Retirement/Living

As I celebrated my daughter’s first holiday season, the idea of legacy was strong in my mind. As all new...

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

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

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

El Cangrejo is our top pick for an urban lifestyle in Panama. No other neighborhood has more personality than this....

Panama or Belize? When considering the best places to retire, many people dream about living abroad in a warm, tropical...

As we’ve highlighted over the past week, Panama is one of the best places in our world to think about...

Belize is many good things and recognized for many advantages and attractions, but medical care is not typically one of...

Finding a way to generate more funds when retired is something that’s probably in the back of the heads of...

Portugal has a low cost of living, easy residency, and a 10-year tax incentive for new residents. It also has...

As you ski lazily down a gentle slope, a ray of sunshine hits your face, and you look down to...

Where can one pursue the self-sufficient life? Carmelita Gardens is a planned community with self-sufficiency at the core of the planning....

Which Overseas Health Insurance Option Is Best For You? Choosing a strategy for health insurance is one of the most...

"The word for a scraping in Italian is graffito," explained our guide. "Here at Pompeii," he continued, "on the facades of...

As you write to remind us regularly, not everyone is cut out for life in the developing world or the...

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

When looking for the best country to launch your new life overseas the important thing to remember is the following:...

There are many reasons a single person would want to live and retire abroad. The opportunity to travel, and see...

It’s so hard to shift back into real life after being in vacation mode… my mind has been continually wandering...

My husband Joel and I were living in Sarasota, Florida, and had never been to Panama. Honestly, knew nothing about...

It sounds like a vacation—and for many it is—but, at these prices, you can afford to make it a holiday...

Lief and I look forward to August. For years, it has been our custom to set aside a week each...

If you want to retire overseas full-time, or even for part of the year, these are some of the best...

Out of this big old world of 195 countries, how in the world do you figure out where in the...

In 2018, the number of people aged over 65 living in the United States was 52 million. That's expected to...

Fellow reader Dianne R.—a full-time expat in Mexico—shared this note last week on our Overseas Living Club page... "My husband and...

The stimulus checks sent out by the U.S. government to lessen the impact of COVID-19 have been a lifeline for...

What Does Portugal Look Like As It Begins to Reopen? Portugal is one of the countries that is really ahead...

All You Need To Know About The Myths Of Moving Towards International Living The idea of picking up and moving...

Coley and his wife weren't worried about money, making ends meet, or how they'd pay for retirement. Coley was making...

“If I spoke Spanish as well as you,” suggested a retired American woman in Ajijic, Mexico, “I'd go live in...

After years of freezing winters many Canadians dream of retiring to the beach. Somewhere warm and sunny where it never...

Mazatlán offers the best beachfront lifestyle you'll find in Mexico... maybe the best you'll find anywhere. You'll find over 10...

You can make a complex project out of moving to a foreign country. For some people, that's half the fun....

The best countries for Canadians to retire to are mostly well-known to Canadians. Expats can be found, usually close to...

A new life overseas comes with a lot of benefits. For a start there’s the weather. Move overseas and you...

Expats and retirees moving to Panama are spoilt for choice with different places to live. To make your search a...

Live and Invest Overseas has been recommending Belize as a top country to retire for years. We were one of...

It was 10:30 on a Saturday night. We were deciding on dessert… or not… Our phones dinged… along with everyone...

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

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...

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

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

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...

Mazatlán, Mexico, tied for the #1 spot this year on the Live and Invest Overseas annual Retirement Index, and there’s...

Normally, I look for any excuse for a trip to Belize. This week, though, while Live and Invest Overseas readers...