HomeExchange.com

HomeExchange.com is a network to facilitate home exchanges.[2]

HomeExchange
Headquarters
Cambridge, Massachusetts,
Paris, France[1]
Area servedGlobal
Founder(s)Emmanuel Arnaud
Key peopleEmmanuel Arnaud, CEO
Charles-Edouard Girard, Chairman
ProductsHomestay
ServicesHome exchange
URLwww.homeexchange.com
LaunchedMay 4, 2011 (2011-05-04)
Part of a series on
Homestays
Hospitality exchange services
Hospitality for work
Hospitality for money
Home exchange and others

Each home has a number of points attributed, called "Guestpoints". Members can either do reciprocal exchanges or non-reciprocal exchanges with guestpoints. They earn points by hosting other members, and they can use those to stay at other homes. In order to finalize a reciprocal exchange, members need to activate their annual membership of US$175 (or €149 in Europe) per year,[3] for unlimited exchanges.[4] As of December 2022 homeexchange.com has >100000 members and over 450,000 homes in 159 countries.[5]

History

In 2011, the company was founded as GuestToGuest by Emmanuel Arnaud and 22 families experienced in home exchange.

In 2013, Charles-Edouard Girard joined the company as chairman.

In November 2013, the company acquired Itamos.[6]

In June 2015, the company raised €4 million from Mutuelle d'assurance des instituteurs de France (MAIF).[7]

In March 2017, GuestToGuest merged with HomeExchange.com, founded in 1992 by Ed Kushins, and since 2019 continued under that name.[8]

In 2019, HomeExchange was included on the Next40, the annual selection of the 40 most promising start-ups in France.

References
  1. homeexchange.com press release
  2. "HomeExchange: How does it work?". homeexchange.com.
  3. homeexchange.com
  4. Johanson, Mark (March 19, 2015). "10 websites changing the way we travel". CNN.
  5. homeexchange.com 'about us'
  6. "Interview with Guest to Guest Founder: Home Exchange with Guest Points". ShareTraveler. May 20, 2014.
  7. "GuestToGuest nabs cash from peer-to-peer insurance specialist". Phocuswire. May 6, 2015.
  8. "GuesttoGuest Expands World's Largest Home Exchange Community and Bolsters U.S. Market with Purchase of HomeExchange" (Press release). PR Newswire. March 7, 2017.
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