Tag: expats

I recently moved to Ambergris Caye, Belize, from Portland, Oregon… While preparing for the move, the topic of how most ...

My wife and I made the leap. We moved halfway around the world, to Portugal. Maybe we were a little ...

Planning for a retirement that includes spending some or even all your time in another country is an increasingly appealing ...

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

"Maybe I should stay home for the day and help you... so you don't drop the turkey or forget the ...

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

We believe Belize is one of the best places in the world to live, retire, invest, and chase adventure. In ...

After living abroad part-time in Guanajuato, Mexico, for 15 years, I've noticed that, for many expats, the relationship of living ...

Panama has been called a halfway house for American expats... but I disagree. Mexico is a far easier transition for ...

I am still surprised by the reactions I get when I tell people I live in Medellín, Colombia. A few ...

As we’ve returned this year to in-person events… With our Live And Invest In Belize Conference in January… Our Live ...

Two decades living overseas, in Ireland, Panama, and France, have taught me... 1. Patience... the kind of patience you learn ...

The availability of health care, quality of infrastructure (transportation, internet, roads and sidewalks, etc.), and cost of living are practical ...

I would argue that most things in life are better with a twist… something unusual… unexpected… unfamiliar… makes anything more ...

"Let me know when you start talking about mild climates and I'll consider it. I have no interest in tropical ...

Day by day in these dispatches, I work to show you that you can reinvent your life for the better ...

What if you could retire early... even with a small nest egg and little income? What if you could live ...

The countdown is on... To the biggest and most important live and retire overseas event of 2021. Every year for ...

It's tough being a tourist even under the best of circumstances. We arrived as tourists in Sicily at the height ...

In the last issue, I began telling you about the biggest aspects of moving overseas—the things that, in my experience ...

This week I've been thinking back and remembering readers I've been fortunate enough to get to know personally. Readers whose ...

As a reader of Live and Invest Overseas, you probably have dreams of living in another country, as I did ...

I give a presentation for our annual Live and Invest in Europe Conferences… sharing my “expat story,” as we refer ...

I'm most of the way through Alain De Botton's "The Consolations Of Philosophy." It's an entertaining collection of teachings from ...

It might be easy to get on board with the idea of retiring overseas... But it’s not as easy to ...

Whenever I tell people that I live in Puerto Vallarta, I hear, “Isn’t it really touristy?” The short answer is ...

Even after six years of living in this beautiful country, I still feel like a kid in a candy store. ...

"I get two weeks of vacation a year from my stressful job, and you want me to spend one of ...

You're living rich. Congratulations. In the past, being rich meant spending a lot of money. But then came low-cost jet ...

We here at Live and Invest Overseas receive more questions to do with collecting Social Security and using Medicare while ...

In Mexico, elderly members of society are revered and honored. Most older Mexicans age at home with multiple generations of ...

What is your biggest fear related to the idea of moving overseas? That’s the question we put to members of ...

I'd say that this world of ours is a pretty great place to be. I make the point in case ...

No matter where you’re dreaming of reinventing your life overseas, the key to success is a network of support. I’m ...

After more than 14 months away, Lief and I have returned to Los Islotes. We arrived at Tocumen International late ...

What a dicey year. Just when we thought our respective countries had a grip on the pandemic, a second or ...

The other day a friend asked, “Is that ‘White Christmas’?” The song was in Spanish, but the tune was easily ...

As we've been discussing, Belize is a beautiful, safe, welcoming wonderland of wide-open spaces and sugar-sand beaches. An idyllic place ...

Belize is a little country… That packs a double punch when it comes to lifestyle upside. Belize is both quintessential ...

Vicki and I spent last Christmas in small-town Taiping, Malaysia. I was Santa Claus. We've stayed many times in Taiping, ...

For my family and me, one of the greatest things about living an expat life has been the combining of ...

All at once, the air was alight, sparkling and crackling. Smoke and sparks cascaded overhead and in all directions. Men ...

Having spent the majority of this year unable to travel due to closed borders has made many people anxious. The ...

When moving abroad, we usually recommend to not bring things like furniture, appliances, or any other household goods that would ...

Moving overseas comes with a lot of goodbyes. We say farewell to our houses, our families, our coworkers, and our ...

Apples to apples. That's the principle to keep in mind when comparing costs, both for living and for buying real ...