Both The Invented City and Trading Homes International are American affiliates of the International Home Exchange Association, an impressive umbrella organization which combines the directories of similar organizations from Australia, Canada, Denmark, England, France, Italy, Scotland, Spain and Switzerland. In addition to these areas, the IHEA has managed to pick up individual members in the Canary Islands, Luxembourg, South Africa, Hong Kong, Singapore, Sri Lanka, the Bahamas, Barbados, the British West Indies, Guatemala and Mexico. My listings are designed so that you can decide when and why you wish to visit a particular destination. Equally as helpful is owner Judy Saavedra, herself an avid exchanger, who is more than happy to answer any questions and make suggestions.
Listings are worldwide, with an emphasis on British exchanges.
Listings can be issued to the public within a matter of minutes, and removed from the service the moment an exchange is made, guaranteeing fresh information. At any one time, you can scan 1000 plus listings, a smaller number than available in most directories, but you must remember that the listings are constantly changing and each person that you contact will definitely still be looking for an exchange. And if you are still waffling as to whether you want to exchange at all, IHEN allows non-members complete access to all their listings. He bought tickets to the events as soon as they went on sale, but didn't get around to looking for accommodations until March of 1996. People were trying to pass off real dumps as rentals at crazy prices.