Released: September 26, 2009

Hotel too pricey? Try a home swap

Source: Emma Carew, Washington Post (Free Registration)

When the concept of home-swapping was portrayed in 2006 by Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet in the movie “The Holiday,” it seemed fairly ambitious: Cross continents and trade out a Los Angeles mansion for a cottage in the British countryside for a few weeks. Oh - and fall in love with Jude Law and Jack Black in the end.

But with the recent economic troubles, and the second year of “staycation” as a buzzword, Washington area residents are turning to home swaps as an affordable way to get away for the week or weekend. So far, at least, Jude Law and Jack Black have not been part of the trades.

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