Home away from home

If you’re after something a little exotic or perhaps even everyday, but definitely not expensive, for your next vacation, take a look at GuestToGuest.

This home-exchange website enables members to stay anywhere in the world for free by simply swapping time at home for time in any of the 375,000-odd homes on offer in 187 countries. So whether you want to trade your city apartment for a mountainside chalet, your houseboat for an old church, or your ocean view for volcanoes, your dream destination is just a click away.