Love Home Swap

Love Home Swap
Founded2011; 14 years ago (2011)
FounderDebbie Wosskow
Headquarters
London, England
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Celia Pronto, Managing Director
ProductsHomestay
ServicesHome exchange
Number of employees
40 (2021)
ParentTravel + Leisure Co.
Websitewww.lovehomeswap.com

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.

References

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