Woman’s Own – 02 September 2019

3 ways to... get a holiday

for next to nothing

1 Swaphouses

Youcanfindfreeaccommodation

byhouse-swapping.Checkout

siteslikelovehomeswap.com

andhomeexchange.com.

Youlistyourpropertyand

searchforthosewillingtoswap

in locationsyou’reinterestedin.

Bearin mindyou’llusuallyhave

topaytobecomea member,

althoughsomeofferfreetrials.

Andmakesureyoutellyour

homeinsurertoensurethat

you’recovered.**

2 Spend

wisely

Youcangetfreeflights

andhotelstaysbytaking

outanairlinecreditcardand

spendingonit.Thesetypesof

cardsofferAviosandother

frequentflyerpointswhenyou

spend.Andwhenyouaccrue

enoughpoints,theycanbe

convertedintofreeflights

(althoughyou’llstillneedtopay

taxesandcharges).Youcanuse

themforfreehotelstays,too.

Butremembertomakesureyou

payoffthebalanceinfulleach

monthtoavoidpayinginterest.

3 Getcomping

It maybea longshot,butyou

couldgeta freebreakbyentering

competitions.I’mproofsomeone

hastowin,asI wasluckyenough

tobaga weekin theMaldives

a fewyearsago.Checkout

theprizefinder.com,whereyoucan

searchbyprizetype.Goodluck!

Didyou

KNOW?

Ittakesanaverage

of^162 days

tosellaproperty

inEnglandand

Wales,according

toresearchby

GetAgent.co.uk.It

takesanaverage

of^109 daystofind

abuyer

andacceptanoffer,

then^53

daysfortheproperty

togo

fromunderoffer

to

completion.

Want to get away, but short of cash? Here’s

how you could bag a break on the cheap...

MONEY

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Ah, bliss!

It’s easy to forget

about keeping your

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