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I prefer to exchange flats because, that way, not only can you travel two or three times a year, but you can live in exactly the same way as a person from a different country..."  <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100106064226/http://lifeandhealth.guardian.co.uk/guides/freestuff/story/0,,1976287,00.html" target="newhewin">Full article</a> </div> <div class="HEQuote"> "It works. And not because it's cheaper, but because it is an entirely new experience. Not just a house swap, but a car swap, a friend swap - in fact a life swap."  <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100106064226/http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2005/jun/29/australia.melbourne" target="newhewin">Full article</a> </div> </div> <div class="HEQuotes"> <h2 style="border-top:0"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20100106064226/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1R3TcV5TQs" target="video">Watch The One Show (BBC1) film of Guardian home exchange members on a swap to the USA</a></h2> </div> </div> <div id="homemiddlecol"> <div id="homenarrowform"> <h2>Join now</h2> <table cellpadding="3"> <tr> <td> £ 35.00 for 1 year on-line listing and contact privileges<br></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/web/20100106064226/http://www.guardianhomeexchange.co.uk/ihea/memberform.cfm" title="Join now"><img src="/web/20100106064226im_/http://www.guardianhomeexchange.co.uk/images/join-now.gif" alt="Join now"></a></td> </tr> </table> </div> <div id="homenarrowform"> <h2>Members sign in</h2> 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value="Spain">Spain</option> <option value="USA">USA</option> <option value=""></option> <option value="Africa">Africa</option> <option value="">==========</option> <option value="Egypt">Egypt</option> <option value="Kenya">Kenya</option> <option value="Morocco">Morocco</option> <option value="Reunion">Reunion</option> <option value="South Africa">South Africa</option> <option value="The Gambia">The Gambia</option> <option value=""></option> <option value="Asia">Asia</option> <option value="">==========</option> <option value="Bali">Bali</option> <option value="Cambodia">Cambodia</option> <option value="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</option> <option value="India">India</option> <option value="Japan">Japan</option> <option value="Singapore">Singapore</option> <option value="Thailand">Thailand</option> <option value=""></option> <option value="Australasia">Australasia</option> <option value="">==========</option> <option value="Australia">Australia</option> <option value="French Polynesi">French 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href="/web/20100106064226/http://www.guardianhomeexchange.co.uk/ihea/houseinfo.cfm?id=22137">3 Bedroom Cottage<br/> cheshire, england</a> </div> </td> <td width="33%"> <div class="featuredhomethumb"> <a href="/web/20100106064226/http://www.guardianhomeexchange.co.uk/ihea/houseinfo.cfm?id=22505" title="Home exchange listing HE22505"> <img src="/web/20100106064226im_/http://www.guardianhomeexchange.co.uk/Pictures/HE22XXX/HE22505_1_20090401_025137.jpg" alt="Home exchange listing HE22505" width="110" height="83" border="0"> </a> </div> <div class="featuredhomelink"> <a href="/web/20100106064226/http://www.guardianhomeexchange.co.uk/ihea/houseinfo.cfm?id=22505">1 Bedroom House<br/> rio de janeiro, brazil</a> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <div class="browsebox"> <h2>Browse listings</h2> <script language="javascript"> if (AC_FL_RunContent == 0) { alert("This page requires AC_RunActiveContent.js."); } else { AC_FL_RunContent( 'codebase', 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