A New Home Exchange Firm Features Up-Front Photographs of the Homes or Apartments Available for Exchange

I've just made the acquaintance of a new, one-woman home exchange firm. Because I enjoy recommending a brave, small, start-up in a field increasingly dominated by big companies, I'm hastening to draw your attention to World Home Exchanges ( www.worldhomeexchanges.com ).

It seems, at a hasty glance, to be no different in any major respect from any other home exchange company, except that it is obviously a labor-of-love of the individual, Jennifer Margell, who runs it. She is herself a successful home exchanger, and she obviously enjoys putting her members in touch with other gracious exchangers around the world. And her website places far more emphasis than is usual on inviting would-be home exchangers to post photographs of the homes or apartments they are offering for exchange. That takes a lot of the guesswork out of what is sometimes an anxious procedure.

I like the spirit with which Jennifer Margell approaches the possibilities of home exchanges, and the care with which she assists such exchanges. Her website is an attractive one, and I think you'll enjoy scanning and/or using it.