Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Intervac International

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The result was keep‎. I see a consensus to Keep the article. (non-admin closure) GrabUp - Talk 17:07, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Intervac International

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No indication of notability. Google only shows some press releases and fleeting mentions. Hogo-2020 (talk) 10:16, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Companies-related deletion discussions. Hogo-2020 (talk) 10:16, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Organizations, Travel and tourism, Europe, Sweden, and Switzerland. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 10:49, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: I have reverted a heavily-promotional rewrite by Intervac Home Exchange (talk · contribs) from February. While that may not necessarily rectify the notability issues here (I have no opinion or further comment there), it certainly cannot have helped this article's cause and may have contributed to the eventual AfD. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 10:52, 15 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per the significant coverage in multiple independent reliable sources.
1. Rauter, R.; Gsodam, P.; Ngyuen, T. D.; Stabauer, P.; Baumgartner, R. J. (October 2013). "New Business Models in Austria - Forerunners in Sustainable Economics" (PDF). Institute of Systems Sciences, Innovation and Sustainability Research (ISIS) Reports. No. 4. University of Graz. pp. 30–33. ISSN 2305-2511. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-05-08. Retrieved 2024-10-21.
  The article was released under CC BY 3.0 according to page ii. The article notes: "INTERVAC was the inventor of the idea of home swapping and has been discovered and pioneered home swapping practices ever since. The origin of the idea of home swapping can be dated back to 1953, stemming from collaboration between teachers to offer low-cost vacation accommodations among their colleagues around the globe. The development of the home swapping model is mainly driven by demand from the market. After the initial trials, participated teachers found that it is an enjoyable way of travelling and realised that living in each other's homes was great for cultivating international friendships. INTERVAC’s home swapping concepts and services has been growing ever since – not confined to teacher group anymore, but open to all the people that are interested in home swapping. In the beginning, swapping offers were only available in printed version. Offers were printed and tacked into a catalogue and sent to all members. Thanks to the internet, INTERVAC could use online platforms to spread information to all partners, with a much higher information density and with the possibility of immediate updating. Nowadays, INVERVAC has innovated again by offering free application for iPhone and iPad, and by showing all available homes on Google maps. Thus, it makes partner-searching process easier, clearer and more enjoyable. All in all, these above mentioned innovations in communication channels fostered a better diffusion of the home swapping services in and out of Europe."
2. Marton, Andrew (1988-12-11). "Helpful hints to a house swap". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on 2024-10-21. Retrieved 2024-10-21 – via Newspapers.com.
  The article notes: "A handful of international exchange services helps filter the bounty of home choice available. Intervac International has, since 1953, served as the clearing house for a series of European and American-run home-exchange operations. Among the 30 countries participating in Intervac International's home-exchange directory are Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Israel. Malta, Sweden, Switzerland and the United States. Most home exchangers hail from Europe and the United States. Many have retired, but the two most frequent professional groups eager to swap are doctors and teachers—the latter taking advantage of their academic year's long summer holiday. Vacationers tend to consult with Intervac International's US branch when preparing for a swap. However, Intervac has competition from a growing number of exchange organizations, each with a slightly different sales pitch:"
3. Kaye, Evelyn (1993). Family Travel: Terrific New Vacations for Today's Families. Boulder, Colorado: Blue Penguin Publications. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-9626231-3-4. Retrieved 2024-10-21 – via Google Books.
  The book notes: "Intervac International began in 1953 , and today has some 8,000 listings. More than 80 percent of the listings are outside the United States with the majority in France, followed by England, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland and Germany. There are also listings in Iceland, India, Luxembourg, Hong Kong, Portugal, and Zimbabwe. The membership is mostly upscale, professional and in education. A directory is published every year in February with supplements in April and June. The Intervac International Affiliates in 26 countries invite individuals to join local groups, which, in the United States is in San Francisco."
4. Kavin, Kim (2006). The Everything Family Guide To Timeshares: Buy Smart, Avoid Pitfalls, And Enjoy Your Vacations to the Max!. Avon, Massachusetts: F+W Publications. ISBN 978-1-59337-711-3. Retrieved 2024-10-21 – via Google Books.
  The book notes: "Intervac is not a timeshare exchange company per se, but it has been helping people from different nations to exchange homes worldwide since 1953. There is no reason you cannot use it as a timeshare exchange network, even though it is set up differently than most of the others that are described in this chapter. In fact, if you try Intervac with your timeshare unit and enjoy the experience, you can add your personal home or additional vacation property into its system, as well, for different levels of trades."
5. Frommer, Arthur (2009). Spring, Michael (ed.). Ask Arthur Frommer: And Travel Better, Cheaper, Smarter. Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley. p. 233. ISBN 978-0-470-41849-9. Retrieved 2024-10-21.
  The book notes: "Intervac International Home Exchange (800/756-4663; www. intervacus.com), founded more than a half-century ago and operated today in the United States by Paula Jaffe, is typical of the several vacation-exchange clubs that enable Americans to swap their homes or apartments with those of persons in other cities, in the United States or abroad, during their respective vacations. By permitting individuals to make use of a valuable asset-their own home or apartment—to live free elsewhere, it enables tens of thousands to travel in the best possible manner. And as you learn the modest charges for participation in Intervac ($65 for United States membership, $95 international, for a yearly Web-only membership), you immediately see that its managers are not involved in this business to get rich."
6. Woods, Judith (1997-09-15). "This family wanted a holiday. So they swapped their home in West Calder for a Tennessee chicken farm". The Scotsman. Factiva sc00000020011003dt9f0089y. Retrieved 2024-10-21 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  The article notes: "Intervac International Home Exchange, which has 10,000 members worldwide, with around 1,300 based in Britain, publishes a thick directory every year. To the uninitiated, the 450-page brochure is written in impenetrable code: for example, the letter "t" beneath an entry means good public transport, "hp" equates with "house suitable for disabled people" and "ae" signifies the use or exchange of a car. But the list of abbreviations is as important, if not more so, as the small photograph of the property in attracting potential swappers. The house may look unprepossessing, but if it has all the necessary facilities, be it a fax machine or a private beach, then it will have appeal. From Stockholm to New York, Athens to St Andrews, there are householders asking for swaps, offering rentals, house-sitting opportunities and "hospitality" breaks, where families travel and stay with each other on an exchange basis. After receiving the brochure, it is up to home owners to make contact and follow up their own arrangements, telephoning and writing to each other. It costs #80 to join Intervac."
7. Clarke, Maureen. "Convert Your Country House into an Urban Flat with a Home Exchange". Frommer's. Archived from the original on 2024-02-21. Retrieved 2024-10-21.
  The article notes: "The three biggest home exchange facilitators are Intervac, the first company of its kind, which specializes in European travel (tel. 80% of its properties are outside the U.S.); ... Intervac (tel. 800/756-4663; www.intervacus.com), the oldest and most experienced facilitator, requires membership for access and boasts of having the toughest terms of use. The second largest company, they have 10,000 members in 52 countries. Intervac prints its property lists in catalogs, as well as on the Internet, including 1,000 to 2,500 properties in the U.S., France, and the U.K. alone. Hundreds more are available in other countries throughout the world, mostly in Europe, but as far afield as Bali and Nepal. Intervac members pay between $68.88 a year, for online listings, to $168.88 a year, for online and print listings combined. They also position English-speaking representatives in many countries."
8. Frommer, Arthur (2005-03-30). "Swap Homes and Stay for Free: We introduce you to this fabulously inexpensive, highly personal form of travel". NBC News. Archived from the original on 2024-10-21. Retrieved 2024-10-21.
  The article notes: "Intervac U.S. (30 Corte San Fernando, Tiburon, CA, 94920, tel. 800/756-HOME or 415/435-3497, Web: www.intervacus.com), of which Paul Jaffe is founder and co-owner. Members have a myriad of options for joining, starting at $68 for Web members who can access Web-only text and photos, or $128 for book directories and full Web access. Seniors receive $6 off if receiving the book directory of listings. Two catalogue directories are sent out each year, in April and December. Each year, Intervac has about 10,000 offers listed, in over 50 countries. And Mrs. Horne is not just a matchmaker for house traders. She is also an avid home exchanger, having swapped homes more than a dozen times in Europe alone."
There is sufficient coverage in reliable sources to allow Intervac to pass Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies)#Primary criteria, which requires "significant coverage in multiple reliable secondary sources that are independent of the subject".
Cunard (talk) 08:21, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, The Herald (Benison) (talk) 11:57, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. In addition to what Cunard has listed above, I find a number of articles in a Swedish newspaper archive, e.g. "10 000 familjer väntar på napp" (Helsingborgs Dagblad, 16 November 1996, 250 words mostly about Intervac), "Bostadsbytare samlas i Åhus" (local paper, and with interview portions, so not a terribly important addition to this conversation; Kristianstadsbladet 27 July 2007, 500 words), and a lot of shorter pieces in articles where people talk about house swapping in general and discuss Intervac as an important predecessor. /Julle (talk) 13:07, 25 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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