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Trading Spaces: The Home Swap Catches On

Home swapping offers an economical and convenient way to explore the world. (MarketWatch)

July 2006

KEYWORDS: Travel, Vacation

America's empty nesters are discovering hidden corners of far-flung countries by home swapping. Thanks to an influx of home-exchange web sites, more and more Boomers are swapping their vacant second homes for vacation locales with greater comfort and flexibility than many hotels. (Read this story in MarketWatch)

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