Tag: Live abroad

Mark Twain summed up behavior like this: "The cat, having sat upon a hot stove lid, will not sit upon ...

Editor's Note: This is an extract from my brand-new book, “At Home At Los Islotes”. If you missed part one ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Spanish property market came under close scrutiny in the years leading up to Brexit. Many hoped for a mass ...

I woke up this morning, brewed a pot of Irish breakfast tea, and, as has been my custom for decades ...

When you're planning a move to a new country, it helps to surround yourself with supportive, like-minded people. Your fellow ...

I’ve been back in the United States for a short while—and I’ve already had enough. My takeaway is that, to ...

Do I feel more or less American living overseas? I get this question a lot. And, as the United States ...

This jetset haven boasts powder-sand beaches lapped by electric-blue waters—including one that’s routinely listed as the world’s best—yet it may ...

A man extends his hand to a woman he barely knows. She smiles and accepts. He leads her to an ...

I made my first international move, from Baltimore, Maryland, to Waterford, Ireland, with the support of my longtime employer. He ...

Worried about soaring utility costs? You're not alone. Over the past year, energy costs across the United States have increased ...

Do you file the FBAR? A few weeks ago, the United States Supreme Court handed down an important judgment... It ...

What do the world’s only superpower, the United States, and a tiny African backwater, Eritrea, have in common? America and ...

From Panama to Paris I flew for the weekend… Then early this morning I was on a plane to Dublin, from ...

Ever wonder what is the secret to making friends while living abroad? Twenty-five years ago, Lief and I moved to ...

One of the perks when you live abroad: “I’ve hired a yacht. “We’ll sail the inner Hebrides… snorkel in secluded ...

I had packaged the weeklong tour of Ireland, marketed it to readers of International Living, the travel magazine I was ...

Where's the best place in the world to reposition yourself overseas in 2023? The answers are found in our just-released ...

Why... how... and where.Those are the three big questions to answer as you consider the world map in the context ...

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

One of the many things to figure out in your new life overseas is how to vote back in the ...

When considering a move overseas, it’s important to take a serious look at the expat community in prospective new locations. ...

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

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." Dusty Tubbs ...

An American, a Norwegian, a Mexican, an Indian, and a Lithuanian sit down to lunch… No, it’s not the start ...

One question I’m asked more than most any other is to do with structures. Specifically: Do you need one?

American retirees are a hot commodity worldwide. You may not realize it, but countries across the globe and especially nearby ...

The Forbes reporter who interviewed me recently wanted me to give it to him straight. "Living or retiring overseas," he ...

Day by day in these dispatches, I work to show you that you can reinvent your life for the better ...

It might seem that retiring abroad alone could present additional challenges… That taking this big leap on your own could ...

The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis reports that the median house price in the United States is US$440,000. This ...

If you could have any view from your window, what would you most like it to be?Over the three-and-a-half decades ...

I’ve been hosting conferences on living, retiring, and investing overseas for more than 30 years. At these events I’ve met ...

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

Before you're ready to retire, you're likely to notice places around the world where you'd like to be able to ...

When is the right time for you to make a move overseas? Right now. OK, I don't know you personally, ...

One of the biggest lessons of the past two-and-a-half years has been this: We all need to seize opportunities when ...

Just back in Paris after two weeks traveling on the island of Cyprus with our family… including our 2-year-old granddaughter… ...

8938. That is the number of the IRS form you have to fill out to report foreign financial assets. If ...

Where could you retire overseas that is diverse… meaning lifestyle options from mountains and rain forests to Caribbean and Pacific ...

All this week, as we celebrate Live And Invest Overseas’ 14th anniversary, we’ve been taking a stroll down memory lane, ...