Tag: Live abroad

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

The dictionary defines "retirement" as a state of "being withdrawn from the rest of the world or from a former ...

Should you really be thinking about retiring to a new country? That is... who should consider this idea? Surely it's ...

Longtime editor and friend Lee Harrison and his wife Julie divide their time between California and Mazatlán, Mexico. However, Mazatlán ...

As of this writing, more than 11.5 million American and Canadians live overseas… And 2 million of them—nearly 20%–live in ...

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

"What are we doing?" Lief asked me the other morning as we were dressing for the day, rushed, hurried, confirming ...

The following questions, which we receive every day, are often preceded by, "I feel a little foolish asking, but I'm ...

As I mentioned last week, the Forbes reporter who interviewed me recently wondered about the implications of the pandemic for anyone planning a ...

“How do I collect my Social Security while living abroad?” is one of the most frequently-asked question we receive here ...

"I just don't know what to do now. I mean... what do I do with myself at this stage? Where ...

With just three days remaining until New Year 2021, I challenge you to get up and get going. It's time. ...

Where in the world will offer the best options for repositioning yourself overseas in 2021? Diversifying your lifestyle and your ...

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

Whacking a log with a stick to make it poop? It doesn't sound like something you'd do to celebrate Christmas, ...

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

I hosted the first conference of my career more than 30 years ago in Costa Rica. It was a tour, ...

James Joyce’s “The Dead” is often praised as the greatest Irish short story ever written. Though I first read the ...

“Wow... this is a new Panama City. I do not recognize this Panama City... “I was last here,” my friend ...

This will be a piece of cake, I told myself as we prepared for our move from Baltimore to Waterford ...

When the first Western-born sailors reached the island in 1508, they were greeted by an estimated 10,000 Maya inhabitants living ...

I lived in Panama for eight years, in Panama City… which lies on the country’s southern, Pacific Coast. My extended ...

“In 2013 my wife Carolyn and I decided we needed a change. Our lives in Hawaii were stalled.” That’s how ...

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 ...

Corozal is the name of both a district and a town in northern Belize. Nestled on the Bay of Chetumal, ...

What if the country where you'd like to retire uses a currency other than the U.S. dollar? That is, how ...

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

A spouse who’s all in for retiring overseas and a spouse who isn’t entirely sure is quite common. Unfortunately, there ...

The ideal life for many is being able to take a short drive from home to the beach, or from ...

While some countries make residency difficult and painful to acquire (ahem, France), others make it exceedingly easy. They want foreign ...

The question I get more than any other is to do with structures.  At every conference we host and in ...

Other than “How can I move my pet overseas?”, “How can I find a vet once I’ve made the move ...

If you’d been thinking about taking your job on the road and embracing the digital-nomad lifestyle sometime in the future, ...

What a world we’re living in, right? The biggest global pandemic in 100 years... continuing terrorist threats... war... famine... mass ...

For overseas travelers’ insurance from back home may cover them while they are traveling overseas, however these options are limited ...

Heart versus head. When it comes to choosing where to live overseas, both have to play an important part. We ...

After living in Spain, close to Barcelona, for seven years, we (my husband, two children, and I) decided it was ...

We recently wrote an article to answer the question, what is an expat? The short answer is that an expat ...

One skill that is extremely beneficial for living, traveling and investing overseas is the ability to speak multiple languages. Being ...

Planning a retirement/move overseas can be overwhelming if you’re a first timer or if you’re making the decision to leave ...