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Swiftstay provides members with welcome kits that include hotel quality bedding, towels, toiletries, and a lockbox.

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Asheville, meet Swiftstay — your key to spontaneous and beautiful getaways in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Charleston, Charlotte, Nashville, Savannah, and beyond.

Swiftstay is a concierge home exchange club where guests only pay cleaning costs to spend a weekend away. Homes can be rented or owned, big or small, and are always in the best neighborhoods. Psst... all members are vetted.

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