VERY VERY IMPORTANT.
If you receive a swap booking enquiry it is obligatory to reply to the email. This is just common courtesy that should not have to be spelled out. There are, however, many etiquette challenged members who never bother to reply to an enquiry, should they not wish to accept the request, for whatever reason.
This condition of membership (see agreement and code of practice clause 12.4) will be strictly enforced and any continuous offender could be removed from the system losing any credits that they might have accumulated.
1. All Accom Swap applications have to be stated up front. You are not
allowed to make all the arrangements OR enquire if there is a vacancy
over the time period you want first and then inform the host at the end
that you would like this to be an Accom Swap booking. Most members consider
this underhand and sneaky and in principle will reject the request. Please
note that even if the host HAS a vacancy they are not obliged to accept
the swap.
2. It goes without saying that Host's should not provide a lesser service
than they would for a paying guest - remember you ARE being paid by credits
which in kind is currently worth between R800,00 and R1800,00 per credit.
We would like to think that Host's go out of their way to provide only
the very best experience for their fellow member just as YOU would like
to be treated in exactly the same way when you are the guest.
3. If you are sponsoring someone on your credits it is YOUR responsibility
to choose whom you send WISELY. Make sure the person/s you send has been
fully briefed on Accom Swap expectations and that they will display good
manners and abide by Accom Swap protocols.
YOU will be held responsible for any ill conduct or legal charges made
by the host against that individual. Bear in mind, as one of our members
has stated,this is a prestige web site where apart from
the benefits of direct swapping, positive relationships with fellow members
are built. An ill-mannered and rude individual can destroy all of this
in a blink.