I confess, I have a new online addiction. While some have fallen prey to time zappers like Facebook, Twitter or Wordscraper, I can get lost for hours on home exchange websites. For a travel junkie like me, sniffing around various house-swapping possibilities around the world is like wanderlust crack. Pick a ...

We made our first foray into the world of house swapping this summer. To the raised eyebrows of friends and family everywhere, we let virtual "strangers" live in our home while we lived in theirs, a win-win mutual accommodation solution particularly good for travellers with kids. Home exchange is a ...