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How Moving To Belize Made My Life A Year-Round Vacation

My New Life In Belize… Where Every Day Is Like A Vacation

Rob Burrows by Rob Burrows
Jan 11, 2022
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I was vacationing in the Caribbean all the time.

I was working 50 weeks a year, then I spent every two-week vacation in the Caribbean.

That meant 14 days a year I was happy.

What if, I finally thought, I were to move to the Caribbean?

Then I’d have two days each weekend to enjoy being in the Caribbean. Even without taking a vacation, that’d mean I’d be happy 104 days a year!

I’m no math wiz, but it seemed like a no-brainer to me.

It happened to be around Christmas that I was having these thoughts.

I was working as a management consultant, and I was traveling a lot. That year, I bought Christmas gifts for the front-desk staff at the Holiday Inn in Knoxville, Texas, and I thought to myself:

I am spending too much time at the Holiday Inn in Knoxville, Texas.

I am traveling way too much but for the wrong reasons.

That’s how I ended up in Belize.

Well, that’s how I ended up in the Caribbean…

It took me three years to choose Belize.

I knew I wanted the island life, but I found that most islands in the Caribbean are really expensive.

Then, in my online searching, I happened upon Belize. I’d never thought about it before.

As I Researched, I Found That:

  • The language in Belize is English…
  • The country uses common law…
  • Business owners are not required to have liability insurance…

I intended to run my own business, so that last one was important to me. It suggested a non-litigious society.

I also found that Belize is a much cheaper alternative to most Caribbean islands.

Once my wife and I had made our decision that Belize was the place for us, we moved quickly. I listed most all our household goods and furniture for sale on Craigslist. Within 45 minutes of the posting, I had someone knocking on my door to buy my bed.

I sold everything in three days.

Then we moved to Belize with seven dive bags. It was all remarkably easy to organize.

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What Did We Learn?

  • You can’t find a rental in Belize on the internet. What’s posted is misleading or ridiculously out of date. We responded to one ad and found that the house didn’t even exist anymore. You’ve got to show up and ask around. Word of mouth is the way to find a rental in this country.
  • Your cost of living is controllable depending on how local you go with your lifestyle, your shopping, your choices for eating out, etc.
  • Salt air kills electronics. No way around it.

People ask how often I go back to the United States. I’m from Cleveland. Why would I go back?

I do miss some things, though. Mostly, I miss variety. Living in Belize and living on an island anywhere one thing you sacrifice is choice. Our choices for many things are limited. We have abundant and delicious fresh fruit, for example… but only three or four kinds. If you want anything more exotic, you’re out of luck.

Bottom line, what do I think today, seven years later, about my decision to move to Belize?

I’m happier than I ever was living in the States. I can honestly say I’m a truly happy person here. And I’d say that says it all.

Belize wouldn’t be for everyone. I did my research, and I knew what I was choosing when I chose Belize.

And I chose right. For me, I chose right, for sure.

Rob Burrows
Full-Time Belize Expat and Entrepreneur

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Educated as an electrical engineer from Grove City College in Pennsylvania. Rob spent several years running a manufacturing plant before going into business to business sales. He successful sold back office software and document imaging systems for ten years before going into management consulting. Rob and his father ran the consulting company for another ten years, focusing on supply chain optimization through inventory management. Rob and his wife Krista moved to Belize five years ago to run the beach bar Crazy Canucks. The bar has been very successful with the biggest Sunday Funday in the country. Adding hermit crab races and trivia night doubled the business. With an active involvement in the community, a love for the beach and water, and a desire to work on his tan, Rob plans on staying in Belize for years to come.

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