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Is Mexico Safe for expats? Or is it dangerous? I mean, have you seen some of the news stories coming...

Portugal is hard to resist... We've named thin-sliced corners of this beautiful, sunny, friendly, safe, welcoming, and affordable country as...

With the low cost of living in Lagos, Portugal, you can afford this best of sunny, coastal Europe. Central America...

To live on an island? Me? Well, about 20 years ago, I made a trip to Vancouver, Canada, in February....

Ever wonder what is the secret to making friends while living abroad? Twenty-five years ago, Lief and I moved to...

In a world filled with solid options for a richer, better life overseas, where's truly the best place to reposition...

At the far eastern edge of the Mediterranean… blessed with year-round warm weather, clear blue waters, and over 400 miles...

Lief and I have tromped a lot of beaches. From Nicaragua to Belize, from Uruguay to Ecuador, from the shores...

We sat at an outdoor table at a café in the square of the little fishing village of Ferragudo in...

"Do you know where our passports are?" my husband asked, sounding slightly panicked over the phone. I was away on...

What happens to your assets overseas when you die? None of us likes to think about dying... but today I'll...

Yesterday I began a list of 10 things you'll need to think about when you're planning for a move overseas....

What does 2023 hold in store for you? Do you approach it with trepidation or enthusiasm? If you’re reading these...

I was vacationing in the Caribbean all the time. I was working 50 weeks a year, then I spent every...

What if you could go anywhere, do anything, and spend your time and your money any way you wanted? As...

Three years ago, my wife and I made the leap. We moved halfway around the world, to Portugal. Maybe we...

Helena Hess was originally attracted to Belize for its diving. She wasn’t even thinking about retirement when she made her...

Portugal is home to Europe’s best beaches, 1,115 miles of coastline, and 300 days a year (3,300 hours) of sunny...

Why... how... and where.Those are the three big questions to answer as you consider the world map in the context...

Christmas In The Emerald Isle iStock/eugene_remizov Our seven Christmases in Ireland, we could never bring ourselves to participate in one...

When I was growing up in Kansas, fish meant Mrs. Paul's Fish Sticks in the frozen department of the grocery...

These days, as you know, Lief and I are dividing our time between Panama and Paris. This holiday season 2022,...

Got a good poker face? Or maybe you have a good pinochle hand? Perhaps you long to meditate or perfect...

Belize, a nation of immigrants, has adopted and adapted Christmas traditions from abroad and combined them with Mayan traditions that...

This is the time of year to remember, recalibrate, regroup, and reset your sights. Where have you been... and, more...

Since 2004, the Fundación Bolívar has been helping foreigners, both resident and visiting the country, to share their time, their...

The FIFA World Cup is nearly here. By now your Panini sticker albums should be complete and days off work...

Theodore Roosevelt wanted to extend U.S. power and reach. He wanted a strong navy, and he wanted his naval force...

It’s been nearly four years since I packed my bags and left the tropics. I have to admit that I...

"In 2013 my wife Carolyn and I decided we needed a change. Our lives in Hawaii were stalled." Dusty Tubbs...

We often refer to the Hub of the Americas as the world’s #1 “do-anything haven.” Whether you’re looking to retire,...

While I waited, I wandered from room to room. It was the house I'd had in mind since the day...

Sixteen years ago I flew into sunny, cosmopolitan Barcelona and thought what a great place this would be to live,...

Ever gone on vacation and fallen in love with the place you were visiting? Perhaps you even fantasized about what...

The friendliest spot in Belize? If you ask me, that's Ambergris Caye, the little island just offshore from where we're...

For me and Belize, it was love at first sight. From the first morning I arrived in Belize City, some...

There is a scene in the 2003 movie "Under The Tuscan Sun" that I now can identify as the moment...

It might seem that retiring abroad alone could present additional challenges… That taking this big leap on your own could...

If you could have any view from your window, what would you most like it to be?Over the three-and-a-half decades...

I've spoken with lots of potential expats who are trying to choose between Cuenca, Ecuador, and Medellín, Colombia... even though...

I’ve been hosting conferences on living, retiring, and investing overseas for more than 30 years. At these events I’ve met...

Mexico is still North America... and it can be helpful to remind ourselves of this fact when we think about...

As the train pulled into Plunkett Station a week later, I sized up my situation. I was traveling alone with...

Here’s one of my favorite retire-overseas stories… "About a year ago, my wife and I made the leap," writes Terry...

Do I feel more or less American living overseas? I get this question a lot. I've been living outside the...