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Home-Swapping Travel Networks - (Reading > Viewpoints)

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Home-Swapping Travel Networks

Home-Swapping Travel Networks

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Read the following message.

When Toronto-based marketing consultant Jenna Harlow traded her midtown condominium for a sun-drenched villa iLorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur.

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Choose the best option according to the information.

1. The main issue discussed in the article is whether home-swapping networks 1....... 2. Based on the article, Marcia Trent's remarks suggest she believes home-swapping networks will 2....... 3. The article implies that Jenna Harlow and proponents of home swapping share the belief that 3....... 4. Derek Osei would most likely characterize participants in home-swapping platforms as 4....... 5. According to the article, local governments have been 5.......

The following is a comment by a reader. Complete the comment by choosing the best option to fill in each blank.

As someone who has worked in the hospitality sector for over a decade, I found this article thought-provoking. The notion that home swapping constitutes a genuine 6...... to conventional lodging is appealing on the surface, yet I share Osei's apprehension about the 7...... governing these exchanges. Harlow's experience may be encouraging, but relying on 8...... is hardly a substitute for enforceable standards. What struck me most was Trent's observation that hotels are now contending with 9....... Still, I suspect home-swapping enthusiasts will eventually discover that scaling such a model demands precisely the kind of 10...... they currently pride themselves on avoiding. — Raphael Mendes