Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Browse the questions we're most often asked in Support and in our Facebook group.


Membership

All People Like Us subscriptions start with a free Trial. As a Trial member, you may view all our listings and make enquiries of Premium members. In order to agree an exchange, you'll need a Premium (paid) membership. All of our membership options are on this page: https://peoplelikeus.world/premium

People Like Us started 1 April 2018 and after three years of building our community and planning, we introduced a fee to make our service sustainable into the future. Our Founders were our first PLU’s to join and we’ll be forever thankful for the support shown to our community. We wouldn’t be here without them.

No. Trials are limited to one per person.

Non-Premium members are people who have activated a home profile but not paid for Premium membership. They include people who have never become Premium and those that were once Premium but are not now. Non-Premium members can receive messages from Premium members and reply to them and continue existing conversations. They can start one new enquiry a day.

Auto-renewal is provided to make it easier for you to keep your subscription current and not have to worry about your future exchanges being cancelled from accidentally missing a renewal. If you do want to stop it, go to the member menu (click your photo) and then My Subscription. There's an option to cancel (or restart) your auto-renewal on this page.

Auto-renewal is provided to make it easier for you to keep your subscription current and not have to worry about your future exchanges being cancelled from accidentally missing a renewal. If you need to update your payment method, go to the member menu (click your photo) and then My Subscription. There's an option on this page to update your credit card. You might see a pop-up screen informing you that any exchanges you have arranged past your renewal date will be cancelled if you cancel your subscription. Press the “I understand” button and you will be able to update your payment method in a new screen. Remember, People Like Us uses the world's biggest payment gateway, Stripe, to handle all payments. People Like Us does not keep credit card information on our site or in our database anywhere.

We gift one Globe for each new member in our community. At this time, we have no plans to introduce further Globes with renewals.

We want our new members to experience a genuine, sharing exchange experience. We believe, is best felt from hosting another member. This can be any type of exchange: simultaneous, non-simultaneous, non-reciprocal or hospitality, as long as the other member is staying in your place for 5 nights or more. We're using Globes to make sure that all new members will do this first, before receiving their Globe for a non-reciprocal exchange.

In order to unlock your membership Globe, you have to host another member for 5 nights or more. Host means to have another member at your home (whether or not you're home). This can be any type of exchange: simultaneous, non-simultaneous, non-reciprocal or hospitality. The important thing is that the member is staying at your home to qualify toward the count of days.

If your Globe is locked, it will unlock at the conclusion of an exchange where the cumulative total of your nights hosted is 5 or greater. As an example, if you host someone for 3 nights and then 7 nights, it will unlock on the last day of the 7 night exchange. If you don't host another member for 5 nights during your membership period, it will unlock upon your next renewal.

Your account covers you, your partner, your children under 18, and your dependent adult children i.e. as long as they still live at home with you. Once they move out of home, they can still travel with you, the same as your friends can (as long as you ask your host's permission), but to travel alone, they need their own account and to build up their own PLU reputation.

About People Like Us

Home exchange is a vacation accommodation solution where people swap their homes with other travellers without money changing hands. It allows families to stay in their exchange partner's home while the other party stays in theirs. Home exchange can be reciprocal (simultaneous or non-simultaneous) or non-reciprocal.

People Like Us is a site for you to exchange your home with other members for travel. When we travel, you and I stay in each other's homes rather than booking a hotel. We can travel at the same time or at different times and we also have a system of Globes which can be used if you want to stay at my home but I can't commit to coming to yours. It's easy, safe, economical, and you'll make friends for life.

Home exchange involves a free swap of homes between two parties, whereas renting a vacation home involves paying a rental fee. Home exchange offers a cost-effective and immersive way to experience different destinations.

The exchange itself is free, but to access all the benefits of home exchange, a yearly membership fee applies when joining People Like Us. https://peoplelikeus.world/premium

People Like Us is free to join and list your home. Members must subscribe to exchange. https://peoplelikeus.world/premium

We have two! The People Like Us Premium Community (https://www.facebook.com/groups/plu.premium) is exclusively for Premium members and our original People Like Us Home Exchange Facebook Group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/peoplelikeus.world) is for members of all statuses, and people thinking about joining us. Both are private groups, designed to help our members communicate, get to know each other, advertise their homes and look for exchanges.

No, it's not absolutely necessary, but you'll be missing out on one of the best parts of People Like Us. People Like Us is all about community, about sharing, talking to each other, communication. The PLU platform is used for direct messaging, enquiries and discussion of exchanges, but community discussion happens in our Facebook group. It's where the personality of our community really shines. All important communication is emailed via our Blog, and votes take place in both Facebook and on the platform.

We do! People Like Us has endorsed TrustPilot to collect independent reviews. These are from real members who have used the People Like Us platform. https://www.trustpilot.com/review/peoplelikeus.world

Home exchange at People Like Us is based on trust and reciprocity. Secure messaging, Identity, and phone verification, as well as open communication and clear expectations with potential partners, ensure safe exchanges.

No, our website is developed for mobile devices. It is the same web application on mobile and larger devices.

Yes, if both sides of the arrangement are members of People Like Us and both members have homes that are available for exchange. House-sitting is like a non-reciprocal exchange but with additional responsibilities for minding the house. Both the sitter and the host need to be Premium members and communicate via the site, just like for any other exchange. House sitting is not a formal arrangement with a People Like Us exchange. The host must be clear about the responsibilities required to mind the house, and the guest needs to agree to and accept those responsibilities for the full term of the exchange. People Like Us does not offer house-sitting where the sitter does not have a home available for exchange.

Yes, if both sides of the arrangement are members of People Like Us and both members have homes available for exchange. Pet-sitting is like a non-reciprocal exchange but with additional responsibilities for minding a pet. Both the sitter and the host need to be Premium members and communicate via the site, just like for any other exchange. Pet sitting is not a formal arrangement with a People Like Us exchange. The host must be clear about the responsibilities required to mind the pet, and the guest needs to agree to and accept those responsibilities for the full term of the exchange. People Like Us does not offer pet-sitting where the sitter does not have a home available for exchange.

My wife and I live in Sydney with our son and we love travel. In 2017, we were having a chat about what future life might look like after school. We want to travel overseas for three to six months at a time. We want to improve our language skills. The conversation inevitably got to how we'd afford that and we talked about home swapping to keep the costs down. We had an idea to set up our own community. We know a lot of people overseas and we thought it would be fun to run our own network. And so, the idea of People Like Us was born. The original idea was to have private communities but it turned out not as popular as our public community so that's what we focus on now. The site was launched on the 1st of April 2018 and, in a very short space of time, has grown into the world's friendliest community of home swappers. We're people who want to share, who love home exchange, who want to see what it's like to actually live in a destination. We're a mix of people who have loads of experience and complete newbies but we’re engaged and actively looking for our next swap even if that's two years away.

Member and listing setup

The first thing you'll want to do when you join People Like Us is set up your home listing. There are lots of excellent tips for doing so on our Tips page https://peoplelikeus.world/tips. Go to My listings https://peoplelikeus.world/properties and edit your existing listing or create a new one. All the details for your home can be edited here: title, address, descriptions, accommodation, photos and much more. Mandatory sections are indicated by a red cross or green tick. Once all the mandatory sections are filled in, you may activate your home and it will be available for searching on the website immediately.

When you're looking for an exchange, there are two main ways to go about it: 1. Search for places you want to go and send direct enquiries via the People Like Us site. This is very targeted and has a high likelihood of response. 2. Post your home to our Facebook group. When you do this and use the direct link to your home, it will present the cover photo and title with a link directly back to your listing. It's an excellent way to put your home in front of thousands and thousands of people. You never know what you might find! You can always do both. Facebook is particularly useful if you are flexible on dates and location as you'll likely attract offers from all over the world.

Absolutely! You can have as many as you want, and your community will thank you for offering more than one home. Click My Home on the menu. You'll find a button to create a new profile (New Home Profile) at the top of the page.

No! 😀 List with what you have ready and then improve them as you have time. It takes a little time to prepare your home for photography so it's very easy to put off, but as soon as you list you can start joining in to the community and start getting to know people. The more people know you, the easier it will be to find an exchange.

Refer to our Tips page: https://peoplelikeus.world/tips. You'll find loads of good information for things that should be in your listing.

Our Facebook page is only there to support the website and make communication easier. If you want to exchange, you must list your home on our website.

Desired destinations are used for reverse search. They let other members know where you want to go so they can find you in a search if that's where they live. To add desired destinations, go to the main navigation menu, click on Exchanging, and select Desired destinations. Then search for each destination, select it from the dropdown list and add it. You need to do one destination at a time.

LGBTQ+ is an acronym for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer/Questioning plus other variants of gender/sexual diversity. While we would hope that everyone in the world would be friendly toward all people, it's not always the case and some people are less comfortable with people who are different from them. The flag was requested and is supported by our PLU LGBTQ+ community. In requesting the flag, we were told of an incident on another site, prior to PLU's formation, where a gay member and his husband were turned away from an exchange home upon arrival when the host learned they were gay. We have the flag and display it prominently on listings so that the LGBTQ+ community is supported and welcomed. We strongly encourage all PLU members to tick the box, and we look forward to a world one day where the flag isn't necessary.

- Go to PLU's website and then click My listings. Then, click on your own property. - Once the property shows up, you highlight the url address on the top (it should start with https://). With your curser on the highlighted address, right click on your mouse to bring up a menu. Now you can select Copy (alternatively, you can hit Ctrl+C on your keyboard). - Once you've done this, you can go to your post or comment on FB. Then, right click on your mouse to bring up a menu again. This time select Paste (alternatively, you can hit Ctrl+V on your keyboard). - Your link (which starts with https://) should show up on your post or comment. And you're good to go! There's also a Facebook Share button at the top of your listing which allows you to post directly to anywhere in Facebook.

We use a Google service for translation and, yes, it's odd that there's no option for your own language. Click on translate and choose any language. Then click translate again and English will be the first option. If you use Chrome, it will usually offer a page translation if it's not in your native language.

There are lots of excellent tips for doing so on our Tips page https://peoplelikeus.world/tips. The quality of your listing will make a huge difference to the number of enquiries that you receive so spend some time on your photos, descriptions and, particularly, things to do in your local area. Talk about it as if you had never visited the area before, as your guests most likely will be there for the first time!

Travel Styles are a part of your home listing and they're used to explain what your home is GREAT for. If you live near a ski field, tick the skiing box so that people who are looking for a home to stay at when they ski can find you. A common mistake is that people tick the box if they, themselves, enjoy skiing even if they live by the sea. This has the effect of cluttering the database such that when people are searching for skiing homes, they see a lot of people who happen to just enjoy skiing! 🙂

Photos and all other listing details can be changed by editing your listing details. Go to My listings, then edit your listing, then click edit next to photos. You can add new ones, rearrange using the buttons, and add individual captions too.

Go to the Login page where you'll find a button Forgot your password?. This will send you a link to reset your password.

One common issue is when people accidentally register with the site twice. Most commonly, this happens when a member registers first with an email address and then logs in with Facebook. If the email address attached to the Facebook account is different from the one used with the site originally, a second account will be created. That second account won't have any access to the listing or messages of the first as we don't know that they are linked. To fix, log out and log in with the method used to create the listing initially.

Easy! Edit your listing (My listings, Edit button) and then press Edit next to your photos. Each photo has buttons to move left or right, rotate left and right, and to delete them.

Click on your photo on the menu and select Change Password. You will need to enter the old password, a new password and confirm it by entering it twice. If you don't know your old password, log out and go to the Login page where you'll find a button Forgot your password?. This will send you a link to reset your password. You need to be logged out to complete this process. If you try when logged in, when you click on the Reset link in your email, you will be taken directly to the Homes page as you're already logged in.

Photo formats accepted by the site are the universal jpg (also jpeg) and png formats. Some newer phones take photos in either heic or webp formats which can't be displayed by web browsers yet. The website has a filter so that these photos that can't be displayed cannot be uploaded. Some phones, however, will allow you to upload those formats anyway. If you do, you'll see blank photos on your listing. The best solution is to still take photos in jpg format. Every phone has a camera setting to take photos in this format, often called most compatible, meaning that the photos can be freely transferred between devices. If you already have heic or webp photos and want to change them to jpg, there are free numerous online websites which do this. Search for free online heic to jpg or similar.

Captions can be simply added to each of your photos. Click the caption button below the photo (a little pen and notepad) and you'll be taken to the caption screen. 1. Type a caption in your own language, any language. 2. Click Save & Translate.

No, People Like Us does not offer insurance. Quality travel and home insurance is important, and more expensive than that which could be offered within our subscription fee. Members need to organise their own insurance which will cover exchange guests in their home and their travel.

Each Premium Member can nominate one Partner. The Partner must have a membership but no active home profile i.e. classed as a non-Member currently. The Partner membership is for your partner to be able to see all parts of a home profile. As they inherit your membership level, they'll also be able to see all photos, descriptions, feedback, calendars and desired destinations. They can also save favourites and message other members. Your Partner can't create exchanges or a new home profile and they can't act on your behalf. You have complete control and can delete the relationship at any time.

Go to your Member Menu (click your photo on the menu) and click on My Partner. On the My Partner screen, enter the email address of your partner. The email address can be for a totally new profile, or the email address of a PLU account as long as it does not have an active home profile. Partner accounts cannot have active home profiles. Click Invite. Your partner will be sent an email to join People Like Us. They should click the button in the email, Accept Invitation.

Go to your Member Menu (click your photo on the menu) and click on My Partner. On the My Partner screen, click Delete Partnership and confirm in the popup.

High Speed Internet is considered 100Mbps and above. This is the connection into the home as opposed to the speed of the WiFi (which would typically be higher). In some countries, it is typical for 100Mbps to deliver typical speeds a little below this speed. This is still acceptable as High Speed Internet, as long as the package provided is 100Mbps+. If unsure, it's better to not tick this box as remote workers may require it.

Go to My Home on the main menu (or My Homes if you have more than one and then edit the one you want to change). Scroll down to the Calendar section and click Edit. On the calendar, click your start and end dates then select the applicable exchange types from the drop down menu, and optionally, add a comment in the comment box then click Save. If you want to mark the period is unavailable, click and the start and end dates then, Make Unavailable. There's extensive documentation for how to use the calendar in our blog: https://peoplelikeus.world/blog/calendar-help-availability.

There are two ways to specify availability on your home profile calendar: Available dates and Unavailable dates. 1. You can specify exactly when your home is explicitly available. By default, all other dates are unavailable. Use this method if you have limited availability, if you want to be specific about when you want to exchange and the type of exchange you want, and/or if you want to appear in Last Minute searches. 2. You can specify when your home is unavailable. By default, other dates are available. Because the lack of unavailability does not necessarily mean your home is available for exchange, your home will not appear in Last Minute searches or searches for explicit availability where the exchange types are specified.

You can, but you probably shouldn't. If you are marking Available dates, all dates that are not marked as available are automatically unavailable. To mark some of these dates unavailable doesn't make them any less available but it introduces confusion as to what would be meant by dates that are neither available nor unavailable.

No. It doesn't make sense to make a date both available and unavailable, nor to mark it available more than once.

You can use filters to find some cat and dog free homes. In the filters page, click on See more filters at the bottom and scroll down past two other filter categories. You will find an Allergens heading including cat free and dog free filters, as well as other allergy-related filters. Not everyone completes this section when filling out their home profile, so homes that do not indicate these features may also be pet-free. Ultimately, it would be best if you asked the host about the pet status of their home to assess your personal risk. Some people forget to remove those filters when they obtain pets.

You can view the the number of completed and finalised exchanges and the number of nights hosting guests, and also the number of nights spent as a guest. Go to any screen that displays your member card, for example your member profile, https://peoplelikeus.world/my-member-profile, and then scroll down to the PLU Experience section. Click on the info button next to the field.

Facebook caches the copy of your page and only refreshes it once a month. It would eventually change over time but you can force it. Go to https://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug, enter the link to your profile and click Debug. It'll show you the existing version, then click Scrape Again and it will get a new version from the website.

Your member profile photo can be changed on your member profile. Click on your photo on the menu and go to My Member Profile. https://peoplelikeus.world/my-member-profile Scroll down a little and you'll see a field to select a new profile photo. We accept jpg, png and webp file types.

Cleaning fees are allowed as long as they are clearly listed on a profile, discussed in advance so there are no surprises, and at cost price. Cleaning fees are most commonly used for non-reciprocal exchanges. While they are allowed for reciprocal exchanges, they should not be necessary as both parties can pay their own cleaners. The only other fees allowed to be charged are tourist taxes or similar charged by municipalities or Government. No other other fees or charges are permissible

Go to your Member Profile (https://peoplelikeus.world/my-member-profile). Scroll down to the phone number field, just below the email addresses. Choose your country code from the dropdown and enter your phone number without the leading zero, and without the country code. Click Verify. The system will send you a code and provide a popup window where the code should be entered. Enter the code and verify it. The phone number will be saved and marked as verified. Phone numbers are provided only to finalised exchange partners.

Is the device connected to the home carrier's network? Message delivery on devices roaming internationally or off-network are more likely to fail due to the extra message hops involved and some users having restrictive messaging plans. Wait until you're on your home network to retry. The phone number will still be saved but won't be marked as verified. If you need assistance, contact our friendly Member Support team. https://peoplelikeus.world/help

We're committed to ensuring as best we can that the People Like Us Premium Community is a place for Premium Members only. Many people don't use their real names on Facebook, so we needed a way to know who was who. Your Facebook name and email address are kept in our database but not shown to anyone. It is only used for us to verify that you are a Premium People Like Us member when you apply to join our Facebook Community.

We're verifying the identity of our members to provide the safest possible environment for home exchange. We want to give our members, particularly our new members, the confidence to exchange their homes within our community.

While identity verification is not mandatory, we highly recommend it. Verifying your identity boosts your profile’s credibility and helps foster trust within our community, making it easier to connect with fellow members for exchanges. Identity Verification is available to all Premium members of People Like Us, including members who are trialling our Premium service.

People Like Us works with Stripe to conduct identity verification online. Stripe builds technology that’s used by millions of companies around the world such as Amazon, Google, and Zoom. Stripe helps with everything from accepting payments to managing subscriptions to verifying identities.

Stripe helps People Like Us confirm your identity by conducting the following checks:

  1. Stripe captures images of the front and back of your government-issued photo ID and reviews it to make sure that the document is authentic. They’ve built an automated identity verification technology that looks for patterns to help determine if an ID document is real or fake. This process is like a bank teller checking your ID document to confirm that it’s real.

  2. Stripe captures photos of your face and reviews them to confirm that the photo ID belongs to you. They’ve built automated identity verification technology that uses distinctive physiological characteristics of your face (known as biometric identifiers) to match the photos of your face with the photo on the ID document. This process is similar to a bank teller confirming that the photo on your ID document is you based on your appearance—but it’s a higher-tech and more accurate way to identify you as a unique person.

  3. Stripe collects your name, date of birth, and government ID number, and validates that it’s real. They’ll check this information against a global set of databases to confirm that it exists.

Stripe asks for your consent before collecting and using your biometric information. They’ll only use your verification data in accordance with the permissions you grant before starting the verification process, and based on their Privacy Policy.

Learn more about how Stripe handles and stores your data.

Before starting the verification process, here’s what you need:

  • A valid government-issued photo ID document. Not a photocopy or a picture of an ID document. Make sure that the ID document isn’t expired.
  • A device with a camera—use a mobile device if possible. Cameras on mobile devices typically take higher-quality photos than a webcam.

The quality of the images you capture affects success rates dramatically. Below are a few best practices to help make sure that your verification succeeds:

  • Capture a clear image. Make sure that the images aren’t too dark or bright, and don’t have a glare. Hold steady and allow your camera to focus to avoid blurry photos.
  • Don’t block any part of your ID document in the image. Ideally you can lay it flat to take the photo.
  • Don’t block any part of your face. Remove sunglasses, masks, or other accessories.
  • Find a location with ambient lighting. Avoid spaces with strong overhead lights that cast a shadow on your face or ID document. Avoid sitting directly in front of a bright light which can wash out your face and add a glare to your ID document.

Stripe requires a valid, current, original, government-issued photo ID document. The list of acceptable documents varies by country but, in most countries, a passport, driver's licence or official identification document is acceptable. For a full list, see Acceptable Stripe Verification Documents, select your country and view the Identity Documents list.

Both People Like Us and Stripe have access to the information that you submit through the verification flow during the verification process. We rely on Stripe to help store your verification data while the process takes place. Stripe uses access controls and security standards that are at least as stringent as those used to handle their own KYC and payments compliance data.

Following successful completion of the verification process, Stripe deletes the verification data and only the verification status is retained by them.

Learn more about how Stripe handles and stores your data.

People Like Us stores your verified first name and surname and displays it to any exchange partner with whom you finalise exchanges. No other verification data is stored or displayed to others. See our Privacy Policy for further information.

Following successful completion of the verification process, Stripe's copy of the data is deleted and only the verification status is retained.

People Like Us retains your verified first and last name. You may choose to use a different first name on your profile (your preferred name), but your verified name will be shared exclusively with your exchange partner once an exchange has been finalised. For more information, please refer to our Privacy Policy.

Once the Stripe Identity Verification process completes successfully, People Like Us receives and saves your first and last names scanned from the photo ID you used. This may include middle names, if given on the document. Exact spellings and case are preserved exactly as given to us on the document. As these are the verified versions of your name, they are saved and can't be updated after verification has been successful.

We recognise and understand that you may want to use a different form of your name to the one on your official documentation. This may be a shortened form, include a partner's name, a middle name or any other name. We provide a Preferred Name for this purpose, which you can update on your Member Profile. If present, your Preferred Name will be used throughout the system. You may also hide your surname on the platform by updating your Member Profile.

When you finalise an exchange, your verified first and last names are shown to your exchange partner, together with your preferred name.

The process of capturing your government-issued photo ID and your live photograph in Stripe will take 3-4 minutes. You can then return to People Like Us while your verification is processed. This may take a further 3-5 minutes. When complete, your People Like Us profile will display a Verified badge. If further information is required to complete the verification, you will instead see a notice that Stripe requires input and an explanation as to what is required.

PLU Mentors

PLU runs a Mentor program. When a new starter joins PLU, they will be offered a Mentor, an experienced Premium member of the site. Once the new starter has a Mentor allocated, they are known as a Buddy. The Buddy can ask the Mentor anything they like. Questions can be about home exchanging in general, about People Like Us in particular, or anything at all. The program exists to help people get started and to make the most out of your PLU membership.

Any new People Like Us member can request a Mentor.

At the conclusion of the Quick Start process, the final question is if you would like a Mentor. Press the button and a request will be made. If you didn't request one during the Quick Start process, you can also do so from your membership profile. Click on your photo on the menu and go to My Member Profile. Scroll to the People Like Us Buddies section and click the same button I would like a People Like Us Mentor and the request will be sent.

When you make a request for a Mentor, the next available Mentor is selected and a request is sent to them with your details. They are asked to accept or decline. If they accept, you will be sent their details, a welcome message and a button so that you can send them messages. The message will also be available in your regular messages. Your Mentor is labelled My Mentor. If they decline, the next available Mentor is chosen instead.

This could be for any reason. They may speak a different language to you. They may be too busy right now, or have something going on in their lives. Don't worry, we have lots of other Mentors available.

You'll usually have your new Mentor within 24 hours. The only time where this wouldn't be the case is if the Mentor is busy and we need to make a second request to find a new Mentor for you.

Our Mentor s are our most experienced PLU's. To be a Mentor, you need to have been a Premium member for 6 months or more and have completed an exchange on our platform.

If you are eligible to be a Mentor, there will be a section on your Member Profile. Click on your photo on the menu and go to My Member Profile. Scroll down to the People Like Us Mentors section and tick the box saying you would like to be a Mentor. Mentors are allocated in the order in which you apply so it may be a little while before you are allocated a new Buddy.

Enquiries and agreeing exchanges

On People Like Us, the exchange process starts with an Enquiry. This is really just a message from you to another member to ask about an exchange. It is free-form and is just initiating the conversation between the two of you. Think of it like an email or a message. Introduce yourself, let the other member know about your home, what you're looking for and what you're offering.

After you've made an enquiry, you're satisfied with the details and you're ready to proceed, you can make a formal proposal. Go back to the enquiry and you'll see a button Make proposal. Click it, and fill out the known details: dates, who is travelling, which home you're exchanging if you have more than one. Click Send and the proposal will be sent to the other member. The member will then need to accept the exchange and, when you're ready, finalise it to lock in the details.

Once an exchange proposal is made by you, it must be accepted by the other member, then you will finalise the exchange to confirm the details. To either accept or finalise an exchange, go to the Message and Exchanges screen and click in the check box Messages with Exchanges. You'll see your exchange with the status. Click on it to open. The exchange will have the status at the top. Scroll to the bottom and you'll see a button to do the next step, Accept or Finalise. All exchange proposals go through these same steps. If a Globe is offered, it will transfer to the other member when the exchange is finalised.

The most common way to search is by using the main search bar on the Homes page. Just type a destination, select it from the list, and it will automatically search for the location. But you can do so much more too: Zoom and pan the map to change the homes showing in the list. Hover over a listing card to see the pin highlighted in red on the map. Use our Filters page to narrow your search. You can search for your favourites, homes where the owners have favourited you, people who want to travel to your area, different types of homes, different styles of travel, homes features, home rules, different size and makeup of the travel party, and so on. You'll find filters for nearly everything you can imagine. There are, in fact, over a hundred! Under Homes on the main navigation bar, you'll also find some useful search links: - Your favourites - New listings in the last week - Search by listing number or first name of the owner - Search by most popular countries and continents

Yes, you may offer a car on your home listing and you can search for homes that offer a car. Be very careful to check your insurance to ensure that you are covered, and check the size of your excess as well. Agree with your exchange partner what will happen in the event of an accident.

On every home profile, you'll find a blue heart in the top-right corner. Click that to make a favourite, or click again to unfavourite the home. Favourites are organised into wishlists. A wishlist can be for anything you like: a holiday, a country, a type of exchange ... whatever works for you. Tick the wishlist to which you want to add your favourite, or create a new one. Once you've done that, you'll see that home appear with a blue pin on the map and you can search for your favourites using the main navigation bar, Homes/Favourites, or using the favourites filter.

Click Homes on the main navigation menu, then All homes. The very first option below the Where do you want to go? search bar is for your favourites, indicated by a love heart. When you click the heart, you'll see a popup containing all your wishlists. You can pick one or more wishlist to show. Favourites appear on the main map as with a PLU Blue dot inside the marker.

There's an option under Filters: Only show homes belonging to members who have favourited my listings. Easy!

Reverse search is available in Filters, accessible on the main Homes search screen. Search for any location that a member may want to visit: a country, state or even a city. Bear in mind that members may not be so specific to the city level e.g. they may put the Netherlands instead of Utrecht, even though they'd be happy to go there, so less-specific is usually better. Reverse search works with Desired Destinations. If you want to appear in a Reverse search, fill in Desired Destinations for where you want to travel.

Exchanges and messages are all together on the same page under the envelope icon on the main navigation menu. You'll see all of your conversations on the page with the most recent message on each. If you have an exchange with someone, it'll be below the message. Use the filters on the page to see just those conversations with people with whom you have exchanges, or to see exchanges of specific statuses.

Response rates are measured upon your response to enquiries and exchange proposals. If you haven't responded to one, your response rate will be below 100% It's important to answer all messages and proposals as people are more likely to send you enquiries if they know you'll answer. Anyone can see how many enquiries and proposal you have had, and how many you've responded to. If you can't immediately see which enquiry or proposal requires a response, there's a filter on the exchanges and messages page (the envelope icon).

Notifications are always sent so the issue will be with the way they are being received. There are a number of possible reasons: 1. Email notifications are going to junk. Check your junk folders and add drew@peoplelikeus.world to your safe senders. 2. If you signed up with Facebook the email address is the one registered with Facebook. This is often not someone's most common email address. Check your Facebook account to see what address you're using and change the email address in your PLU member profile if it's not the one you want. 3. You may have unsubscribed from all our emails. It happens. If you want us to check, email us.

While it's true that it's easier to get an exchange if you live in the centre of London or Paris, PLU is definitely not just for touristy places. One of the wonderful things about People Like Us and home exchange in general is that people are far more likely to travel to different and unusual places. If you do live in a less touristy place, send lots of enquiries and make sure to advertise your home on our Facebook group. It really works to help you find an exchange.

Make sure that your listing is as good as it can be. Refer to our Tips page https://peoplelikeus.world/tips for ideas. Favourite the homes you like. Ensure that your desired destinations and your calendar are up-to-date. More than anything though, be proactive. Advertise your listing and get involved in the community. Make enquiries to others. Don't just sit back and wait for enquiries to come in.

Simultaneous and non-simultaneous exchanges are both reciprocal. In a simultaneous exchange, you travel to each other's place at the same time. In non-simultaneous, you travel at different times.

With a reciprocal exchange you and another member swap houses with each other either at the same time (simultaneous) or at different times (non-simultaneous). With a non-reciprocal exchange, only one of you travels to the other's home, but you still have full use of the whole home.

In a hospitality exchange, you stay at another member's home while they are still there to host you.

There could be many reasons. We send email notifications for all enquiries but some emails go to junk folders or are just not seen, or they may have unsubscribed from PLU emails. Some people don't visit the People Like Us site every day (as hard as that may be to believe!) and, in other cases, someone may have read the message but just decided not to respond just yet. Don't be discouraged. You can send a reminder after a while or just move on to the next home.

When you first send a message, there's a grey tick indicating that it has not yet been read. When the other member has seen it, it will turn green. If you have a message that you haven't yet read, it will have a blue dot next to it, and there'll be a badge on the envelope icon to show how many messages are unread.

One of the beautiful things about People Like Us is that this is totally up to you and your exchange partner. We don't place any price on your home so you are free to determine where you want to travel and whether or not you'll accept an exchange.

When you go to propose an exchange, only the exchange types that are accepted by the home listing are offered to you. If the home does not accept non-reciprocal exchanges, that type will be greyed out and you won't be able to select it. Often, people don't realise their listings are only set up to accept simultaneous exchanges by default so, if you've been discussing a particular type of exchange and find it's not offered, just send them a quick message to ask.

We don't require members to have an agreement for exchange between them and don't offer a template. One of our members has provided a template that they use in the Files section of our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/peoplelikeus.world/permalink/2138430599789221/. This is offered as a sample only.

Each message has a small red 'x' next to it to delete it. Doing so will only delete your copy, not the other person's copy.

Update your details in your listing and then talk to your exchange partner. Make sure they know if the accommodation details have changed so that they know if their needs are still met. If it's still ok by your exchange partner, no problem.

Feedback is shown at the bottom of your listing. There are two types of feedback: home feedback (feedback about your home) and guest feedback (feedback about you as a guest in other members' homes). Both are found in the same place.

There are 2 different ways to search for a listing by number: 1. Click Homes on the main menu, then Search Listings and enter the number. 2. Replace the number '1' in the URL https://peoplelikeus.world/properties/1 with the listing number you're searching for.

Your response rate is the calculated on two things: it is the percentage of new conversations and exchange proposals to which you've responded. Only conversations started in the last 2 years are considered. For messages, only the very first message sent to you in a conversation counts toward your exchange rate to avoid an endless loop. Any subsequent messages or responses do not count. When someone starts a new conversation with you, you are given 3 days to respond before it counts against your response rate. If you respond within that time, it is counted immediately. Only conversations that were started by someone else will count in your response rate. If you started the conversation, it will not count. Only conversations started by Premium members count. Consider also that a message deleted without response will count against your exchange rate. You can see messages you've deleted using the Trash filter in your inbox.

The full address details are in the exchange agreement. Go to your messages, find the exchange and click on it, and you'll find it with the other details of the host's home.

Map markers are either green for Premium members, or grey for Trial members. In addition, if you make a home a favourite, it will have a blue dot in the middle of the marker.

Last Minute searches are used to find availability within the next month. Just click the Last Minute button on the main search page. This will show you homes with any availability in the next month. Homes must be explicitly available, not just not unavailable.

Both searches are date searches but they work slightly differently. With a regular date search, a home must be available for all of the dates. With a Last Minute search, a home only needs to be available for some of the dates (any of the dates). Both can be combined with Exchange Type filters and any of the other filters.

On your home profile, it's possible to say that your home is generally available for specific exchange types. For example, you could say that you accept simultaneous and non-simultaneous exchanges but not non-reciprocal and hospitality exchanges. It's also possible to add explicit availability while specifying the type of exchange for a date range. The Exchange Type filters on the main search screen work with explicit availability. They don't have to be used with date or Last Minute filters but it makes more sense if they are.

No. Homes that do not use the new explicit availability will not appear in Last Minute searches. The reason is that entry of Available dates is active whereas availability due to the lack of Unavailable dates is passive. If a home only uses Unavailable dates, we can't know whether a particular period is really available or whether it's just because a calendar is not actively maintained. The use of Available dates and therefore Last Minute searches favours members who keep their calendars up-to-date.

Currently, there isn't a way to restore a single message. Instead, do this: 1. From the Conversations screen, https://peoplelikeus.world/chats, delete the entire conversation. 2. Go to your Trash using the button underneath the search bar. 3. Restore the conversation using the button at the bottom-right. The whole conversation including all messages will be restored.

You can save an enquiry / conversation by clicking the Flag button inside the conversation or the smaller flag icon from the conversation list. You can then filter for those flagged conversations using the Flagged filter at the top of the enquiry list.

Exchanges dates are arrival and departure dates. For example, an exchange of 1 July - 10 July means that the guest will arrive on the 1st and leave on the 10th for a total of 9 nights.

Favourites are organised into wishlists. A wishlist is just a group of favourites. It can be for anything you want: a holiday, a location, a type of exchange, or anything that you need it for. You can call a wishlist anything you want, and you can edit the name later. Click on the blue heart on a profile to add the home to an existing wishlist, or create a new one. Here's a blog post describing how wishlists work: https://peoplelikeus.world/blog/im-wishing-for-people-like-us-wishlists.

There are four types of exchanges: Simultaneous: you and another member exchange your homes at the same time. Non-simultaneous: you exchange with another member but you travel at different times. If you don't know when you'll travel for the second leg, you can leave the dates blank and bank a future exchange. Non-reciprocal: in this type of exchange, you stay in another member's home but they do not come to yours. In a non-reciprocal exchange, you have full use of the home. In People Like Us, you can host a non-reciprocal exchange just to make you feel good, or you can do it for a Globe, PLU's token system. When you earn a Globe, you can use it to travel to someone else's home. Hospitality: also a non-reciprocal exchange in that only you travel to the other member's home and they don't come to yours, but in a hospitality stay, you only have partial use of the home and the other member will also be there. You can also use a Globe for a hospitality stay.

Yes, home exchange can involve various accommodations like houses, apartments, villas, and houseboats. Exchanges often involve different types of homes depending on location and preferences. People Like Us offers a plethora of accommodations to explore and enjoy.

Globes

People Like Us uses Globes to assist non-reciprocal and hospitality stays. A Globe is a token that can be exchanged for a stay in someone’s home. If I want to stay in your home but you can't come to my location, I can offer you a Globe if I have an unlocked Globe available for use in my Globe suitcase. You can then use that Globe to stay at another member's home whenever you want. Membership Globes are the only Globes given by PLU. Any other Globe is earned by accepting a non-reciprocal exchange from another member who has an unlocked Globe and is willing to offer it to you for a stay in your home.

Globes are tokens. If you want to stay in someone's home and they can't come to yours for whatever reason, then you can offer a Globe. They can then use that Globe for a stay in someone else's home. Note that you must have an unlocked Globe available for use. It's up to the two of us to decide how long the stay is. It can be anything but, typically, it's a week or two. It just makes it much easier to organise one-way exchanges. When you go to make a proposal, if you select either a Non-Reciprocal or Hospitality exchange, you'll see a Globe section, but you'll only see it if both you and the other member accept Globes and if you have a Globe to offer.

No, Globes are not used for reciprocal exchanges, neither simultaneous nor non-simultaneous.

You can earn a Globe by hosting someone who has one and offers it to you for a non-reciprocal or hospitality stay. You can search for people who accept them (but not people who HAVE them unless people have chosen to show that they have one) using filters. You also receive a Globe when you join People Like Us as a Premium member, your Membership Globe. A Membership Globe has to be unlocked before it can be used, by hosting another member at your place for 5 nights or more. This can be over more than one exchange, and can be any type of exchange too - you can stay at theirs at the same time. The only stipulation is that someone stays at your place for at least 5 nights. Instead of using a Globe, the other alternative is to offer an open-ended non-simultaneous exchange i.e. offer that the other member visits your home at some point in the future. A lot of people 'bank an exchange in this way.

No, definitely not. Globes cannot be purchased.

Globes are worth a stay. The duration of the stay are worked out between you and your exchange partner.

A Globe is worth one stay. It is not possible to transfer more than one Globe for a stay.

No, there is no rating of homes on People Like Us.

No. There's really no difference with Globes in this respect. After assessing the offer and talking to the other member, you should make your own choice about whether or not to accept it.

Yes. If you don't want to use Globes, there is an option on your membership profile. If you take this option, you will not see any information about Globes, not see the options, nor be made offers for them.

Globes don't expire while ever you maintain a Premium membership.

Yes, absolutely. It doesn't matter which home was used to receive the Globe; it is attached to your membership and can be used with either home.

While PLU uses Globes to facilitate non-reciprocal exchanges, the website mostly promotes reciprocal exchange, either simultaneous or non-simultaneous. The number of Globes in the system is kept in balance to ensure that reciprocal exchanges are most commonly used but also to ensure that the value of a Globe is retained through scarcity. Globes can be earned by hosting a member who has one. If the person wanting to stay does not have one, consider instead offering an open-ended non-simultaneous exchange and stay at their place in future.

On the main menu under Exchanging / Globes. They're also shown at the bottom of your membership profile.

Yes you can, by hosting Premium members. You must be Premium to use Globes, but you can earn them while you're still Trialling the system. They will become active when you become Premium.

The Globe is transferred immediately when the exchange is finalised.

Travelling

Never book and pay for travel before your exchange is finalised, and you've double-checked with the other member that it's still ok. It's also a good idea to have refundable or at least moveable tickets, just in case something happens with the other member.

Every home is different, but here are some ideas to get you started: - Address and phone number - Alarm details - Wifi network and password - Heating, cooling - How to use appliances: oven, microwave, washing machine, dishwasher, coffee machine, BBQ - Where the manuals are - TV, streaming, music instructions - Garbage info and what day it is collected, where to put the bins - Cooking instructions - Pool instructions - Anything that people should not use - Cleaning info - Train and bus info - Local information, restaurants and so on - Pet information - Anything in the garden that needs watering - Departure information, what to do with the key

It isn't mandatory, but it's a really nice idea, it spreads happiness and will be appreciated. Something local is always nice.

People Like Us can not provide advice specific to an individual member in accordance with our terms. Members must seek out their own insurance needs with regard to home, contents, car and travel. In discussing with insurers, make them aware that exchanging is not a commercial transaction and is more akin to having a friend stay. It is also possible in some countries to purchase short-term rental insurance which, while exchanging is not short-term rental should cover guests staying in your home if your regular policy does not.

Once an exchange is complete (the end date has passed), you can go back to the exchange and you’ll see a Feedback button: - Messages and exchanges (envelope icon) - Click All exchanges filter - Click on the exchange - Scroll to the bottom and you should see the button

When the end date for an exchange passes, the People Like Us system will automatically change an exchange from Finalised to Completed. Once Completed, you can leave feedback for your exchange partner and their home. If you can't see the button, then check the following: - Is the exchange finalised? If not finalised, it won't change to Completed. - Did you add dates? It's not mandatory to add the second leg dates but, if you don't, the system won't know that it's complete. - Is your part of the exchange complete? You can only provide feedback once your side of the exchange has completed. For simultaneous, both sides complete at the same time but for non-simultaneous, you can only add feedback after you have travelled.

Open communication and clear expectations are vital for a memorable and enjoyable exchange. Discuss any questions or concerns with your partner beforehand. Here are a few tips to prepare your home for a successful home exchange: > Clean thoroughly: Create a welcoming space for your guests. > Clear out space: Ensure enough closet and storage room for them. > Provide clear instructions: Detailed info on amenities helps them feel at ease. > Arrange key exchange: Coordinate with your partner for a smooth arrival. > Prepare for arrival: Add a personal touch with a warm welcome gesture.

Cancellations

Think carefully before you cancel, particularly if your exchange partner has already booked their trip as a cancellation can cause financial loss and upset for the other person. If there is anything you can do to stay at a friend's place so that their exchange can still go ahead, it is better than cancelling. If you absolutely must cancel, tell the other party as early as you can and try to help them find alternative accommodation, particularly if you have local friends who are exchangers or if you can help in some other way.

If you cancel a Globe exchange, it depends on whether you gave the Globe or if you received it. If you gave the Globe to the other member and it has already gone, it will not be returned upon cancellation. If you received the Globe and you cancel, it will be returned. If it is already committed to another exchange then a different Globe will be returned. If you don't have a different one to return, a new one will be generated for the other member but you will owe the system a Globe which will be returned when you next get one.

Sometimes cancellation is unavoidable, even though it's very unfortunate. Contact the other member as sometimes they may have friends in the area who can help, or local advice to give you. Also contact our support service and we'll do whatever we can to help you. https://peoplelikeus.world/help Finally, if you're on Facebook, advertise what you need in our group as you'll often find that someone may be able to help.

Trips

If you're going on a big trip that has more than one exchange, use the People Like Us trip builder. You can get to it from the main navigation menu: https://peoplelikeus.world/trips. A trip is a linked sequence of exchanges. You can set up a trip and name it, add exchanges to it and even add saved searches for a part of the trip you're trying to fill with an exchange. In future, you'll also be able to add flights, train trips and activities so that you can keep all of your trip info in the one place.

Start by creating a trip, naming it, adding dates and information about the people who will be travelling. Add any exchanges that you have already proposed or which have been accepted. Fill the gaps by saving searches. You can then run the search to see what homes satisfy the criteria that you've set.

Click the Add search button at the bottom of the page and add search criteria, just like if you were searching for homes using the Filters page. They're all the same filters. Then save and run. Simple!

Other

Yes, home exchange is great for remote working. A large portion of the People Like Us community is doing exactly that. They exchange homes, which gives them the opportunity to work from their exchange partner’s home for a certain amount of time. All you need is to find a peer remote worker who wants to exchange with you and a good internet connection!

At People Like Us, we have homes in 120 countries. Join People Like Us, pick up your favorite destination, get in touch with local members, and start a conversation. Once you have agreed, pack your computer and go!

By home exchanging as a remote worker, you are going save a lot of money. At People Like Us, no money changes hands, which means that you will not have to pay any rental fees. All you have to pay for is the membership to the platform, which gives you access to unlimited exchanges for a year. Also, while you are away, your host will stay in your home. No need to worry about leaving an empty home, and no need to rent it, since you won’t have to pay rent for the home you will stay in.

There are obvious financial benefits, as you won’t have any rental costs. But there are even greater benefits. As you will stay in someone’s home, you will have an immersive experience that would hardly happen in a rental. Your exchange partner will be happy to introduce you to their neighbors, indicate their best tips and addresses, the places to eat, hike, swim, the local festivals, and much more. Don’t hesitate to ask questions, especially for a long exchange, it will transform your experience. And don’t forget to reciprocate with your guest!

Your exchange partner will stay in your place as you will stay in theirs. Trust is at the core of home exchange. The reciprocity reinforces a culture of respect and friendship. Your exchange partner will treat your home with care, as you will treat theirs.

For any home exchange, you do a thorough clean-up prior to the exchange and lock any sensitive or fragile piece in a room or a closet. Leave clear guidance regarding your house rules, appliances, security, relevant information such as the wifi code, and emergency numbers. Your exchange partners will travel with a suitcase, so you just need to clear a bit of space for them to unpack comfortably. No need to empty the closets. Unlike a rental, an exchange home is warm and welcoming. It makes all the difference.

People Like Us provides search filters for desired destinations, travel dates, and home types. Browse listings and reach out to potential partners for exchange opportunities. You will also receive enquiries from others, opening doors to fantastic opportunities. Even if you're not interested, respond courteously - we value a caring community.

People Like Us provide search filters for desired destinations, travel dates, and home types. Browse listings and reach out to potential partners for exchange opportunities. You will also receive inquiries from others, opening doors to fantastic opportunities. Even if you're not interested, respond courteously - we value a caring community.

Start by enhancing your profile with details about your cat and their stay during the exchange. Consider sharing a photo of your furry companion and whether you're open to caring for your exchange partner's cat in return. While searching, utilize site filters like Pet friendly and include the keyword cat lover in your search. When you've found a potential exchange, communicate clearly about your cat's needs and expectations to ensure a delightful experience for all, including your feline friend

When you share a link to Facebook, Facebook takes a copy of the information from that page and caches (i.e. saves) it. If you share the same link again a week later, Facebook presents the information from its cache rather than going back to the original page. It's the way that Facebook presents so much data from shared links quickly. If, in the meantime, the page has changed, Facebook won't know. It will still present the old copy. You can tell Facebook to scrape the page again if you've changed it. Here's how: 1. Go to https://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug/. 2. Copy the link to your page (there's a Copy Link button at the top), paste it in the field on the page and click Debug. Facebook will show you the contents of its cache and when it was scraped. 3. Click Scrape Again. Facebook will go back to the original page and get the new data. That's it! The only thing is that existing posts and comments will not be updated. If you want to get the new information, you'll need to update the post or post again.

A homeschool-family friendly home exchange is an arrangement where two parties swap homes with one another for a specified period. Families who homeschool can benefit by living in a different location, experiencing new cultures for both parents and children alike, and learning from the local environment. It’s a great opportunity to supplement existing curricula with real world experiences and travel. Not to mention, it’s a very cost-effective way to travel while preventing any delays during the formative years of a child’s education.

A teacher-friendly home typically is equivalent to your own home away from home for the mutually agreed time. If you want to, there may be opportunities for cultural exchange by engaging with local schools or other educational institutions, as well as learning about other teaching practises in different regions. Or maybe you just want to relax and simply enjoy your time exploring a new destination.

Home exchange platforms provide search filters for desired destinations, travel dates, and home types. Browse listings and reach out to potential partners for exchange opportunities. You'll also receive inquiries from other members.

When listing your home for exchange and having cats, include information about your cats' presence, their care routines, their character, and if you're open to reciprocating pet care. Mention any special needs, provide photos, and clarify your expectations for other cat-friendly travelers. Don't forget to include your veterinarian's contact just in case.

While on People Like Us, you may search for homes that are owned specifically by other families who homeschool. Once in touch, feel free to get to know your home swap partner! You can establish any educational-related needs, and whether the listing is a good fit.

While on People Like Us, you may search for homes that are owned specifically by teachers. Once in touch, feel free to get to know your home swap partner! You can establish any teacher-related needs, and exchange tips about the most interesting places to visit, natural wonders, cultural venues, local events, restaurants, markets... anything that will make all the difference to enhance your stay and theirs.

Your own listing will provide an opportunity for potential home swap partners to get to know you and vice versa. Safety is a top priority. Before exchanging, communicate extensively with your potential swap partners. Read reviews and testimonials, and use secure home exchange platforms. Trust your instincts and only exchange with families you feel comfortable with. With years of experience, and a fantastic community of home exchangers, People Like Us ensure that this won’t be difficult.

Your own listing will provide an opportunity for potential home swap partners to get to know you. Of course, include your profession, and any specific requirements you have, such as a quiet workspace. Establish whether you both consent to sharing educational materials, if appropriate. You can also mention any educational institutions nearby that may be of interest to visiting teachers!

Given the fantastic opportunity that home swapping can provide, it would be worth considering the intricacies of your homeschool curriculum, and whether it can be adapted to allow for educational trips in the locale of your new home swap. There are plenty of potential local learning opportunities to be had, and this should be supplemented with some forethought regarding access to necessary materials, textbooks, online resources, and educational tools. Internet is often a big factor, for instance.

Apart from quiet workspace availability, and access to educational materials or resources, one can ask about the stability and reliability of the internet. Be curious about local attractions and cultural not to miss that might make the difference in your potential stay.

Accuracy is important when describing your listing. The clearer your description of your home and amenities, the better the experience for both parties can be. Of course, discuss expectations, it’s important to establish those ahead of time. Finally, and most importantly, be considerate of your exchange partner’s home and belongings, as you’d want them to respect your own space.

A homeschool-family friendly home exchange is an arrangement where two parties swap homes with one another for a specified period. Families who homeschool can benefit by living in a different location, experiencing new cultures for both parents and children alike, and learning from the local environment. It’s a great opportunity to supplement existing curricula with real world experiences and travel. Not to mention, it’s a very cost-effective way to travel while preventing any delays during the formative years of a child’s education.

Aside from the internet service, there are a couple of things about your home swap partner’s home that may be especially conducive to your children learning, as well as having a good time, yourself. This usually involves some form of dedicated learning space, which is generally quiet and free from distractions. Outdoor space and security, knowing how safe your home swap partner’s neighbourhood is, can also provide peace of mind.

Communication is key in order to establish expectations and specific homeschool-related needs. Discuss expectations, rules, and preferences with your exchange partners. Be flexible and adaptable to new surroundings and routines, and help identify those opportunities for your partners. Take advantage of local educational opportunities and immerse yourselves in the culture, and help guide and facilitate that for the other family.

Communication is key in order to establish expectations and specific homeschool-related needs. Discuss expectations, rules, and preferences with your exchange partners. Be flexible and adaptable to new surroundings and routines, and help identify those opportunities for your partners. Take advantage of local educational opportunities and immerse yourselves in the culture, and help guide and facilitate that for the other family.

As a member of WSHS, you will be able to select fellow members through the function My Communities on People Like Us website. In addition, you may search for homes that are owned specifically by other families on PLU who homeschool. Once in touch, feel free to get to know your home swap partner! You can establish any educational-related needs.

A home exchange is a fantastic way for your family to experience exciting outdoor activities and adventures off the usual tourist path. You'll have the chance to explore local hiking trails, try out extreme sports, and even participate in community events that involve challenging outdoor activities.

Look for home listings that are close to mountains for hiking, rivers perfect for rafting, or popular rock climbing spots. Also, keep an eye out for homes near adventure parks or local events that focus on outdoor activities.

The Rotary Fellowship for Home Exchange was started over 50 years ago. With the emergence of the Internet for arranging home exchanges the Fellowship decided to partner with commercial home exchange agencies that could provide the needed scale and technology. People Like Us Home Exchange has been chosen by the Fellowship because of the quality of its technology, management, and customer base. The management and members of People Like Us share Rotary International's commitment to international friendship and integrity.

People Like Us and Rotary International share the same values. Like PLU, Rotary International is an organisation full of trusted, kind, generous, service-oriented people who will make great PLU's. We always want more people and homes on the site so we have more choice, and this is a great way for us to build our membership, and expose People Like Us to large group of people who will integrate into our community well.

Yes. Rotary International members can click on My Communities on the main menu, then on the house icon to find other Rotarians. There's also a special Rotary International badge on Rotary listings, visible only to Rotary members.

Rotary International members are just like any other PLU members with only one difference. They can identify each other as Rotary members but, for all other purposes, Rotary members are PLU's like any other. Rotary members can exchange with non-Rotary and vice versa. We're all a part of one big happy family.