Thinking of your next holidays?  Times are tough, and it's not so easy nowadays, but how about house swapping?  It's not a permanent arrangement, just a chance to live in someone else's house for a few weeks, while they live in yours.

If you’ve never tried house swapping I can thoroughly  recommend it.  There are a number of clubs you can join, some of them with international membership. We’ve been swapping for about 20 years on and off and have never really had any problems.