At Intervac we believe we have the best home exchangers in the world. If you'd like to find out for yourself, join us today on a FREE trial membership. You will receive access to our site for 21 days to try out all its features, browse our database and contact our members.
Our member reference system awards badges (Trial, Ready-to-go, Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum) are based on the number of confirmed exchanges a family has made. The badge shows on the member’s listing.
After a member return home from their vacation they may choose to act as a reference for their exchange partner. These references are listed and may display feedback written by previous exchange partners on each member's listing page. This icon on a listing shows when a member have references. If you have questions about a member, you should feel free to contact their references to ask how the exchange worked out and if they were satisfied. Yes, there is trust involved in swapping homes, but with Intervac, you can also verify.
We are always looking for experienced members interested in helping us spread the word about Intervac and home exchange. If you are an experienced Intervac member and would like to help us spread the word about Intervac and home exchange, we invite you to become an ambassador.
What is an Intervac Ambassador supposed to do?
We expect each Ambassador to:
Are there any benefits?
Yes! First of all, you get 3 months free on your membership when you become an Ambassador. Secondly, you get the special ambassador badge on your listing.
Your listing allows you to to tell potential exchange partners a great deal about your home and surroundings. To get the most from your membership it is essential to promote your home and its area, indicating where you are, how you can best be contacted and what's on offer. The more information you give in the form of photos and text, the more it helps other members to decide that your offer is exactly what they are looking for.
Photos and Descriptive Text
Intervac provides facilities for you to post unlimited photos and write descriptive text under the headings: Your Home, Family, Lifestyle and Neighbourhood. Multi-lingual members often post descriptions in their various languages. It is all quite easy to do with the automatic translator and your local organiser is happy to help if you have questions.
A map of surroundings
Every listing has a Google map so that prospective partners can get a good picture of the neighbourhood where your home is located.
Reverse searches
Intervac has the most comprehensive "reverse search" in the industry. We encourage our members to fill in as many regions and cities as they like (it\'s unlimited!) so that you can find all members who are specifically interested in visiting your country, region or nearest city.
Members favorites
Your Favorites list can help you keep track of your dream vacations. With the click of a button, you can add a listing to your favorites. Write notes to yourself in the notes section and keep track of your contacts.
Match alert!
Here is a nifty tool designed for the frequent exchanger with not much time for browsing. Tell our system what sort of offers interest you by saving your search criteria and check the Match Alert box. We\'ll let you know when a listing that matches your search criteria becomes available.
Yes, that's right, we have an integrated messaging system that allows you to contact other members and without ever leaving our website. You can see that a message has been sent and when it was read. Offers and answers to your messages are waiting for you when you login. You can contact several of your favorites at once and use templates to send your messages. As soon as you have set up your listing, you can start connecting with other members so that you can find your next home exchange!
Look out for the hot listings icon
This is a succinct list of members looking for a partner for an exchange within the next 8 weeks. Adding your listing to the Last Minute List is easy as clicking a button. Your listing will appear on the Hot list for four days, after which you can click to add it again if you are still haven't found a home exchange.