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Our Favorite Vacation Homes Websites
Looking for a vacation home? Often, the search for that perfect spot can take a very long time. Choices seem to be limitless, but chances are your time and budget are not. This Realm will allow you to preview many destinations and resources at once, with information beyond the limits of a brochure and will hopefully save time, expense and a LOT of confusion.
Thousands of Special Places to Live and Play!
A great place to learn about different vacation destinations, escapehomes.com provides brief tours of selected towns and cities. It includes a list of the top ten towns in which to buy a vacation home and recommends brokers that can help you with your hunt for that special place. There is also a feature on destinations according to beach, cultural, quaint and value towns. This site has a forum for buyers and sellers and a newsletter, "Ask Clark, the 2nd home expert."
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Come Coast Awhile
Coastal Living magazine covers the East to the West and the North to the South coasts with wonderful photography, special destinations, house plans and articles. Specializing in home plans, maintenance, travel and real estate in coastal areas, this site features a real estate planner, a home planner and a trip planner, all leading you to specific resources within each topic.
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Trading Places
Trade to Travel is a home exchange club offering the use of your home in exchange for the use of others. You can visit places you otherwise would not or could not and another member is sure to take more care with your home than just a casual renter. Their properties range over twenty countries and they handle all the details - a plus for someone new to this concept.
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And the Tropic Is...?
A wonderful site catering exclusively to the Caribbean and Hawaii, wheretostay.com includes homes, bed and breakfasts, hotels and resorts. All are rated according to $$ with pics and reviews by real people who have visited. An 'about' section, local weather and an airline finder on this site make it a comprehensive resource.
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Live Large!
Search VacationSpot.com by international destinations, property type, or special interest. Directories of homes, villas,cabins, inns and condos - off the beaten track destinations and unique lodgings such as castles and French Chateaux. Owned by expedia.com, travel arrangements, weather info, currency converter and travel advisories etc., are all on this site.
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Vacation Homes Forums/Discussion Groups

Digsville! The Global Exchange Community
Subscribe and exchange information with others. Listen to their experiences about trading homes, both the Pros and the Cons.
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Ideas, Information, Insight
Subscribe to Home & Gardens ezine with highlights, picks, chats and insider news.
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In the Planning Stage
Highly recommended reading! HomePlanFinder features plans, building and contracting resources, tips on safety and security around and about the home.
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