The HomeExchange Blog

Santa Barbara voted to push short-term rentals out of residential zones, at a cost of nearly $3 million a year. Here’s why home exchange works differently.

The 185-mile Cabot Trail loop in Nova Scotia reaches peak fall color October 5 to 15, 2026, about 14 hours by car from Boston through Maine and New Brunswick.

93% of North American travelers are increasingly considering the train, per a May 2026 survey. From the Amtrak Cascades to the Alps, why rail suits a slower trip.

Amtrak’s Ethan Allen Express reaches Burlington in about 7.5 hours from New York, and a fall dinner train runs to Middlebury on weekends until October 25.

Real hotel details, fake payment request: Belgium, Spain, and France warn of a new travel scam. Here are 4 simple checks to run before you pay anything.

Windham’s 32nd Autumn Affair fills Main Street on October 10 and 11, 2026: 50+ local artisans, free entry, and a Catskills road trip 145 miles from NYC.

The 2026 Northeast Kingdom Fall Foliage Festival lines up 11 Vermont towns through October 11, with church suppers, cider pressing and cheese far from the crowds.

Fewer destinations, longer stays, slower trips: the 2027 Lemongrass report puts the anti-optimized vacation first among 15 travel trends for the year ahead.

More than 30 U.S. heritage railroads run fall foliage trips from late September to early November 2026. Plan ahead for October weekends and Amtrak’s D.C. work.

About 1,200 sheep parade down Ketchum’s Main Street as the 30th Trailing of the Sheep Festival fills Idaho’s Wood River Valley from October 7 to 11, 2026.

South Bend voted 9-0 to require a $150 permit for short-term rentals from January 1, 2027. Here’s why home exchange, with no money involved, is a different model.

Amtrak Cascades launches its new Airo trains on September 30, 2026: Portland, Seattle and Vancouver by rail, with about 90% fewer particulate emissions.

Across the bridge from Michigan, the Agawa Canyon Tour Train runs 114 miles through Ontario’s fall colors, with its fall season lasting until October 18, 2026.

About 30 minutes from Madison, New Glarus is a Swiss-style village with its own Oktoberfest, plus Green County Cheese Days, the country’s oldest food festival, just down the road.

International tourist arrivals hit 1.52 billion in 2025, and in 2026 destinations worldwide are drawing hard new limits on where travelers can go.