HomeExchange.com

HomeExchange.com is a network to facilitate home exchanges.[2]

HomeExchange
Headquarters
Paris, France
Area servedGlobal
Founder(s)Emmanuel Arnaud
Key peopleEmmanuel Arnaud, CEO
Charles-Edouard Girard, Chairman
ProductsHomestay
ServicesHome exchange
URLwww.homeexchange.com
Alexa rank66,960 (As of 3 May 2020)[1]
LaunchedMay 4, 2011 (2011-05-04)

Each home has a number of points attributed, called "Guestpoints". Members can either do reciprocal exchanges or non-reciprocal exchanges with guestpoints. They earn points by hosting other members, and they can use those to stay at other homes. In order to finalize a reciprocal exchange, members need to activate their annual membership of €130 per year for unlimited exchanges.[3]

History

In 2011, the company was founded as GuestToGuest by Emmanuel Arnaud and 22 families experienced in home exchange.

In 2013, Charles-Edouard Girard joined the company as chairman.

In November 2013, the company acquired Itamos.[4]

In June 2014, the company raised €1 million in seed money from the Alyan Group investment fund, Aigis, and from angel investors.[5]

In June 2015, the company raised €4 million from Mutuelle d'assurance des instituteurs de France (MAIF).[6]

In July 2015, the company raised nearly €1 million from existing investors.[5]

In June 2016, the company acquired Trampolinn.[7]

In March 2017, GuestToGuest merged with HomeExchange.com, founded in 1992 by Ed Kushins, and since 2019 continued under that name.[8]

In 2019, HomeExchange was included on the Next40, the annual selection of the 40 most promising start-ups in France.

References
  1. "Alexa Internet: HomeExchange.com". Alexa Internet.
  2. "HomeExchange: How does it work?". omeExchange.com.
  3. Johanson, Mark (March 19, 2015). "10 websites changing the way we travel". CNN.
  4. "Interview with Guest to Guest Founder: Home Exchange with Guest Points". ShareTraveler. May 20, 2014.
  5. "Crunchbase: HomeExchange". TechCrunch.
  6. "GuestToGuest nabs cash from peer-to-peer insurance specialist". Phocuswire. May 6, 2015.
  7. "Trampolinn acquired by GuestToGuest". TechCrunch.
  8. "GuesttoGuest Expands World's Largest Home Exchange Community and Bolsters U.S. Market with Purchase of HomeExchange" (Press release). PR Newswire. March 7, 2017.
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