely soften the blow!

Here at Homeforhome.com what we’re suggesting for the Australia Question is simply: double home exchange, two week slots.

But more than anything, we need to get talking about Australia. Who is interested in going there? Who knows people in Australia who would be interested in doing home exchanges? The Australia Question is a big one. But if we can facilitate cheap and comfortable holidays, cracking the big Down Under would be massive for our home exchange community. Massive!