Here's a small change with a big effect. Until now, when you posted in the Community Feed about where you'd love to go, you had to hope the right member happened to scroll past. From today, the Feed reads your post and tells the members who could actually host you, and it works both ways, so you'll also hear when someone is looking for a home in your area. Write an ordinary sentence, be specific about your dates and what you can offer, and let the matching happen behind the scenes. Have a read, we think your next exchange might already be looking for you.

Drew

Aug 13, 2026 · 4 min read

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We've given the PLU blog a proper makeover: a magazine-style home for the stories, tips and inspiration coming out of our Community every day. And now that it's open to all Premium members, we want to fill it with your stories. Thousands of good exchanges happen every year, full of small moments worth telling, like the neighbour who left flowers, the city that felt like home by day three, the swap that turned into a friendship. If you've got one of those, we'd love to help you tell it. Have a read, then have a think. Your story might be next.

Drew

Aug 6, 2026 · 2 min read

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Remember your first exchange, back before anyone had left you feedback? We do too, and it's why we've built Trusts: a way for members to show trust in each other with a personal reference, separate from exchange feedback. If you know someone newer to the Community, whether it's the friend you introduced or someone you've met at a meetup, you can now put your name behind them, and it'll show on their profile from day one. You can even give a friend their first Trust before they've joined. Have a read, and think about who your first Trust should go to.

Drew

Jul 27, 2026 · 3 min read

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People Like Us didn't start with a grand plan. It started with Drew and Kathy, two people who loved to travel and discovered that home exchange wasn't just a smarter way to see the world, but a different way of living in it. What grew from that small idea is a Community built on trust, generosity, and real curiosity about people and places. We've written a piece that captures who we are and why this Community exists, whether you're brand new here or have been exchanging with us for years. Have a read.

Drew

Jun 17, 2026 · 3 min read

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The PLU Feed has been rebuilt from the ground up — and if you tried it before and it didn't quite click, we'd love you to give it another look. This relaunch is faster, more beautiful, and works the way we always imagined it should. You can share gallery photos of your home, mention other members, link directly to home profiles with a rich preview snippet, and get notified when someone replies. It's a social feed built specifically for home exchangers, inside a platform we all own together — no algorithms, no noise, and no dependence on spaces we don't control. Head over and take a look.

Drew

Jun 12, 2026 · 3 min read

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Meetups aren't new to PLU — hundreds of them have happened over the years, coordinated through our Facebook group. What is new is where they live. We've built Meetups a proper home on the PLU platform itself, so the whole Community can find them, join them, and host them — not just the members who happen to be on Facebook. There's a deeper reason too: in-person gatherings are where the trust that makes home exchange work quietly gets built, one coffee and one long lunch at a time. Our first two Meetups are live right now, one in Brisbane and one in Oslo, and we'll be opening it up for new hosts in about a week. Have a read — we think you'll find an excuse to host one of your own.

Drew

May 25, 2026 · 4 min read

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When we rolled out the new member dashboard last week, one bit of feedback came through loud and clear: "Can we please have our Favourites in here too?" So we did one better. Say hello to the Wishlist Manager — a proper home for all the homes you've been saving, with the ability to organise them into named lists like "Netherlands Trip", "Summer 2026", or "Beach Houses (For Someday)". Your top wishlists now live right on your dashboard with thumbnail previews, you've got dedicated browsing pages with infinite-scroll grids for each list, and the platform quietly remembers which list you last saved to so adding new homes is a single tap. Have a look around — we think you're going to like this one.

Drew

May 14, 2026 · 3 min read

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We've built you a new home page. The PLU Member Dashboard is a single, personal landing place that brings together your Picks, your messages, your exchanges, your saved searches, your home profile and your member stats — all in the one place. It's the page you'll see when you log in, designed to give you the most valuable five minutes you'll spend on PLU each day. Have a read on the blog for the full walkthrough — we think you'll find it makes PLU feel a little more like yours.

Drew

Apr 30, 2026 · 3 min read

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Home exchanging, at its best, is about that moment when a home just clicks for you. PLU Picks is our way of bringing more of those moments your way — personalised home recommendations, drawn from what you've told us and matched against the Community to find homes (and members) that look like a genuinely good fit. Have a read, and then have a look — your first Picks may already be waiting.

Drew

Apr 26, 2026 · 4 min read

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