Home Exchange/Swap is a form of lodging where no money changes hands and guests assume their hosts' daily living habits by driving their cars, maintaining the grounds and even caring for pets.

Home Stays/Short-Term Sublets are properties provided for a short term in exchange for a fee. In some locations, such as Manhattan, arrangements of this nature are marginally less expensive than a hotel.

Home-Sitting is when an individual looks after a person's property, pets and plants in exchange for a fee or accommodation.

Hospitality Exchanges allow guests to experience a culture with the help of a local host. They stay in a home with the individual and their family and the arrangement is usually reversed at a later date. This is popular with students studying foreign languages.

Bed & Breakfast hosts provide guests in their apartments or homes with a spare bedroom, bathroom facilities, breakfast and advice on local attractions and restaurants, for a fee.

Farm Holidays/ Farm Stays allow city folk and stressed-out executives a chance to stay and work on a farm.