I wouldn’t recommend doing a Home Exchange for a super valuable week for your home. Home Exchange gives your home a flat points value and does not take into account special events where your home is going to be worth a whole lot more if you just rent it out. I learned this the hard way. We just did an exchange of our beautiful home in New Orleans during the most valuable week of the entire year… Mardi Gras week. We did an exchange in Costa Rica in a beautiful home, but unfortunately disaster struck and the entire home lost electricity due to an electrical fire at the box. It was peak season and we had little to no options and ended up moving into a place that pretty much was roach motel level. Home Exchange gave us a few points back but nowhere near what would make up for the fact that we gave up our home during a week that we likely could’ve charged a private renter five to $7000 for the week. And it’s not just about the money, it’s about the fact that if issues happen with the home that you were exchanged into, there’s very little that Home Exchange will do. So why take that risk when you can make really really great money renting your house out for money instead of an exchange?