Amy Froelich and her wife Marla have been Airbnb hosts since 2015. They started in Iowa City, Iowa, and continued on to Madison, Wisconsin, where they own a four-bedroom home in a lush neighborhood ...

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Meagan Cignoli, a sculptor based in Los Angeles and a member of Kindred, a home-swapping network. Kindred members do direct, one-to-one home swaps ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jeff has written about travel, sports & loyalty w/ a focus on Gen Z. In an era when luxury consumers are rethinking ownership, ...