Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
home swaps
Registered members stay in each
other's home while they are away.
W www.geenee.com
Focused on the world's most
popular cities. Whereas most home
swaps operate as notice boards for
members, Geenee also visits and
rates many of the houses on its site.
W www.guardianhomeexchange.co.uk
A worldwide home-exchange site run
by the UK's Guardian newspaper.
W www.homeforexchange.com
Over ten thousand worldwide listings,
including camper vans and yachts to
swap.
W www.homelink.org.uk
Facilitating home exchanges for over
fifty years, Homelink has properties in
over 75 countries and also publishes
a twice-yearly directory.
AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
W www.australianfarmstay.com.au
Accommodation and tours across
Australia.
W www.truenz.co.nz/farmstays
Details of farmstays in New Zealand
wth information on activities and
guides.
W www.lakelandcampingbarns.co.uk
Camping barns in the Lake District.
W www.mountainbothies.org.uk
Find remote huts in the hills of Great
Britain.
EUROPE
France: W www.gites-refuges.com
Italy (Italian only): W www.cai.it
Switzerland: W www.sac-cas.ch .
homestays
Stay in people's homes and get to
meet the locals and benefit from their
knowledge, while saving money on
hotels.
W www.homestaybooking.com
Booking site for homestays
worldwide.
W www.homestayweb.com
Over two thousand homestays
worldwide, from Nicaragua to New
Caledonia.
W www.womenwelcomewomen.org.
uk
A membership site (with members in
over seventy countries) for women
who wish to travel the world and stay
with other women.
NORTH AMERICA
W www.huts.org
A network of 29 backcountry huts in
the Colorado Rocky Mountains.
W www.alpineclubofcanada.ca
A membership organization that runs
28 backcountry huts in the Canadian
Rocky Mountains.
restored buildings
W www.landmarktrust.org.uk and
W www.landmarktrustusa.org
The Landmark Trust rescues derelict
historic properties across the UK
and US, restores them and then
rents them out as self-catering
accommodation.
Camping
W campingcoop.org
Blog on the world of camping, with
reviews of campsites, equipment and
favourite trips.
W www.campingo.com
Find campsites all across the world,
with a search engine customizable
by 150 criteria such as “near beach”,
“shady” and what activities are
available.
W www.thehappycampers.co.uk
Recommends campsites in the UK
and Ireland and includes a discussion
forum for topical issues such as
campfires and wild camping.
W www.ultimatecampresource.com
For ideas on how to keep you and the
family entertained around the campfire.
hospitality exchanges
Find people willing to have you stay
in their homes for free and perhaps
show you around their local area (see
also p.274).
W www.couchsuring.com
With over a million members, this
is the biggest hospitality exchange
site - and with thorough vetting
procedures one of the safest.
W www.hospitalityclub.org
Along with Couchsurfing, pobably the
best port of call for general hospitality
exchanges. Has tailored parts of the
site so you can search for everything
from indigenous hosts to a special
section for Mensa members keen to
ensure brainy chat.
W www.warmshowers.org
People offering to host those
travelling by bicycle.
fooD aND DriNk
organic and locally
produced food
In many non-industrialized countries,
local food is the norm. Elsewhere,
choose locally produced food and
you'll help reduce food miles and
support local economies. For slow
food producers and events see
W www.slowfood.com.
alternative
Alpine mountain refuges, bothies, huts
and trekking cabins
UK
W www.localfoodadvisor.com
Links to four thousand local food
producers, restaurants, fairs and
markets throughout Britain.
UK
W www.camping-bods.co.uk
Former fishermen's huts in the
Shetland Isles run as basic shelters.
NORTH AMERICA
W www.eatwellguide.org
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