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Expat Interviews: Keeping Sane in Shanghai

Today we meet Donna Campbell, an Australian who is living in Shanghai, China. Donna shares her story with us, describing how she finds life in China, why you need to be careful crossing the road and how you can stop yourself from going crazy in a...

The 5 Biggest Limitations of Global Cost of Living Indexes

One of the first questions that many expatriates ask when they are considering a move overseas is, “what is the cost of living like there?” It is, indeed, an important question. The funds you will need to find a decent place to live, send your ch...

8 Great Cities for Vegetarian Expats

As more and more people start to recognize the importance of healthy eating the number of vegetarian restaurants throughout the world is growing on a daily basis. Here’s our lowdown on some of the best cities in the world for vegetarian expats....

An Expat Guide to Writing a Will

Yesterday we revealed that potential changes to the inheritance law in France may mean that people who inherit expat-owned property in France will face significant tax bills in the future. One way around this is to carefully plan and a will tha...

Expat Book Review : A Tight Wide-open Space

People move overseas for many different reasons, but perhaps a very common one is love. When Matt Krause’s girlfriend told him that she was moving back to her native home of Turkey it was a very simple decision for him to go with her. The story...

The 10 Greenest Countries for Eco-Friendly Expats

The Environmental Performance Index (EPI) is a measurement system that was produced by collaboration between Yale and Columbia University. It is used to assess the performance of 163 national governments with regards to 25 indicators of environme...

We have re-designed our website… again!

Over the weekend we're pleased to have made live the latest re-design to our website. Since we launched in December 2008 this is the 4th re-design with this one being by far the most radical. Last year we launched a slimmed down version of our web...

Managing the impact of foreign currencies when moving overseas

Impact of foreign currencies when moving overseas When anyone is considering a permanent or even temporary relocation overseas, the number of questions that must be addressed can be overwhelming. Picking up an entire household in one country and the...

The 7 Habits of Highly Annoying Expats

Expats are absolutely great, we know that… but what do the locals think? Of course, no one is perfect, but there are certainly types of expatriates who arrive in their host country and behave in a manner that they wouldn’t dream of reproducin...

Expat Interviews : A Psychiatrist in New Zealand

Today we meet Dr Stuart Jeanne Bramhall, a psychiatrist from the United States who has lived in New Zealand since 2002. Here Stuart tells us why Americans living in New Zealand should be careful what they say and provides some really useful tips for ...