Lifestyle

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

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...

"When are you going to hold a conference in Ecuador again?" Since I joined the Events team here at Live...

Friday, I told you how I stopped working at age 49 and retired to Cuenca, Ecuador, where my moderate savings...

When we moved in, Lucia's first child was 2-years-old. Lucia is the guardienne (property manager) for the building housing the apartment in...

All over the globe, people are rethinking the way we work and live. Unsatisfied with the confines of the cubicle...

I don’t consider myself an investment-savvy person… Or at least I didn’t when I moved to Panama in 2005, at...

As recently as four years ago, Barbara Petrohan never thought she’d be shopping for recipe ingredients from the farmers’ market...

Colombia is South America's best kept secret. But with perceptions starting to change, how long can it stay that way?...

OK... to set the record straight... in my experience, there is no ugly. My husband and I have been snowbirds...

Live and Invest Overseas does things a little differently. We’re not your typical company and we’re not looking for typical...

Cheapest, safest… best weather, best infrastructure, best health care… most tax-advantaged and most foreign-resident friendly… Not to mention most romantic,...

One of the things we love about Panama is the diversity of lifestyle options this little country has to offer....

In all my years of travel, I had never been to Portugal until the Live and Invest Overseas Conference in...

Obtaining residency in a foreign country can be one of the most important benefits of buying real estate abroad. I...

Living in Belize as an expat offers a surprisingly wide range of lifestyles. Belize is much more than just white-sand...

In 2018 the IQAir Airvisual app and website released a report of the world’s most polluted cities. The app and...

Offshore fishing is one of the most popular sports in the world. Apart from running and jogging, more people go...

For a long time vegetarianism and veganism were seen as something of a fad. Today it’s a growing trend that...

Panama has some of the best expat beach towns anywhere in the world. Whatever you want, you can find it...

For me and Belize, it was love at first sight. From the first morning I arrived in Belize City, some...

I´ve been living in Ecuador for 25 years. That’s officially longer than I lived in the United States growing up. I...

What Is A Tropical Climate? A tropical climate is classified as average temperatures of 64°Fahrenheit and above in regions that...

Rent a bike and experience a new country in one of the most rewarding ways. Get a perspective that’s unachievable...

Discover the world's best coffee tours and you will learn how coffee has changed the fate of nations. While this...

How Do We Define The Cheapest Places To Live Well? The cheapest places to live well is not all about...

The best countries for digital nomads is a fast changing list. But then again, we live in fast changing times....

While beach towns, with their swaying palm trees and clear blue waters, are what most people think of when moving...

I traveled to Ecuador for the first time nearly 20 years ago and lived in the country—in Cuenca and in...

“He who controls the spice, controls the universe.” – Frank Herbert, Dune Like a lot of things in modern life,...

The best places around the world to honeymoon are ever-changing, which is why we update this guide every year. After...

The #1 most frequently asked question I've received over the more than 30 years that I've been covering the live-and-invest-overseas...

I was sure that Cessenon was the one. Picturing lush hills of grapevines, a shady square with friendly locals taking...

Giulia Taiocchi is a 26-year-old from Bergamo, Italy. A year ago, after extended travels in India, Giulia decided to make...

From sheltered coves and sandy dunes to rocky outcroppings, the coast of Portugal’s Cascais is a miles-long string of some...

Until recently, if you wanted to teach English overseas—one of the most accessible gigs for job-seeking expats—you needed two things:...

Not having the money you think you need to live where you dream of living is not a reason not...

If you could live anywhere... where would you choose? It can be hard to find an answer to a question...

In Abruzzo, our top choice for the best lifestyle value in Italy, you can choose from hundreds of modern cities,...

Abruzzo is fantastically cheap. You can eat like royalty here on a pittance. So much (pasta... wine... oil...) is produced...

Picture a chain of historic and charming small towns strung together by a single-lane highway, people walking along or bicycling,...

Just under a two-hour flight from Lisbon, Portugal's Madeira Island was named the "World's Leading Island Destination" by World Travel...

The best countries for expats is a trending search term. Every year more people decide to leave their old routine...

Being from Vancouver, Canada, I'm used to seeing the Pacific Ocean every day. In my area of Panama City, though,...

Nature parks and art towns... ski slopes and beaches... medieval churches, castles, and museums... there's a whole universe to discover...

Shenzhen, in the far south of China near Hong Kong, is an exciting face of the development that has been...

This Is For All The Single Ladies (Dreaming Of A New Life Overseas) I've just celebrated my first anniversary as...