Guides to home exchange and travel in Belgium

Home exchange

What we have learned swapping our own apartment.

What a second home in Brussels costs you when nobody is in it

Belgium taxes an empty second residence as though it earned you something. What the rules say, what Airbnb now requires in Brussels, and where exchanging fits.

18 August 2026

Home exchange

What you learn after the first few swaps

The things that go wrong once you are past the beginner stage: when your listing goes quiet, how differently people define clean, what a cancellation actually costs, and the requests we have learned to turn down.

12 July 2026

Home exchange

How to find a home exchange in the Benelux

What actually works when you are looking for a swap in Belgium, the Netherlands or Luxembourg, from a family who lists an apartment in central Brussels.

21 June 2026

Making your home exchangeable

Interiors, photography, and working out who your home is really for.

Making your home exchangeable

Working out who your home is actually for

Guests arriving from different places need different things from a home. What the Brussels arrivals data and the Low Emission Zone rules tell you about which requests your listing will attract.

24 May 2026

Who writes these

We run the apartment between the three of us.