Testimonials

I just want to let you know that we have had the most amazing experiences with our home exchanges and been very lucky with the ones I have been able to organize. Our first swap was to a beautiful apartment in Montmartre in Paris, with a view of Sacre Coeur out the window. We have also had an exchange for a ski chalet in France, an unforgettable condo on the beach with a pool on Grand Cayman, and for our summer holiday this year we are going to a house on the beach in the Bahamas. In April, we did a local swap with a family in Lincoln and they were happy for us to stay in their house with another family, so there were eight of us in their fabulous house and we had a cycling holiday there. The best thing about that swap was that we had to look after their two cats, and my kids and I fell in love with the cats so that when we got back to London we did some research and went off to the rescue home and got ourselves a gorgeous kitten, who is now the new lord and master of the house! Thank you for running such a fantastic site and I hope to enjoy many more wonderful years of exchanging!
Mrs C, London, July 2010

Thought I would just let you know that we have just returned from LA, where we stayed in a beautiful home in the Hollywood foothills arranged through HomeLink ... it was fantastic. I would have no hesitation in recommending HomeLink to anyone else.
Mr F, London, June 2010

We are currently enjoying a penthouse apartment in Sydney and have been here for 3 months. We have made 8 exchanges so far (NZ, Alice Springs, etc.) and have our 9th one booked - Canada. We are delighted with your website as it enables us to both travel and see our son, daughter-in-law and two grandchildren regularly - they live in Sydney. Were it not for Homelink, we would not have a relationship with our grandchildren because the family live in a small, two-bedroomed flat and there is simply not enough space to accommodate us.
Mrs T, South Glamorgan, May 2010.

We are getting on really well. We have been inundated with wonderful offers and it is terribly tempting just to pack our bags and head off around the world! We already have an exchange to the north of Spain in the first week of July and will exchange in New Zealand for a month in October. Now we are also waiting to decide what to do about an exchanges in Australia and Ireland in 2011. We still don't really know what to expect but we are excited by the prospect of it all! Thanks for your help and support.
Ms R, London, May 2010

I would like to say how pleased we have been with our first year as members of Homelink and are looking forward to another successful year. Overall we think the site is really good and the organisation well run.
Mrs S, Bury St Edmunds, April 2010

We've just renewed our subscription after 4 exchanges in our first year with you. We're now dedicated exchangers and have two more booked for this year already. Would definately recommend homelink and having looked at other (cheaper) sites it's worth paying a bit more!
Ms A, Lincoln, April 2010

Homelink really is a first class organisation. I have been houseswapping for years and have been with three different companies, but Homelink is head and shoulders above the rest.
Ms A, London, April 2010

2010 we have San Francisco and Cape Town lined up (both big houses with pools in smart suburbs) and Easter 2011 a very smart apartment in the Alps. So big fans as ever.
Mr R, London, April 2010

I just wanted to drop you a quick note to thank you for your time when we spoke a couple of weeks back (we're the ones with the 5 month old who want to go back to Australia at short notice!!) and also to let you know the amazing response we've had. We've been lucky enough to get 3 great offers and are working with a lovely lady to exchange. She's experienced so is showing us the ropes; she's been great and we had a long conversation on the phone so I feel quite comfortable about the exchange. Her house looks beautiful and she's happy for Ben's mum to join us there so we're going to have a great family holiday over there. Without this we would have been either staying with friends or in some tiny self contained appartment!
Ms M, Berkshire, March 2010

We will renew [our membership]. It is a brilliant organisation and we have had some marvellous holidays.
Mrs H, London, March 2010

Wonderful website, wonderful people - cant praise you guys enough!
Mr C, Brighton, March 2010

I have had a fantastic first year and am one of the individuals who must wonder why 'they did not do it years ago'. Last year we saw Philadelphia, New York and Perth. Planned for 2010 are Nice, Majorca, Seattle and Vancouver (with the hunt still on for our xmas venue). I am a strong advocate for the organisation as it has opened up so many affordable options for me.
Ms B, Sheffield, January 2010

We agreed a fab swap in San Francisco for this summer: In 12 months we will have had swaps in Hong Kong, San Francisco and Cape Town. As I have always said, we are big fans of Homelink!
Mr R, London, January 2010

...have had 2 offers already, one from USA and Germany and both houses look fab, it hasn't even been 24 hrs!
Ms C, London, January 2010

It wouldn't be New Year if we couldn't daydream about a home exchange.
Mr S, Colcehster, January 2010

We've found the Homelink service first rate - both the overall methodology and your own assistance. We have arranged two swaps. In particular, an exchange with a charming Italian couple with a wonderful villa directly on Lake Como has resulted in great friendship.
Mr S, Tunbridge Wells, December 2009

We wished we had joined years ago because we are thoroughly enjoying ourselves, thanks to you.
Mr D, Dorset, October 2009

I am delighted to have renewed my Homelink membership and would like to thank you once again for making our lovely exchange holidays possible. In the process, we have also made some lasting friendships (and, as we need reciprocal pet care, have met some very fine cats!)
Ms T, Bath, October 2009

Many thanks and we had two more successful exchanges this year two weeks in North Carolina and two weeks in Washington DC we can’t really understand why more people don’t do this!
Mrs W, Monmouth, October 2009

We have had a fantastic exchange year, being away from home in all for 3 months... Many, many thanks for all your help, support and understanding during the past year. You have been marvellous.
Mr & Mrs C, Devon, October 2009

Thanks for helping me to have spectacular holidays over the last 2 years!!
Ms C, Cumbria, September, 2009

We have just completed our 18th exchange, with car in Newport Rhode Island and thoroughly enjoy each one. Its a great way to see the world. We have exchanged in Costa Rica, South Africa, Provence x 3, Rome, S.Italy, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Vancouver, Boston, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Carmel, Florida, S.Carolina, Mexico and Ireland.
Mrs B, London, September 2009

We are having a fabulous time here in Florida and today we have been in Miami which was fabulous. We have already been on Skype to our next exchange partners in Queensland Australia in Feb/March next year. That will be our 4th exchange to Oz. Also we have had 3 exchanges to Vancouver. Wonderful.
Mrs H, Coventry, September 2009

Thanks Caroline, another great year with Homelink, more friends to see in the future.
Mr & Mrs H, Aberdeenshire, September 2009

We have had a great time and spent nearly three years away on exchanges since 2004, truly value for money.
Mr B, Stirling, August 2009

Thanks for a great website and plenty of great holidays.
Mr A, Middlesex, July 2009

I just wanted to drop and email to say thanks for the advice on how to boost the advertising of our house on the website. It obviously worked as 2 days later we received an email from a family in San Francisco and we are now organising our first Home Exchange!
Mrs H, Devon, June 2009

We much appreciate your care in checking that things are going OK. We are due to go to an exchange home in Florida in June and have 3 consecutive non-simultaneous exchanges in New Zealand for January. Not bad for beginners!
Mrs H, Cumbria, May 2009

We experienced our first exchange over Christmas and are now addicted!!!.
Mr G, London, April 2009

It only took about two weeks from re-joining you to us having our next exchange worked out. Thanks to you and Homelink we are on our way to Sydney and only 20 minutes from from our Daughter.
Mr S, High Wycombe, March 2009

We are big fans of Homelink and have had some great holidays out of it - Barbados twice, Florida and Holland so far.
Mr R, London, March 2009

We think the site is fantastic and we wish we'd discovered it years ago. We're off to Rhode Island in August for 3 weeks and have already had two requests from Australia for 2010. I am recommending the site to all my friends. It is such a good way to travel. I have been astounded at the responses; quite incredible the friendly nature of the respondents.
Mrs McK, Hertfordshire, March 2009

We have had great times on our exchanges - we have managed 14 over the last three years - and made some great friends. Thanks also for your efficient and friendly organisation
Mr and Mrs M, London, March 2009

What a wonderful web site and business you have created. I already have an exchange arranged for the autumn in Toronto and next Spring in Nevada. I have had so many requests it has been amazing. I really should have done this years ago as it is such fun. Thanks again for making it possible and for your excellent customer service.
Ms W, Cardiff, February 2009

Thank you very much indeed for your helpful, detailed advice. You might like to know that we are also listed with [another home exchange company], but HomeLink is immeasurably better and a truly remarkable organisation. I had quickly realised that HomeLink's quality is exceptional, and that impression is only enhanced by the personal attention you have given this.
Mr H, Cambridge, February 2009

It's the best way to travel!
Ms R, London, January 2009

We would like to send a quick thank you for your excellent website! We have just joined and have already arranged an exchange with a lovely family in Switzerland for this summer... ALL SORTED IN JUST 3 DAYS!!!! is this some sort of record??? Many thanks again, and well done 'Homelink'!
Mr & Mrs J, Northern Ireland, January 2009

We had another lovely exchange to Brazil this year for a month, two weeks in Rio, a week in an eco lodge in the rain forest and cruise along the Amazon. All through Homelink, I have done over 20 swaps since my first to New York in 1982, I belong to four other swap sites but I don't think any were through one of the other sites. I also get maybe 3-4 offers every week through Homelink, one a month from the others
Mr A, Cambridge, October 2008

We continue to LOVE our homelink membership!
Miss W, London, August 2008

The response to my webpage has been extraordinary with one or two requests every day, since we have been live. I am impressed.
Ms G, St Andrews, June 2008

Our best holidays have been our home exchanges for at least ten years.
Mr & Mrs S, London June 2008

You offer a first-class service and I've particularly been impressed by your own personal involvement. It makes a lot of difference to feel there is someone (with a name!) that one can relate to.
Mrs C, Sutton Coldfield March 2008

We're very much enjoying using Homelink - we've enjoyed a number of exchanges, more holidays than we could otherwise afford and by swapping with other families our kids have been able to enjoy set up 'playrooms' which paid hotel holidays don't allow for. Well done!
Mrs K, London March 2008

Just to say we had a great exchange in Byron Bay and had a wonderful time. The house was great and comfortable and after 10 weeks our house was as we left it. Thank you for making it all so easy.
Mr and Mrs R, Cheltenham October 2007

We are moving so will not renew until we are settled in a newly painted home! You know how much we love and value Homelink and your customer approach so have no fear that we shall be talking about you non-stop in the meantime!
Mrs M, London September 2007

Just a wee note to say how much we've enjoyed our exchanges so far, everything has gone pretty smoothly, we've been to amazing places and met wonderful people - we now consider friends. Long may it continue.
Mrs H, Aberdeenshire September 2007

Might I say that you and Caroline are doing a great job at Homelink!! I feel very "supported" by the organisation. We are lucky to have an exchange in two weeks time to the hills just outside Nice, where it is currently 25 degrees (complete with infinity pool). How good is that?!
Mrs O, Shropshire July 2007

Keep up the good work in making this site secure and an excellent tool for enjoyable exchanges.
Mr C, Sheffield July 2007

Thanks for a very efficient service. Homelink gets better every year. We just wish there were more free weeks in a year to take up all the great offers we have had!
Mrs B, Hampshire July 2007

We’re having such an exciting time since joining Homelink a month or so ago, and we haven’t even arranged a swap yet. At the moment, we’re in a holding pattern over Provence while they wait for a decision from Cornwall who are probably negotiating with Timbuctoo! We’ve been delighted with the response from members the ridiculous price of hotels in London operating in our favour, I suppose. Thank you again for your attention.
Mrs B, Middlesex May 2007

We are delighted with the response and have told all our friends about your service. Exchanging opens up so many possibilities, and makes dreams affordable.
Mr and Mrs F, Portugal May 2007

I haven't had as much fun in years as I am having with all the fantastic offers from lovely people around the world!! What a fantastic concept Home Link is!
Mrs J, Aberdeenshire March 2007

This is totally wonderful and I am delighted at being a member of this wonderful club. What is so wonderful is the immediate relationship that one has with total strangers and the trust and friendships that develop, a lot to do I would think with the professionalism of your organization which makes people feel safe and relaxed.
Mr B, Argyll December 2006

Thankyou for helping me get my proposed first exchange. I am so pleased i joined.. i am having fun just talking with others ... there's a big wide world out there!! Once again thankyou for your ongoing support.

Ms L, Suffolk, March 2010