House swapping not just for the movies

Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet aren’t the only ones who want to holiday by swapping houses on the cheap with a stranger. We’ll admit to sometimes scanning the house swapping ads ourselves, waiting for just the right moment of kismet in which someone with a fully-furnished house in say, oh, Hawaii wants to swap for our cluttered Chicago apartment (Could Chicago count as a ski town? Do you think a family of six could fit in our one-bedroom apartment? We have a futon).

To date, though, we’ve never actually responded to an ad, fearing that we’d be on the loser end of the swap or, worse yet, come home to a stripped apartment (or very angry swappers). Have any experience with house swapping? Click on “Comments” and let Yo know.

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