Last January, my family spent a month in Vietnam. While we were away, a family from Christchurch, New Zealand, had their own holiday in our home. They weren’t friends or relatives; in fact, we’d never met them until the day they collected the key. The…
Being Retired Needn’t Mean Living in the Past Rosie Millard investigates de-cluttering one’s home in retirement. Besides enjoying a fresh and tidy space, earning extra income through newly available room(s) is an added bonus. Millard mentions, “…worth checking out is www.sabbaticalhomes.com, which advertises rooms to…
The Guardian’s Jill Papworth explores nearly a dozen ways to earn extra money. One of her ideas is to rent out an extra room in your place. She describes the idea in detail, noting, “Californian-based website Sabbaticalhomes.com, which is run primarily for academics and teachers…
Inside Higher Ed author Dana Campbell discusses harmonizing academics and parenthood in her clever Mama PhD column. In Settling Families Into Sabbaticals, she narrates the world of the family sabbatical. She is also a SabbaticalHomes.com member and notes, “…over the years we have used this…
Savvy syndicated travel writer Ellen Creager has placed SabbaticalHomes.com as her top choice for travel websites…describing the site as a “U.S.-based search site that helps academics, artists, writers and professionals find sabbatical home exchanges, house-sitting opportunities and home rentals.” Check out Ellen Creager’s entire list…
“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…
