Is this new?

I am wondering if anyone has ever tried the one of those switch home vacation places. I have heard of some mixed results on these things.
In any event, I was thinking about Ukraine hosting Euro 2012 jointly with Poland and my mind got to wandering about going to see Sheva play for Chelsea since he started scoring again. So I was wondering what types of travel arrangements exist for a pre-Euro soccer vacation on the cheap.

I came across Cheaper than Hotels and was wondering if anyone has ever tried them. The strange thing about the title is that it suggests that they are not hotels...