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Where to Find Furnished Apartments for Rent Near UBC Vancouver
Reasons Why You Will Love Furnished Rentals Near UBC. Learn about Furnished apartments and rentals near UBC in Vancouver.
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Press Release: SabbaticalHomes.com Celebrates Launch
Launching in July 2000, SabbaticalHomes is dedicated to bringing together academics on sabbatical leaves, research trips, and exchange programs. It is a place where scholars can list a home to rent, exchange, or share, or search for what others have offered.
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Press Release: Academics Making Connections
In its eleventh year, SabbaticalHomes is making more connections across the academic community than ever. With more than 56 countries represented and nearly 7,000 listings, members can find a home away from home almost anywhere in the world.
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The Guardian UK: Time Out
In her Guardian article Time Out, Martha Holmes-Watkins explores academic sabbatical opportunities. She lays out what to weigh when requesting leave and stresses the value of showing how your sabbatical will benefit the school. Here is a look at her piece.
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The Guardian: Eleven Ways to Make Money
In The Guardian, Jill Papworth rounds up nearly a dozen ways to earn extra money, including renting out a spare room. She singles out SabbaticalHomes, the California-based site run mainly for academics and teachers, as one way to do it.
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Inside HigherEd: Settling Families Into Sabbaticals
In her Mama PhD column for Inside Higher Ed, Dana Campbell writes about balancing academics and parenthood. Settling Families Into Sabbaticals takes readers inside the family sabbatical, drawing on her own years as a SabbaticalHomes member.
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Women Entrepreneur: SabbaticalHomes– Housing for Traveling Professors
Founder Nadege Conger calls it a traveler’s dream job, one that lets her circle the globe several times a day while helping academics and their families chase adventure. Born in France with an MBA from McGill, she shares the story behind the site.
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Science News: The World Is Your Lab on a Postdoc or Sabbatical Abroad
In Science News, Chris Tachibana encourages scientists to seize the chance to work abroad. Among those he interviews is Joel Rothman, chair of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, who speaks to the value of taking your research overseas.
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Wandering Educators: SabbaticalHomes.com – Making great sabbaticals happen!
Wandering Educators shares a traveler’s preference for homes over hotels, especially for long stays, ideally with room to relax and maybe a yard. In that spirit, this feature looks at how SabbaticalHomes helps make great sabbaticals happen.
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Insight Into Diversity: The Affordable, and Comfortable, Sabbatical Leave
A sabbatical is an extended leave from one’s career, offered as a benefit most often in academia and occasionally in the corporate world. Paid or unpaid, and varying in length, it takes planning. This piece looks at making sabbatical leave both affordable and comfortable.
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South Bay Woman Magazine: SabbaticalHomes.com Celebrates Seven Years of Academic Matchmaking
SabbaticalHomes marks seven years as the leading online directory for sabbatical home exchanges, rentals, and house sitting. Founded by experienced sabbatical traveler Nadege Conger, the site has grown exponentially while helping academics worldwide find housing.
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The Daily Northwestern: Evanston Residents Use Internet to Find Swap-worthy Homes
Evanston residents can try to swap homes online like the characters in The Holiday, though finding someone eager to visit Evanston is a tall order. The Daily Northwestern looks at how locals use the internet to find swap-worthy homes anyway.
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American Historical Association: For that Home Away from the Archives
Research travel is part of any historian’s job, and arranging housing for a long stay can be a hassle. Since 2000, SabbaticalHomes has connected academics across disciplines worldwide to make that easier, a home away from the archives.
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SabbaticalHomes Celebrates 25 Years of Housing Minds on the Move
In 2025 SabbaticalHomes marks 25 years of housing minds on the move. With more than two million members across 65 countries, the platform has spent a quarter century as a trusted home base for academics and scholars seeking temporary housing worldwide.
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Los Angeles Wildfires: Call for Open Housing
After the Eaton and Palisades fires destroyed so many Los Angeles homes, SabbaticalHomes responded with a call for open housing. The platform waived its annual listing fee to help connect displaced neighbors with members able to offer a place to stay.
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2022 Member Survey: Dream Destinations for Vacation, Work & Research
After two pandemic-era surveys focused on work-life balance, our 2022 member survey turned to travel. Members shared their dream destinations for vacation, work, and research, and the results offer a snapshot of where academics most want to go.
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SabbaticalHomes.com: A Great Resource according to grow.acorns.com & Sidehusl.com
A CNBC affiliate, grow.acorns.com, interviewed Sidehusl.com founder Kathy Kristof about earning passive income from assets you already own. SabbaticalHomes made her short list of trusted resources for generating extra income with little effort.
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Fall 2021 Member Survey: Work / Life Balance during COVID-19
Following up on our 2020 survey, we asked members in academic and research institutions how they were managing work-life balance under COVID-19. Their responses and comments, from across the globe, paint a candid picture of the moment.
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SabbaticalHomes.com listed as “One of the Best” Ways to Rent your Home
Looking for a good way to rent your home to short-term tenants? The Los Angeles Times named SabbaticalHomes one of the best ways to rent for short-term stays. Here is what the coverage highlighted.
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SabbaticalHomes.com: Tops the List of 10 Best Alternatives to Airbnb
Writing for Curbed, Megan Barber lays out the pitfalls of booking furnished rentals through the big listing sites, then names her fix. SabbaticalHomes tops her list of the 10 best alternatives to Airbnb.
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SabbaticalHomes.com: New & Improved
SabbaticalHomes has been the leading temporary housing resource for the academic community since 2000, and it is now better positioned than ever to serve members. After a year spent upgrading the website, we walk through what is new and improved.
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