Amy McCarthy is a former reporter at Eater, focusing on pop culture, policy and labor, and only the weirdest online trends. Tis the season for lots of things — hot cocoa, gift shopping, and perhaps ...

Soup swap parties transform fall meals into a community event as more people look for practical ways to share food and cut down on solo prep. By focusing on soups that freeze well and rely on ...

Amy Froelich and her wife Marla have been Airbnb hosts since 2015. They started in Iowa City, Iowa, and continued on to Madison, Wis., where they own a four-bedroom home in a lush neighborhood within ...

Home swapping is not necessarily a new trend but it fluctuates in popularity. This accommodation type is, once again, seeing a comeback and making waves in the travel industry. With popular platforms ...

Cookie Swaps or Cookie Exchanges date back to the 1960s in the United States. Well, even farther back in time if one ...

In just two years, I have swapped homes with strangers over a dozen times. My two-bedroom flat in Barcelona was bartered for a townhouse in Brooklyn, romantic studio in Milan, park-facing pied-à-terre ...

If you love to travel but don’t have the money to do it, house swapping is an affordable alternative to hotels, Airbnb, and ...

Staying in a stranger's home while traveling is a lusty proposition: You get to explore and relax in someone else's sanctuary. Instead of being pigeonholed into tourist zones, you're liberated to ...