Consider joining a house swapping service that lists vacation homes for rent all over the globe like Trade to Travel or the Vacation Exchange. These websites have numerous pictures of homes ranging from the most glamorous mansions to humble apartments in a metropolitan area. From Thailand to Spain to France, there are many homes available.
There may be a modest fee of $30 or more to list your home, but as you surf the other homes available, you'll realize you have access to homes in some of the most popular vacation areas. The drawback is you will have to allow strangers to stay in your home for a specific period of time, but you can set guidelines and enforce rules that protect your belongings.
Find a home to rent by logging on to the Craigslist.com homepage. On the right-hand side of the page, you can find specific sites by countries or cities. Click your way to your desired country and then city. Under housing, there are links for "house rental" and "housing swaps."
From there, you can search for homes to rent or swap. If you are looking to swap houses, you will have more luck swapping houses if you live in a desirable state or city. You may want to list your home with photos and information about the area you live in. If you promote your local attractions, beaches or historical areas, you will have an edge over other people listing their homes for swapping.
List your wish for a vacation home with a company like HomeAway. Often, this company lists last-minute deals on available vacation homes. This is often a result of people who have canceled their rental, leaving open vacation homes that need to be filled quickly. Simply register your name, email information and the desired vacation area, and the company will email you when a hot deal on a rental home becomes available.
To get around high Realtor fees, you can rent a vacation home directly from the owner through Vacation Rentals by Owner. The cost to list the rental home is often more than a couple hundred dollars, but you do not have to pay a fee to rent a home listed on the site. There are homes available all over the world, in Asia, Europe, Australia, and North, South and Central America.
Conduct a search on the Internet for the name of the city in which you want to rent a vacation home and also the word "newspaper." This will bring you results for newspapers in the city you are looking for. Log onto the classifieds section and search in the home rental section. In most city newspapers, you will find annual, monthly and weekly vacation rentals.
