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WSJ Your Money Briefing

Would You Swap Homes With a Stranger to Save on Hotel Costs?

WSJ Your Money Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

News, Business News

3.81.6K Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2024

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

As the price of vacation accommodations rises, more people are coordinating to spend days or even weeks in each other’s homes. Wall Street Journal travel reporter Allison Pohle joins host J.R. Whalen to discuss the pros and cons of home swapping. Sign up for the WSJ's free Markets A.M. newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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I'm J. R. Whelan for the Wall Street Journal.

0:39.0

Finding a place to stay when you're on vacation is getting more expensive and that's

0:46.6

leading some people to consider making reservations at Home Sweet Home, someone else's

0:52.3

home that is.

0:54.0

People keep their clothes in their closets.

0:56.1

They move them over so you have space to hang up your own clothes, but their pictures are

0:59.9

still on the walls.

1:01.0

These are very much the homes that people live in day to day, not

1:04.7

vacation rentals managed by a property manager. We'll talk with our travel reporter

1:09.9

Allison Polly about home swapping after the break. TnB Tech Minute gives you the day's top tech headlines featuring newsmakers that shape

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the tech world and beyond like Open AI CEO Sam Altman.

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inexpensive, intelligence and abundant and cheap energy.

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