Echangeimmo echangeimmo.com EchangeImmo CHECtravel

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Review:

Echangeimmo, a member of CHECtravel, underwent a complete upgrade in 2008 and has recently (June 2009) redesigned the site again. We love it! It is French only, with its English counterpart being HomeForSwaps.

The new design has not only enhanced the beauty of the site, but has made navigation easier. Search is map based. Contact information, while limited to members, is still not as secure as it could be since the member name and phone number are visible inside the member area. They also have a great policy of placing listings with pictures first (approximately 90% have images). All listings on echangeimmo have membership dates; however the lifetime membership option may make for some older listings. Echangeimmo makes it easy to see how active those lifetime members are with the last update clearly noted.

Echangeimmo shares listings with three other sites, which are unamed. Two of those agencies are in Canada and one is in the U.S. Updated 2/10

 

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Also Notable

CHECtravel club
Lifetime membership option
English version of site is Home For Swaps
Join and last update noted on each listing
No specific city search
Partner with Global Home Exchange, Another Home and ExchangeHomes.com
Map based locators to regional/state level
Phone number and name available to other members
One year free membership with paid membership (limited time as of 02/02/09
Unlimited pictures
Reverse search to country level only
French owned and operated
Listings can be saved to favorites   Rating system, but not web based
Listings with photos displayed first   Referral: Four months free for each new referral
No rentals    
Map based search indicates number of listings
   
Good customer service