Home Exchange experiences ?

Dear IMers
I hope some of you might have heard or read about the concept of "home exchange". This is quite popular in the west (Europe, America, Asia etc) and many vacationers use this to save thousands of dollars of cost from their vacation expenses. This concept is not yet popular in India.

I wanted to know if any of you (and especially those of you who are in India) have experienced or used "home exchange" personally. If so I am eager to know about your experiences. I would like to use this some day and would want to learn from your experience.

MSK

Well if any of you have NOT personally used home exchange, but know of some one who has used it, can you proovide that information to me me or help me in connecting with that person.

Thanks
MSK

I doubt if this concept will ever take roots in India. We have complete absence of civic sense, and complete absence of responsible behaviour towards our surroundings.

On top of that, we bring up our children in the same way. They can do anything, and all that they get is praise for destructive behaviour, with a big proud smile (Bahut shaitan ho gaya hai, i.e He has become very naughty)

So, even if house exchange happens, it will end in a lot of cribbing, and a lot of repair/cleaning work to go with that.

agree with Jitu'ji

PS: I'd love to exchange with your Almora house

Don't make this mistake, within few hours you will regret for being in a 'dump', and no home to rerun back until the exchange period expires

Jitu
Did you have any bad experience with home exchange ?