# Longterm-Exchange Schweiz \<--\> Irland

**URL:** <https://forum.homeexchange.com/t/longterm-exchange-schweiz-irland/19500>\
**Category:** 🚀 Boost your listing/search\
**Tags:** ireland, long-term, switzerland\
**Created:** [March 20, 2026, 3:32pm UTC](https://forum.homeexchange.com/t/longterm-exchange-schweiz-irland/19500 "2026-03-20T15:32:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![AlexandraN](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/homeexchange/user_avatar/forum.homeexchange.com/alexandran/32/16720_2.png) [@AlexandraN](https://forum.homeexchange.com/u/AlexandraN)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2026, 3:32pm UTC](https://forum.homeexchange.com/t/longterm-exchange-schweiz-irland/19500/1 "2026-03-20T15:32:32Z")

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Hi everyone,

We’re a family of six based near Zurich, Switzerland, and we’re planning to spend about a year in Ireland starting in summer 2026 (possibly longer). We’re currently looking for a family who might be interested in a long-term home exchange.

We know this is a bit different from the usual short stays, but perhaps there’s someone here who is considering spending time in Switzerland — for work, a sabbatical, or simply a change of scenery.

We live in a quiet, family-friendly area in a more rural setting near Zurich. Our home has 3 bedrooms plus an office, space for up to 6 people, a garden and a balcony. The train station is just a 5-minute walk away, with a direct connection to Zurich (around 35 minutes).

As an additional bonus, there is also the possibility to use our holiday apartment in the Swiss Alps — great for skiing in winter and for hiking or biking in summer and autumn (best suited for shorter stays).

You can find more details and photos here:  
[[insert link](https://www.homeexchange.com/user/view/5862213)]

If this sounds interesting, we’d love to hear from you!

Best wishes  
Alexandra

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**Author:** ![Nathalie1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7993a0/32.png) [@Nathalie1](https://forum.homeexchange.com/u/Nathalie1)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2026, 8:43am UTC](https://forum.homeexchange.com/t/longterm-exchange-schweiz-irland/19500/2 "2026-03-22T08:43:01Z")

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Hallo Alexandra

May i suggest some tips in order to make your listing clearer for a long term exchange as we had the same challenge :

1/ We set a minimum duration in our listing : 90 days as we were opened to long term exchanges but aware that finding a 9 months exchange would be tricky. Maybe some remote workers could be interested in…  
This information appears in the search results and immediately draw attention to listings available for a long-term exchange.

2/ We wrote our search in the title in the language of the desired country = German.

So even before clicking on the listing, it shows that we are really looking for a long term exchange in Berlin.

3/ At the beginning of the text, we described what we were looking for and willing to accept a simultaneous or non-simultaneous reciprocal exchanges and the date our studio was available as members maybe interested in a non simultaneous exchange.

4/ We opened the calendar of the studio over several months so that the listing can appear in searches by people looking for a long-term exchange =\> you did it.

5/ In your favorite destinations, we described your project =\> you did it.

And Homeexchange did it!

> [@What a wonderful week !](https://forum.homeexchange.com/t/what-a-wonderful-week/18390/3):
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> You want more? Let’s go for the 2nd dream of the week. A more tricky one. Our dear grown up baby will study in Berlin for 9 months during the academic year 2026 - 2027. So we though, what about to do a reciprocical exchange with a berliner student in our studio in our city (second home)? The constraints: 9 months exchange, Not too far from the university, A grown up child (obviously perfect but only the objective parents are aware of this). 1/ We set a minimum duration in our listing : 9…