Add your home, unlock every home on Bolya.
The home you already have is your way into every home on Bolya. Add yours, and a whole community of places opens up, a weekend away in Sydney, a fortnight in Galway, or somewhere you haven't thought of yet.
Before you start, grab 3 or 4 photos you already love. The main living space, a bedroom, the kitchen, and anything about the place that makes it yours. It takes about five minutes once you have them.
How you can use Bolya
A family in Melbourne swaps with a family in Sydney for the school holidays.
A Dublin household trades with a Cork household for a weekend away, no flights involved.
Someone heading home to Ireland for Christmas swaps with an Irish family coming the other way.
Someone's place sits empty while they're travelling, so they open it to the community and cover their costs while they're gone.
Meet before anyone gets a key
Every match during founding phase goes through someone from our team. Before anything is confirmed, you'll meet the other household on a video call, see the home, and ask whatever you want. No pressure, no obligation.
You set the terms
- Swap, host, or bothChoose swap, host, or both, and change your mind anytime
- Your rate, your callSet your rate if hosting, or leave it to confirm later
- Your datesSet your own availability
- Pause anytimePause or take your listing down whenever you like
Some places have local rules about short stays, worth a quick check before you list. See what might apply.
Common questions
What's the difference between a swap, a stay, and hosting?
Three ways to use Bolya as a member, pick whichever suits your trip. Swap: trade homes with another member, free, could be at the exact same time, or different times, depending on the situation and preference. Stay: pay the host directly, at roughly half the going rate, designed to cover their costs, not generate profit, to stay in their home. Host: list your home for members to stay in while it's empty or while you're away, at that same community rate. No need to stick to just one, mix and match as it suits you. Swapping is live now and you can add your home today. Paid stays aren't open yet, we're making sure payments and protections are properly set up first.
Can I still swap or host if I rent my home?
Yes. Owning your home isn't a requirement, renting is completely fine. Worth a quick check with your landlord first though, some leases have views on subletting or guests staying for extended periods, better to ask upfront than explain it after the fact.
What happens if I need to cancel?
Since everything's matched personally rather than run through an automated system, cancelling is genuinely just a conversation, with the other member, and with us if you need a hand. No fine print, no cancellation fee buried in a policy nobody reads.
How do you know people are actually trustworthy?
Every match gets a personal look from someone on our team before you're ever put in touch, and before we introduce you, we ask each household to show photo ID on a short video call. We don't ask for a copy and we don't keep one. It's a fraud prevention step rather than a background check, and it means a real person is genuinely checking, every time. Automated identity verification comes as the community grows.