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

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You heard it here first: 2024 is going to be big for global property investors. Key to having a profitable ...

Spain is the world’s second most visited country after France. It has 15% of the United States’ population… yet it ...

Last week the entire Panama-based Live And Invest Overseas team and I welcomed a crowd of your fellow readers to ...

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Last week we launched our annual Overseas Retirement Index, which reveals our selection of the world’s best places to retire ...

Chitré is a traditional corner of Panama and my favorite part of this country. It also took the top spot ...

We’ve just released our annual Overseas Retirement Index, and, as always, this massive undertaking is met with great excitement… In ...

In all my 40 years of experience covering the live and retire overseas beat, one country has stood out above ...

Why were Lief and I drawn to Panama in the first place, some 26 years ago? And why have we ...

The just-released 2024 Overseas Retirement Index presents our selection of the world’s best places to retire overseas this year. Our ...

After an extended stay in Paris topped off by the most enjoyable Christmas season Lief and I can remember, we ...

Where’s the best place in the world to make a move to in 2024? The answer to that question lies ...

We’ve just released our annual Overseas Retirement Index, and, as always, this massive undertaking is met with great excitement… In ...

Our annual Overseas Retirement Index presents our selection of the world’s best places to retire overseas. These are beautiful, welcoming, ...

It’s a pivotal time in Belize’s tourism industry and an ideal moment for investors to stake a claim in its ...

If you’re an Overseas Living Letter subscriber, you likely won’t be reading this… I expect instead your head is buried ...

The world is alive with opportunity. Specifically, in the context of the conversation we carry on in these dispatches, the ...

This doesn't have to be all or nothing. You could "retire overseas" and still spend part or even lots of ...

For better than two-and-a-half decades, Lief and I have been working together to identify and then position pieces of our ...

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

With great anticipation we await the launch of our 2024 Overseas Retirement Index, coming next week… I can’t divulge the ...

When I moved abroad in 2001 at age 49, Social Security was far from my mind. Today, with the passage ...

Although firmly on the map as a world-class retirement haven, parts of Panama are still relatively undiscovered. The country’s Veraguas ...

We’re all looking for a “sure thing.” An investment we know is going to make us money—no matter what. Not ...

The news in the United States says times are difficult for home buyers right now… for both first-time buyers and ...

All the calendar days of a new year in front of us... Each one begging to be filled with discovery. ...

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

I’m about to ring in my sixth year as a resident in France, and I’ve so far celebrated in a ...

For most people thinking about retirement, either at home or overseas, budget is a key factor. In my more than ...

You hear from me every day in these dispatches on some aspect of living and retiring overseas. One day I’m ...

The sight of sparkling, turquoise water makes me want to jump in instantly... I love to swim with dolphins, and ...

One of the questions I am most frequently asked about Belize is… Is it really safe? Unlike Mexico, Guatemala, and other ...

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

Twenty years ago, Vicki and I spent our first Christmas in Paris, France. We stayed in Paris all that winter ...

Back in Paris now to enjoy the holidays with our children and granddaughter... all of whom call the City of ...

When traveling or living overseas it is important to learn the local customs and blend into the culture. Rather than ...

By American standards, the holiday season starts early in Europe… Halloween isn’t traditionally celebrated here, and Thanksgiving doesn’t exist, so ...

What better place to spend the holidays than Panama? As the sun shines overhead, the waves lap at your toes, ...

These days, as you know, Lief and I are dividing our time between Panama and Paris. This holiday season 2023, ...

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

Portugal is the oldest country in Europe, with the same defined borders since 1139. Before that, it was part of the ...

I've been spending time in Portugal since 2013. I knew after the first visit that this was a special place... ...

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

One of the best things about living in Europe, and one you’ll hear touted by all expats who come to ...

The Celts, Romans, and Moors knew a good thing when they saw it. And so did we. With abundant sunshine, ...

Can you afford to live in Belize? The simple answer, I'd bet, is yes. But the better answer is that ...

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