Love Home Swap Explained

Love Home Swap
Location City:London, England
Parent:Travel + Leisure Co.
Area Served:Worldwide
Founder:Debbie Wosskow
Key People:Celia Pronto, Managing Director
Products:Homestay
Services:Home exchange
Num Employees:40
Num Employees Year:2021

Love Home Swap is a subscription-based, peer-to-peer holiday home exchange or home swapping website. Members of the website swap homes with each other, either simultaneously or using a points system. The company is based in London, United Kingdom. Love Home Swap was acquired by Travel + Leisure Co. (formerly Wyndham Worldwide Corporation) in August 2017. In March of 2023, HomeExchange.com purchased Love Home Swap.[1]

History

Love Home Swap was founded in 2011 by Debbie Wosskow OBE after being inspired by the film The Holiday featuring Kate Winslet and Cameron Diaz.[2] The company was founded during a phase of rapid growth in the sharing economy or collaborative consumption space, of which Wosskow was a strong proponent.

Notes and References

  1. HomeExchange, the Global Leader in Home Swap Vacations, Acquires Competitor Love Home Swap . PR Newswire . 2 March 2023.
  2. News: Russell . Josh . Seery . Natalie . Love Home Swap’s Debbie Wosskow is sharing the love . Elite Business . 11 July 2016.
  3. News: Burn-Callander . Rebecca . Britain’s top tech firms growing 1,000pc a year . The Telegraph . 6 November 2015.
  4. News: Whyte . Patrick . How Wyndham Plans to Tack Vacation Rental Disruptors . Skift . 11 August 2016.
  5. News: Burn-Callander . Rebecca . Love Home Swap acquires Dutch rival to become world leader in home exchange . The Telegraph . 13 December 2015.
  6. News: Lunden . Ingrid . Wyndham buys Love Home Swap for $53 million . Tech Crunch . 31 July 2017.
  7. HomeExchange, the Global Leader in Home Swap Vacations, Acquires Competitor Love Home Swap . PR Newswire . 2 March 2023.