BBC author Kate Ashford explains how to effectively plan for your sabbatical in her article Planning a Sabbatical? Smart tips for the journey. From the length of preparation time to how to do it less expensively, she covers many relevant points. She writes, “If it…
Shelley Miller reveals her biggest secret, “With home exchanging you will never say, ‘I wish we could afford to travel.’ Instead you’ll ask, ‘Where should we go next?’.” We were so pleased when this up-and-coming author (Postcards From Home: Exchange the home, save the family)…
Sur SabbaticalHomes , des milliers de personnes viennent chercher une maison ou un appartement à échanger ou à louer à l’autre bout du monde, le temps d’un déplacement professionnel – d’une année sabbatique souvent. En lançant ce site, il y a une douzaine d’année, alors…
“This is a traveler’s dream job,” says Nadege Conger, founder of SabbaticalHomes.com. “I can virtually travel the world several times over each day and help academics and their families with their dreams of adventure and exploration.” Conger, born in France, has an MBA from McGill…
Chris Tachibana informs scientists on the move in this interesting and informative article. He encourages others to take advantage of the chance to work abroad. One of the scientist he interviewed for his article, Joel Rothman, chair of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology at the…
We are always looking for wonderful places to stay, while traveling. I eschew hotels for the most part, and prefer homes in which we can relax (and have a yard, if possible), especially if we are to be gone for long periods of time. I…
A sabbatical, by definition, is an extended leave from one’s career. It is sometimes offered as an employee benefit, especially in the academic world, and occasionally in the corporate world. Sabbaticals can be paid or unpaid time off, and the length of the sabbatical varies….
Budget travelers are informed about popular house swapping websites in this article on the AARP website. They mention SabbaticalHomes.com as, “A site that posts several hundred availabilities worldwide for academics on sabbatical.” Read the entire article on the AARP website…
Although Evanston residents can log onto Web sites to try and temporarily exchange houses, like Kate Winslet and Cameron Diaz’s characters did in the film “The Holiday,” the possibility of finding someone who wants to visit Evanston is slim. Instead of hunting for a temporary…
The ideal length of a home exchange varies by country. Europeans get a lot more vacation time than Americans do, and are much more likely to use it. There is no legal right to vacation time in the United States. In Europe, the law ensures…
