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]
| Founded | 2011 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Debbie Wosskow |
| Headquarters | London, England |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Celia Pronto, Managing Director |
| Products | Homestay |
| Services | Home exchange |
Number of employees | 40 (2021) |
| Parent | Travel + Leisure Co. |
| Website | www |
History
editLove 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.
- 2014 Love Home Swap acquired 1st Home Exchange[3]
- 2015 Received first investment from Wyndham (now operating as Travel + Leisure Co.)[4]
- 2015 Acquired Dutch rival Home For Exchange[5]
- August 2017 Love Home Swap was acquired by Travel + Leisure Co. for $53 million[6]
- March 2023 Love Home Swap was purchased by HomeExchange.com.[7]
External links
editReferences
edit- ^ "HomeExchange, the Global Leader in Home Swap Vacations, Acquires Competitor Love Home Swap" (Press release). PR Newswire. 2 March 2023.
- ^ Russell, Josh; Seery, Natalie (11 July 2016). "Love Home Swap's Debbie Wosskow is sharing the love". Elite Business.
- ^ Burn-Callander, Rebecca (6 November 2015). "Britain's top tech firms growing 1,000pc a year". The Telegraph.
- ^ Whyte, Patrick (11 August 2016). "How Wyndham Plans to Tack Vacation Rental Disruptors". Skift.
- ^ Burn-Callander, Rebecca (13 December 2015). "Love Home Swap acquires Dutch rival to become world leader in home exchange". The Telegraph.
- ^ Lunden, Ingrid (31 July 2017). "Wyndham buys Love Home Swap for $53 million". Tech Crunch.
- ^ "HomeExchange, the Global Leader in Home Swap Vacations, Acquires Competitor Love Home Swap" (Press release). PR Newswire. 2 March 2023.