Market escape through exchange: home swap as a form of non-commercial hospitality |
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Authors: | Konstantinos Andriotis George Agiomirgianakis |
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Institution: | 1. Middlesex University Business School, The Burroughs, London NW4 4BT, UKk.andriotis@mdx.ac.uk;3. Business Administration Programme, School of Social Sciences, Hellenic Open University, Patra, Greece |
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Abstract: | The purpose of this paper is to examine home swap – a form of non-commercial hospitality that has witnessed a great expansion in the last decade. In conjunction with prior writings on various subjects related to home swap, this study can be utilised in compiling a preliminary conceptualisation of home swapping, as a form of non-commercial hospitality, with its own characteristics. In particular this study identifies six dimensions of home swap, namely (a) escape of the market, (b) asymmetric exchanges, (c) need for trustiness, (d) use of a hospitality exchange network, (e) demand for domesticity and (f) quest to experience local authenticity. The results of this study are being utilised to construct a preliminary conceptualisation of home swapping as a distinct vacation alternative building on old virtues and using new technology. |
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Keywords: | exchange alternative non-market economies market escape authenticity domesticity home swap |
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