Host Smarter, Not Harder: Your Complete Guide to Successful Work Exchanges
Thinking of hosting volunteers in exchange for help around your home, farm, or project? Work Exchange: A Handbook for Hosts is your step-by-step guide to making it a safe, rewarding, and stress-free experience.
While most resources focus on the volunteer side, this handbook finally puts hosts first. Learn exactly how to set clear expectations, screen applicants, organize tasks, manage daily operations, and avoid common pitfalls. Whether you're offering a room in your farmhouse, help with a creative project, or just need an extra hand, this book gives you the proven systems, checklists, templates, and insider tips you need.
If you’re tired of winging it, tired of horror stories, or just want to create a work exchange you actually enjoy — this book is for you.
Inside, you’ll discover:
-
How to clearly define what you want (and don’t want) from your volunteers
-
Practical strategies for screening, onboarding, and managing helpers
-
Ready-to-use forms, checklists, and email templates to streamline everything
-
Essential legal tips like background checks and liability waivers
-
Pro tips on food planning, Wi-Fi setup, supervision, and final reviews
At just 180 pages, Work Exchange: A Handbook for Hosts is a no-fluff, action-focused guide — because you don’t need another 400-page manual collecting dust. You need a real-world system that works.
If you're serious about hosting — and about protecting your home, your sanity, and your standards — this is the book you've been waiting for.