Win a free year’s membership in a home exchange club

Posted on March 21st, 2009 by Laura Byrne Paquet in Contests, Home Exchanges

My friend Julie Ovenell-Carter writes a great travel blog called These Boots, which is aimed at independent travellers, and she’s running a contest. The prizes? One-year memberships offered by two home exchange organizations, HomeLink International and Intervac. All you have to do to enter is go to the blog post announcing the contest and leave a comment on the subject of home exchanges: a story about one you’ve done, a wishful note about why you’d like to do one–anything, really. The contest is open to Canadians 18 and over, and time is of the essence: the deadline is Wednesday, March 25 at 8pm Pacific Time. Good luck!

P.S.: Julie was on the CBC Radio One program “B.C. Almanac” yesterday, talking about the joys of home exchange and fielding questions from callers. The show will be archived for a few days on the “B.C. Almanac” website. Scroll down and click on the Openline Archive link for the Friday, March 20 show. (You’ll need Real Player to hear the sound file.)

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