Swap my City Pad es una nueva y emocionante forma de organizar tus escapadas sin arruinarte. Se trata de intercambiar tu residencia con la de alguien que quiera visitar tu ciudad. Gran idea para vivir tus viajes y empaparte de las costumbres de una forma más auténtica. Read full article here at Milsenses.com.

If you have a house or flat in a city to swap, sign up to www.swapmycitypad.com and you could end up holidaying in an Art Deco gem in Sydney or an apartment on New York’s Upper West Side. You can list your property for free until you find a place to swap with, then membership is £39.99 for a year. Read the full article in House Beautiful Allaboutyou.com.

This week sees the launch of WhereToSleep.co.uk – the latest in a growing list of ‘space trader’ websites that offer travellers an alternative form of accommodation to the traditional hotel.

Six hotel-killing websites:

3. SwapMyCityPad.com – concentrating on city accommodation, this site allows you to swap  your own flat of house with other like-minding people for a weekend or longer. All you need to do is sign up, post some pictures and search for a swap you like, from Sao Paulo to Sydney. Read full article here.

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Just like fashion, food and pretty much any other hedonistic pursuit, travel experiences trends. As something of an authority on travel, Hg2 has the inside scoop on what will be hot – and similarly, what won’t be – for 2011. Read on for ten trends that will shape the coming year – remember where you heard it first. Read full article here.

The London Evening Standard Weekender newsletter offers lots of offers and promotions for the capital including home exchange city breaks with SwapMyCityPad.com. Find newsletter here.

It started with The Holiday, the film where Kate Winslet swaps her idyllic English cottage with Cameron Diaz's swanky LA mansion. My husband Ben and I were watching it last Christmas when it occurred to me that we could do the same. After three years of painstakingly renovating our derelict Georgian townhouse in London back to its former Grade II -listed glory, Ben and I were in desperate need of a break. But as parents to an active toddler, hotels were out. Limited space and paper-thin walls are a recipe for stress, not relaxation. This felt like the perfect solution. Read full article here.

Zoe Hine, founder of SwapMyCityPad.com talks to Escape The City about how she started up her online business. Read the full article here.

Sometimes hotels can seem tiresome compared to a proper home. SwapMyCityPad is an online service for people around the world to list their homes and swap with other subscribers when travelling (it doesn’t have to be a direct swap). The site’s real winner is the fact that all you need pay is an annual subscription of £39.99. Perfect for cost-cutting times. Read full article here.

Internet-savvy companies are now making house-swapping, homestays and 'un-hotels' available to budget-conscious travellers. Tired of impersonal hotels? A new breed of accommodation providers have realised that there really is no place like home, offering house-swaps and homestays for the traveller who wants to live like a local. Find full article here or here.

newfreshnice.com is an online portal offering an easy-to-use overview of the worlds finest, most stylish and fun online stores in the fields of fashion, interior design, travel and stuff (gifts & gadgets).They have compiled a top 10 list of the best travel websites and Swap My City Pad are excited that we are in at number 4. We wish NewFreshNice.com all the best with their very cool and funky idea, and look forward to following them in all that they do.

newfreshnice.com write "This new UK-based initiative connects like-minded people, who like to swap their apartment, with someone else’s, so they can go on a city trip without the costs of a hotel."

Find the link to their top 10 travel websites here.

My partner and I love taking city breaks in the winter but this year we feel we can't justify the expense. A friend suggested we try a house swap. Can you recommend a reputable company? See article here.

As companhias aéreas low cost têm vindo a facilitar os nossos planos de viagem ao estrangeiro. Ainda assim, continua a ser complicado encontrar soluções económicas de alojamento. É certo que já existem opções como o couchsurfing ou os hostels, mas nenhuma delas garante a privacidade do viajante. Read full article here.

Quer sair da rotina sem gastar com hotel? Uma dica é o Swap My City Pad, um site que oferece um serviço bem bacana: troca de casas. Read full article here.

Swap My City é um site de troca de casas para quem quer viajar de uma maneira diferente. Read full article here.

Tesco Magazine recommends Swap My City Pad as the way to home exchange: Live like a local while on holiday by swapping houses or flats with one. New website www.swapmycitypad.com helps you save money on accommodation and lets you relax in the knowledge that your place is being lived in while you are away. Find full article here.

Green Consumerism is on the rise, with it some brilliant minds are drumming up solutions to do things a little differently within our Global Village. Read full article here.

Swap My City Pad is a top pick for The Cool Hunter. How cool is that?

As the tough times look like they will get tougher, people are finding new ways to dodge the credit crunch. One money-saving technique that has seen an incredible surge in numbers is the concept of home exchange. Read full article here.

Zoe Hine, founder of Swap My City Pad speaks to MacAulay and Co on BBC Radio Scotland about Swap My City Pad and home exchanging.

Find the recording here on the 22nd July. Interview starts after 1hr 20 mins and you can hear it on iplayer until 29th July.

There are plenty of us who have pledged to stay at home this summer. For now, the warm weather is rewarding our decision, and we're feeling pretty good about a fortnight in the garden. But however much we love home, there's something a tiny bit stressful about trying to take a holiday in it. The hoovering, the dusting, and the call of DIY mean it's no real alternative to getting away. And you can get your holiday accommodation for free. Read full article here.

Why max out your credit card on a boutique hotel when you can go native during your weekend away for free? This home exchange website match-makes like-minded people. It couldn’t be easier – upload your property details, enter your preferred dates and find yourself a bolthole in
a completely different city.

Pourquoi sortir votre carte bancaire en descendant dans un hôtel de luxe, alors que vous pouvez tout aussi bien disposer d’un appartement pour rien ? C’est ce que propose ce site web : sa base de données vous met en rapport avec des personnes partageant vos goûts à l’étranger : il ne vous reste plus qu’à vous inscrire et échanger vos appartements!

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Does your stylish New York apartment want a date with my sexy London City pad? I’m a two-storey tall, young 100-year old, and have many fancy features including a hot steamy sauna and a state-of-the-art home entertainment system. Shall we swap for a long weekend in August? Read full article here.

It's hardly reached the popularity of the package holiday but home-swapping has become increasingly popular. Now a new service SwapMyCityPad.com aims to draw a more hip urban audience in. We take a look. Read the full article here.

Remember swapsies in the playground? "I'll swap my yo-yo for your Rubik's". Take it to another level with http://www.SwapMyCityPad.com - the only way to travel in 2010. Click here for full issue.

This month sees the launch of a new website, SwapMyCityPad.com, which aims to act as a mediator between home owners, putting paying members in touch with each other via the site. It will allow exchangers to join networks within their profession and will give ratings and feedback to help with property selection. Read full article here.

With the launch of Swap My City Pad, the world is your oyster. For free.

Fact: great hotels are addictive. For example, the delivery of a club sandwich and glass of bubbly, ordered on a whim at 2am, might just be the definition of heaven itself. Then there’s that delicious sense of regal anonymity, the infinite helpfulness, the mini-bar… And of course the bill. Always and forever, that damned bill. Full article found here.

Zoe Hine, founder of Swap My City Pad offers advice on moving to Spain.

For all of you who are considering packing up your life and moving to Spain should read this article. Take your time. Spain isn’t going anywhere, and if you are going to make a success of your new life in a different country, you need to carefully consider all of your options and choices.

Read the full article here.

Continuing our delectable series on Underground Supper Clubs, Zoe Hine of www.swapmycitypad.com dishes out the best locations to chow down in the city of angels. Full article found here.

Continuing our series on Underground Supper Clubs, Zoe Hine of www.swapmycitypad.com gives us a few select cuts from the underground supper club scene in Paris. Full article found here.

Part 2 in our series of Underground Supper Clubs is set in the Big Apple itself. Zoe Hine of www.swapmycitypad.com gives WhereAndNow the low-down of all the action in New York. Full article found here.

Home exchange is a simple and secure way of taking a city break, without forking out for a hotel. We want you to have more money to spend on life’s luxuries, like eating out, shopping, a spa treatment, or a flutter on the horses. We would never judge. Full article found here.

The latest phenomenon of underground supper clubs aren't quite so underground as Zoe Hine at www.swapmycitypad.com gives WhereAndNow the low down on where's not so secret in London. Full article found here.

The recession. What a bore. Not that long ago we were all living the vida loca. We wouldn't think twice about eating out or whisking our loved one for a weekend away. Now it's all home cooking and staycations. Yawn. Whatever happened to life's little luxuries? Full article found here.

Swap Your Pad in New York For a Holiday in Someone Else's Home in London, Paris, Barcelona, Rome...

Home exchange is the way to travel for 2010. Although not a new idea—swapping your home for someone else's in the destination of your choice—this type of scheme makes perfect sense in the current financial climate. The majority of a vacation budget is taken over by accommodation, but with home exchange you can avoid high hotel bills and benefit by experiencing your destination as a local. SwapMyCityPad.com is a new site to guide you through the process of home exchange and ensure a smooth and enjoyable swap.

You will adore this new concept, exchanging your house! Between Paris, London and New York exchange your apartment and no longer travel like a tourist. The idea is really appealing, the is brand new and we like it a lot.

Find link to the page here

Imagine a city break without the expensive hotel, the chance to experience your destination like a local, and as bonus, your place back home being well looked after.

Swap My City Pad gives Skyscanner 10 house swapping tips.... Find full article here

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