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Picture this: a young high-school teacher pecking away at a typewriter in his New York City apartment, compiling a list of fellow teachers who had expressed interest in exchanging their homes during the coming summer vacation. Copies of this list would be mailed to all the participants, who would then contact each other to arrange home exchanges in New York and adjoining states. Word spread quickly amongst the educators, and soon the lists became booklets that gained more and more weight every spring.

David Ostroff was the teacher, and 1953 the year
he put his concept into practice. Like many people, he had already enjoyed exchanging his home with colleagues and relatives during various vacation periods. He was aware that home exchanging had been a long-practiced social activity, quite popular even in the middle ages.


In 1960 David formalised his enterprise, establishing Vacation Exchange Club Inc., which by then had extended its domain to include members, primarily teachers, throughout North America, Europe and United Kingdom. Unaware of David’s service, a young lady named Jan Ryder was now offering a similar one in the UK, primarily to members in the armed forces (her husband was a Royal Air Force officer). Within a short time their paths crossed, collaboration was agreed, and they elected to collaborate by pooling their resources to lay the foundation for the world-renowned international organisation that we know today as HomeLink International.

The ‘60’s and ‘70’s saw their formal network grow with official representatives in other countries setting up offices to promote the service and provide registration facilities worldwide. Directory Group Association was the adopted name, in reference to the directories now published, replacing the modest little booklets of earlier years. By 1980 the group had expanded further with offices in the following

countries: Australia, Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United States.

In the next decade
DGA welcomed newcomers as well as replacements for some of the originals. Representatives emerged in Brazil, Canada, Cyprus, Denmark, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Malaysia, New Zealand, South Africa, Norway and Yugoslavia. Recently, new offices have opened in Estonia and Russia, and arrangements are underway to add Turkey. To reflect this astounding expansion, and a truly International network, the name of the group was later changed to HomeLink International.

The 1990’s saw the growth in popularity of the worldwide-web and advanced Internet access, and with that perhaps the most dramatic stage of our evolution in terms of format and technology. Listings can now be posted online with photos in full colour, members have plenty of handy tools for quick searching and correspondence, and the quality of the directories is vastly improved with colour photos and modern typography. Now it seems that there is no limit to the exciting features that can be added to increase our members’ enjoyment and facilitate home-exchanging everywhere.Yes, times have changed - from typewriters to computers, black and white books to quality full colour publications and from snail mail to email.What changes will the next 50 years bring? New ideas, new technology no doubt, but one thing we will strive to retain: HomeLink International - “Number 1 in the field of Home Exchange”* Our Annual General Meeting in May 2003 in Copenhagen featured a milestone celebration as we marked the Golden Jubilee of HomeLink International.

 


Portugal 1982


København 1987


Vores møde i Tyskland 1989

 

 

 


Vores møde 1990 i Canada


Møde 2010


Møde 2012

 

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