Often I send a request to a host, I receive a response “we aren’t subscribed on site any longer”. I find this frustrating and wish that there was a filter when searching that we could choose not to see these listings. In addition, I have homes that show up as available but in reality their calendar shows not available. It would also be nice if you are not interested in a home, you should be able to remove so that home doesn’t show up again. The search engine is faulty - how do you get around these challenges?
Hi, there are a few things on the site that indicate a member’s status. If they are subscribed members they have their loyalty yellow badge; you can filter to only show listings with over 80% reply rate; and finally an inactive member won’t have an updated calendar. When you send a request you should have read their profile before to ensure that you’re a good fit with them and not wasting yours and their time. You have much more chance of successfully finding an exchange if you send only a few quality requests.
I do filter with 80% reply. and with my dates. I only want to see those that are active and have my dates. I do cast my net far and wide (I have 56 exchanges in two years). It would be nice for the search engine to be more accurate and NOT show homes that calendars show as blocked and NOT show inactive memberships.