American retirees looking to move overseas often wonder how they’ll be regarded in their new home abroad. I’ve recently earned...
Read moreRising costs of living in the United States are a serious threat to quality of life... particularly for people on...
Read moreI first visited Montenegro in the early 2000’s. Back then, it was a new state—freshly split from neighboring Serbia and...
Read more"How much money do I need to retire?" This is one of the questions we’re asked most often at Live...
Read moreA recent study into expat happiness around the world saw Old World great Spain dominate the rankings. Valencia was crowned...
Read moreA move overseas comes with many benefits. In the right spots, it can mean a lifestyle upgrade and a budget...
Read moreThe 2024 Overseas Retirement Index presents our selection of the world’s best places to retire overseas this year. Our 10...
Read moreIf there’s one thing I know after more than 35 years covering the live, retire, and do business abroad beat,...
Read moreUnless you’re very lucky, your friends and family won’t understand. When you tell them you’re thinking about moving to a...
Read moreWhen Benjmain Franklin wrote, “…in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes” few could...
Read moreJacques Cousteau called it “the purest part of the Mediterranean.” Sophia Loren said it’s like “the most beautiful fairytale of...
Read moreI often get questions from retirees (or soon-to-bes) wondering about how older folks are treated internationally, worried that they might...
Read moreBraga is one of Europe’s oldest municipalities, founded over 2,000 years ago. Portugal’s third-largest urban area delivers an authentic Portuguese...
Read moreYesterday morning, my first back home in Paris after three months away, I laid still with my eyes closed wondering...
Read moreIf you are looking for a home blessed with Algarve sun and sea, but without the tourist hordes that converge...
Read moreThis will be a piece of cake, I told myself as we prepared for our move from Baltimore to Waterford...
Read moreI made my first international move, from Baltimore, Maryland, to Waterford, Ireland, with the support of my longtime employer. He...
Read moreWhether you’re just visiting or just moved to this beloved retirement haven, you might be overwhelmed by what to do...
Read moreI’ve been hosting conferences on living, retiring, and investing overseas for more than 30 years. At these events I’ve met...
Read moreRecently, a reader wrote to me to ask whether she should buy property in Greece to qualify for residency under...
Read moreHere's our tale of How We Escaped The Frozen North... We came to Belize from northern Idaho. We were used...
Read moreWhen traveling or living overseas it is important to learn the local customs and blend into the culture. Rather than...
Read moreThe ideal life for many is being able to take a short drive from home to the beach, or from...
Read moreWhen searching for a place with “perfect weather,” many people look for locations in low humidity countries. People with arthritis...
Read more“Gosh, I am old.” This thought came to me unexpectedly the other day. The term “old” can have negative connotations....
Read moreWhen it came to an overseas retirement, Mandy and Peter knew what they were looking for… “We wanted to retire...
Read moreI've been spending time in Portugal since 2013. I knew after the first visit that this was a special place......
Read moreThe advantage of making my living as a writer, journalist, and translator is that I can work from anywhere in...
Read moreLiving in Northern Cyprus means gorgeous beaches, great food, and rich culture. Plus, it is an underrated retirement destination. And, since...
Read moreIs moving to Cyprus a good idea? So the legend says… She was born in the waters of Cyprus—Venus, the...
Read moreWhen it comes to owning rental property overseas, we all want to have our cake and eat it too. We...
Read moreCyprus… white-sand beaches, warm water, year-round sunshine, and one of the healthiest diets in the world. Already a popular holiday...
Read moreOver the past four decades, Americans have voted Mexico the world’s #1 place to enjoy expat life in the way...
Read moreA friend who relocated his family from the United States to France about the same time we moved from the...
Read moreMark Twain summed up behavior like this: "The cat, having sat upon a hot stove lid, will not sit upon...
Read moreGo to school... get a job... work hard for a few decades... retire... then die. For as long as I...
Read moreMy family moved to Cascais sight unseen. We had spent time in Portugal on several occasions but never with the...
Read more“I’m an older single woman looking for a change. Is overseas retirement an option for me?” This is one of...
Read moreIt was my third machete. My first was in Santiago where I watched a man use one to shave his...
Read moreLaura Washburn, a chef originally from California, and her British husband, Ian, moved to the village of Fourcès, in the...
Read moreI’ve been planting flags for more than 25 years at this point… long before I had ever heard about the...
Read moreHaving just released our 2024 Overseas Retirement Index, we’re eager to be able to share some of the newcomers to...
Read moreWe’ve just released our annual Overseas Retirement Index, and, as always, this massive undertaking is met with great excitement… In...
Read moreWhere’s the best place in the world to make a move to in 2024? The answer to that question lies...
Read moreWe’ve just released our annual Overseas Retirement Index, and, as always, this massive undertaking is met with great excitement… In...
Read moreOur annual Overseas Retirement Index presents our selection of the world’s best places to retire overseas. These are beautiful, welcoming,...
Read moreIf you’re an Overseas Living Letter subscriber, you likely won’t be reading this… I expect instead your head is buried...
Read moreApples to apples. That's the principle to keep in mind when comparing costs, both for living and for buying real...
Read moreWhen I moved abroad in 2001 at age 49, Social Security was far from my mind. Today, with the passage...
Read moreAlthough firmly on the map as a world-class retirement haven, parts of Panama are still relatively undiscovered. The country’s Veraguas...
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