Geenee.com have homes available for 'borrowing' from all around the world. I browsed around the site (currently free to join) and found some lovely properties. Some retired people are open to exchanging their home at anytime, some others have specific dates that they want exchanges. For instance I found a local householder open to offers around Christmas time and has specified Australia as a preferred destination.
There seems to be all sorts of homes included, admittedly some of them DID look a bit like show-homes, but others had that 'lived-in' look.
If you are considering this as an option, then I suppose like anything there are 'up' sides and 'down' sides, but I am guessing that when you've done it a couple of times, you would soon get into the swing of it.
Once you can get over the inconvenience of having strangers in your house whilst you are on holiday, no doubt having all the home comforts when you are away from home (especially if you are taking kids), and a real local insight into the place you are visiting more than compensates...
I think that this could be a very interesting and alternative holiday. I guess you are likely to get a better furnished home than if you just went self-catering in a holiday cottage and I assume that you do not have to pay....makes it seem pretty appealing!
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