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Home exchange, also known as house swapping, is a form of lodging in which two parties agree to offer each other homestays for a set period of time.

Since no monetary exchange takes place, it is a form of barter, collaborative consumption, and sharing.

Home exchange can cover any type of residence including apartments, houses, holiday cottages, boats, or recreational vehicles.

It can include an exchange of the entire home or just a room.

The length of the swap can vary from a weekend to over a year.

The swap can be simultaneous or non simultaneous.

Home exchanges are usually arranged via specific types of hospitality services and social networking services, most of which charge a fee.

Latin America is a group of countries and dependencies in the Western Hemisphere where Romance languages such as Spanish, French and Portuguese are spoken; it is broader than the terms Ibero-America or Hispanic America.

The term originated in the Napoleon III French government in the mid-19th century as Amérique latine to consider French-speaking territories in the Americas, (French Canadians, French Louisiana, French Guiana, Haiti, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint Martin, Saint Barthélemy) along with the larger group of countries where Spanish and Portuguese languages prevailed, including the Spanish-speaking portions of the United States (Southwestern United States and Florida) Today, areas of Canada and the United States (with the exception of Puerto Rico and Miami) where Spanish, Portuguese and French are predominant are typically not included in definitions of Latin America.

In trade, barter is a system of exchange where participants in a transaction directly exchange goods or services for other goods or services without using a medium of exchange, such as money.

Economists distinguish barter from gift economies in many ways; barter, for example, features immediate reciprocal exchange, not delayed in time.

Barter usually takes place on a bilateral basis, but may be multilateral (i.e., mediated through a trade exchange).

In most developed countries, barter usually only exists parallel to monetary systems to a very limited extent.

Market actors use barter as a replacement for money as the method of exchange in times of monetary crisis, such as when currency becomes unstable (e.g., hyperinflation or a deflationary spiral) or simply unavailable for conducting commerce.