HOME EXCHANGE · NO MEMBERSHIP · RUNS ON WHATSAPP
Swap it one-to-one, lend it for points, or join a three-way circle — you don't need someone who wants your exact home. Nothing to pay until a swap is agreed, and the whole thing happens in one WhatsApp thread.
$0 to list · $0 a month · $9.99 when a swap is agreed · Works alongside Airbnb and HomeExchange
TWO KINDS OF HOST. ONE THREAD.
Your empty nights are worth a holiday. Paste your listing and swap them.
Keep HomeExchange for one-to-one. Bring the swaps it can’t do here.
You stay at theirs, they stay at yours. Same dates.
You host, you earn. Spend the points on any home, whenever. They don’t expire.
A→B→C→A. Every leg already fits before you see it.
All three run in the same WhatsApp thread. You’ll rarely need the site.
LISTING TAKES MINUTES, NOT AN EVENING
Airbnb, HomeExchange, VRBO or Booking.com. Photos, description and reviews come with it, and that platform's verification carries across. A HomeExchange link also confirms you own the home.
~2 minutes · fastest
Send livswap a few photos and answer its questions in the chat. Your listing appears as a draft; you tidy it on the web when you like. [confirm: WhatsApp listing flow ships]
~8 minutes · no laptop needed
Property type, photos, amenities and your home's exchange value, one screen at a time.
~10 minutes
Whichever way in, you need at least one linked listing to be matched — linking is how we verify you.
Link your Airbnb, HomeExchange, VRBO, or Booking.com listing — at least one. Linking verifies you on livswap, and a HomeExchange link confirms home ownership.
THEN YOU WAIT TO BE MATCHED
A direct swap needs two people to want each other's homes on the same dates. A loop only needs each person to want the next one's. You say where you'd like to go and when; the matcher reads the whole network and brings you a complete circle, not a maybe.
Every leg already fits before you see it.
FROM YOUR FIRST MATCH
When your circle is confirmed, livswap opens a conversation for it. Everyone writes from their own WhatsApp and reads everyone else — through livswap's number, with contact details taken out on the way. No app to install. Your number stays yours until you decide otherwise. [confirm: sharing after confirmation]
Phone numbers, emails and links are removed from messages before anyone else sees them. You see display names and cities; that's all anyone sees of you.
Send a voice note; the circle reads it as text. Everyone reads the thread in their own language. Reply ORIGINAL to see exactly what was written. [confirm: ORIGINAL ships]
Reply REPORT and livswap gets the whole thread, with what was said and when it was delivered. [confirm: REPORT ships]
You'll get one WhatsApp message from livswap asking you to opt in before the thread starts. Tap Accept. Reply STOP at any time and it stops, everywhere.
You already have it. So does everyone in your circle.
The thread comes to you. No inbox to remember to open.
Every message and delivery is recorded for the circle, so a dispute has a record.
Messaging runs on LivAround's masked relay. livswap never shows one member's number to another.
STOP DOUBLE-BOOKING
One-way iCal import from Airbnb, VRBO and Booking.com. The nights you've sold there block themselves here, and we re-sync on a schedule. On HomeExchange too? Your finalised swaps block your OTA calendars through livswap — see the section below. Block dates by hand and set minimum nights per home. We don't write back — when a livswap stay is confirmed you block it on your other calendars as usual.
FREE FOR HOMEEXCHANGE MEMBERS · FIVE MINUTES · NO PASSWORD
HomeExchange has no calendar export, so members who also rent on Airbnb or Booking.com run two calendars by hand. livswap fixes it with the one thing HomeExchange does have: a partner email. Paste one address, connect your calendars, and every finalised exchange blocks the dates everywhere. Free, and it stays free — you don’t have to list for circles to use it.
My account → Confidential information → Partner email. Works with Google, Apple or Facebook sign-in.
Paste your LivAround calendar link into Airbnb, Booking.com or Vrbo’s "import calendar". Remove it any time.
Changes and cancellations follow automatically.
WHAT IT DOESN’T DO
It doesn’t block HomeExchange when Airbnb books — you still mark those dates on HomeExchange yourself. Updates land on your OTAs on their refresh cycle, usually within hours.
Once it’s connected, your home is one tap from the circle pool — the partner email you just verified is your livswap verification.
IF YOU'RE ALREADY ON HOMEEXCHANGE
HomeExchange is good at one-to-one. livswap adds three- and four-way circles, non-reciprocal stays on points, and a WhatsApp thread instead of an inbox — with your HomeExchange profile carried across. Use both.
| HomeExchange | livswap | |
|---|---|---|
| Swap shape | One-to-one. | One-to-one, on points, or three- and four-way circles. |
| Finding a match | You browse and message members yourself. | You say where and when; the matcher brings you a complete loop. |
| Talking to your match | Inbox on the site and app. | One WhatsApp thread per swap, through livswap's number. Numbers stay private. |
| Your listing | Built on HomeExchange. | Linked from HomeExchange, Airbnb, VRBO or Booking.com. Photos and verification carry across. |
| Calendar | Managed on HomeExchange, by hand. | Your HomeExchange swaps block your Airbnb, Booking.com and Vrbo calendars automatically — free, no password. And booked OTA nights block themselves here. |
| What you pay | Annual membership. | $0 to list, $0 a month, $9.99 per accepted match. |
Airbnb host, not on HomeExchange? You don't need to be. Paste your Airbnb listing and you're in.
Paste your listingHomeExchange details reflect its public product as of September 2026.
EARLY ACCESS
Homes across Europe and India
Apartment
2–4-wayVilla
2–4-wayCottage
2–4-wayTownhouse
2–4-wayBungalow
2–4-wayWHAT IT COSTS
$0 to list
Paste a listing or build one on WhatsApp.
$0 a month
No subscription, no founding fee.
$9.99 per accepted match
Charged once, when every member of the circle has accepted. No commission on the swap itself.
LIVPOINTS
QUESTIONS
No. If you have one, importing it is the fastest way in and carries that platform's verification across. If you don't, build one on WhatsApp or use the guided setup — about ten minutes either way.
Yes. livswap sits alongside your existing platforms. Connect your iCal feed and the dates you've sold there block themselves here. We don't write back, so when a livswap stay is confirmed you block it on your other calendars as usual.
A wants to go to B, B wants to go to C, and C wants to go to A. None of them could trade one-to-one, but together they form a circle and everyone gets where they wanted to go. We do four-way loops too.
No. From your first match you message through livswap's WhatsApp number and see display names and cities only. [confirm: After the swap is confirmed, you choose what to share.]
No. Listing, matching and talking to your circle all work in WhatsApp and a web page. There is no app.
You can still use livswap on the web, and your circle's thread reaches you by email instead. [confirm: email channel enabled for livswap participants]
Nothing to list and nothing per month. A flat $9.99 per accepted match, with no commission on the swap.
For the swaps HomeExchange can't build — three- and four-way circles and stays on points — and because the whole thing runs in WhatsApp. Link your HomeExchange listing and keep using HomeExchange for one-to-one.
A way to swap without swapping. Host someone through livswap and you earn their stay in Livpoints at the nightly price you set for your home; spend them on any home on livswap, on any dates, without that host needing to want yours. Short on points? Buy the difference — hosting is always the cheaper way in. Points you earn or buy never expire. Promotional points we give you do — we'll always show the date.
Rarely. Listing, matching, talking and confirming happen in WhatsApp. The site is for editing your listing, your calendar and your account.
livswap is live. List your home and we’ll start looking for your first circle.
Early access · UK, Europe and India · a LivAround Ltd product