Testimonials

WE LOVE THE PHILOSOPHY OF SHARING ACCOMMODATION AND "BEING ABLE TO HAVE A HOME IN EVERY PLACE ON THE PLANET". WE HAVE KNOWN MANY PLACES THANKS TO THE EXCHANGE AND WE HAVE RECEIVED WONDERFUL PEOPLE IN OUR HOMES. WE ARE NOT VERY ACTIVE ON THIS PAGE YET, WE DO NOT DOMINATE IT, I AM SORRY THAT I CANNOT RESPOND QUICKLY TO MESSAGES DUE TO THIS DIFFICULTY, BECAUSE THE TRANSLATION IS HARD FOR ME. I HOPE THIS SUMMER TO UNDERSTAND IT BETTER AND START EXCHANGING FROM THIS TOO.

Great site & network. We were with another home swap site for many years, but we are so impressed by PLU. So friendly, accessible & true to the sustainable ethos of the original home swap organisations

Discovering PLU has been such a wonderful experience for us. We love the community and exchanging has completely changed the way we think about travelling. With two small children and being restricted to school holidays, travel was previously so expensive and frustrating. We love arriving at a new exchange with all the home comforts and being able to explore somewhere new. We would urge anyone on the fence to jump right in, you won’t regret it.

I am so happy to have found PLU! I love the friendliness, Drew’s exceptionally quick and helpful responses, how listings appear, and the fun of browsing through them, and the blogposts. Looking forward to my first exchange!

I think this is the best website for exchanging houses so far. We used many of others before, but I think Drew really did a great thing! I think this is the best website to arrange an exchange so far. We have used many others in the past. Drew really created a perfect thing, congratulations :)

I love PLU ! It’s soooo much more then “free” exchanging homes… it’s a growing community that likes to add the crème fresh and cherry on top of the cake :-) People here reach out immediately if someone is asking for help being stranded somewhere (aka FB) I never ever see this at other platforms. Although being a rather smaller group , people actually answer when you send a request. Sometimes they forget but this happens rather rare. And then after a while I got the answer back with a bunch of appologies . I would recommend to start from the beginning with 3 years membership , you will receive a globe to “pay” for a destination that the other party would never come to your place. It cost only the price of a decent hotel in a major city. Even if you don’t want to put effort in it at all, you will find at least one place for a stay and still get your money value back . My advice : start sending requests , open up for people and let karma kicks in!

Traveling is more than taking the car or any other means of transportation to visit a new region, a new country: It's meeting new people or seeing people you already know. It's a new experience, especially when you exchange your home with strangers. It is also about trying to live like these new friends by adopting their culture, their food, their activities, etc. The best way to have all these positive experiences is surely the home exchange via the People Like Us (PLU) platform... and all this for just a few dollars in membership fees. We just can't wait to swap our home with yours and add you to our friends list. No doubt we will become friends later. This is what has happened every time we are in contact with other PLU members, whether an agreement is confirmed or not. To try it is to adopt it! So don't hesitate any longer! See you again!

Friendly, helpful home exchange community that I love being a part of! So many places I want to visit, mainly because of the beautiful people on here.