"Can an evergreen tree die?" my son asked as I ran alongside his bike. Under Irish lockdown laws, we're free ...

As Lief and I sat down at our dining room table this weekend to finalize the program for next month's Global ...

COVID-19 has been a wrecking ball to many savers and investors. Although we are still very much at the start ...

Moving into week seven of quarantine in Paris, my lockdown routine revolves around writing to you, dear reader… filming twice-weekly ...

Digital nomads enjoy sharing photos of themselves working from paradisiacal locations. There they sit, laptop in lap, toes in the ...

“Breaking bread together” is an age-old idiom. Literally, it means sharing a meal with another person or group. The spirit ...

The global Covid-19 outbreak seems to have put the world on hold. While many are turning to Netflix and social ...

The Coronavirus has been a good reminder of just how fast things can change. In the space of a couple ...

"I can find almost everything and anything here!" I said in astonishment when I found a can of ackee, one ...

Over the past two years, we've been highlighting Colombia as a place where U.S.-dollar-holders have increased buying power. Now that ...

The first place I ever recommended Americans think about retiring overseas was Costa Rica. That was 35 years ago. A ...

Every country is dealing with the coronavirus pandemic in its own way. Some emerging markets in particular are struggling with ...

In 1989, Italian schoolteacher Mauro Morandi was sailing between Corsica and Sardinia when the engine of his catamaran gave up. ...

Certainly if you’re making a first-ever investment, but even if you’ve already made several real estate purchases overseas, how can ...

What will global property markets look like post the COVID-19 pandemic? I do not believe we’re going to see 40% ...

When considering any potential investment, begin by asking yourself whether you are buying more for capital appreciation or for cash ...

Eventually, COVID 19 will be contained, and global markets and economies will recover. But the experience of having lived through ...

We talked recently about the signs to look out for when identifying a market that's ripe for investment. One of ...

How should one hold property overseas? That's a regular question at conferences... especially my Global Property Summit each year. The best ...

The Coronavirus bought global travel to a halt last week. This week most people across the world are being advised ...

"Where can I buy a home on the beach for US$250,000 cash?" a reader recently wrote to ask. In Florida ...

Over the last 20 years and counting, Panama has been in the conversation as the best place in the world ...

For such a small country, Panama packs quite a punch in terms of the diversity of lifestyles available. When April ...

In the space of just over a decade, Salinas has appeared on the expat map. It's gone from an overlooked ...

Twenty years ago, living and running a business in Waterford, Ireland, I opened the first of a series of what ...

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

The death rate from the coronavirus won’t make a dent in the global population even if 100% of us catch ...

Once the center of the ancient Mayan Empire, which extended north to Chiapas in Mexico and south to northwestern Honduras, ...

"Why do you talk about Brazil... isn't it a mess?" a reader wrote in last week. On a generic claim ...

Who Is Moving To Ecuador? Ecuador is such a varied place that it attracts people from every walk of life. ...

For the past week, Lief and I, along with all Paris and all France and those in a number of ...

You may not want or be able to travel to any of these places now. But the current situation is ...

I drew the short straw this morning... My husband Dara dibbed the only desk in the house. He has a ...

"Mom, they just told us all that the dorms are closing this weekend. We need to leave by Sunday at ...

Last week, Lief and I traveled freely between Paris, France, and Waterford, Ireland. Despite the spread of the coronavirus in ...

People never seem to raise an eyebrow if you're: A corporate executive who gets transferred abroad (or their tagging spouse)... ...

Keeping up with current world events can be exhausting and overwhelming. But it needn't be paralyzing. You do not need ...

Living and retiring in Italy has become a popular option for U.S. expats over the recent years. The chance to ...

City living is not for everyone. The noise, traffic, pollution, and crowds you find in a typical big city can ...

Loja, Ecuador, is the object of my most remarkable failed prediction. In fact, of two failed predictions. Loja is one ...

If budget concern is a primary motivating factor as you consider your options for retirement, I want to put Ecuador ...

If you're looking for easy living in the tropics, Panama and Costa Rica would be your best choices. Knowing which ...