Intervac International (short for International Vacation) is a service used to arrange

home exchange Home exchange, also known as house swapping, is a form of lodging in which two parties agree to offer each other homestays for a set period of time. Since no monetary exchange takes place, it is a form of barter, collaborative consumption, and sh ...

s. Founded in 1953 in

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

by several teachers that wanted to travel internationally with a limited budget during their summer vacations, Intervac was the first

network.

References

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