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Top 5 Reasons to Make New Expat Friends Overseas

Knowing a few people in your new host destination can be a big advantage. It is especially important if you are moving abroad as a first-time expat. Making expat friends with fellow expats from your home country is a great way to settle in a foreign ...

What do expats need to know about a Covid-19 passport?

If you are a global nomad that country-hops whilst working from a laptop, then the coronavirus pandemic will have significantly altered your international lifestyle. Most countries closed their borders months ago to stop the spread of the virus and t...

Expat interview: Writing is therapy

Read About An Expat's Amazing Experience in France In this expat interview, we have Kristin, an American expat living with her Argentinian husband and two children in Lyon, France. She works as a therapist helping expatriates and also writes abou...

Expat interview: Volunteering around Latin America

Amy E. Robertson on Volunteering around Latin America Today we meet Amy who has just published her latest book about volunteer vacations in Latin America, an expat herself she's currently living with her husband and two children in Beruit. 1....

Expat Interview: Moving to Singapore at a Weeks Notice

Expat Interview: Moving to Singapore at a Weeks Notice Today we meet Lauren, a 25-year-old Brit who decided to move to Singapore to work at a week's notice (and at the flip of a coin), armed only with $400 a (slightly bulging) suitcase and a ‘good...

Expat Interview: An American expat living in the Cotswolds

A field guide to marriage - An American expat living in the Cotswolds Today we meet Jennifer Richardson the author of Americashire which covers time living in the Cotswolds with her British husband. 1. What led you to travel the world originally? ...

Expat Interview: US to the UK via New Zealand

Expat Interview: Jamie Baywood Travels From the US to the UK via New Zealand Today we meet Jamie Baywood, the author of Getting Rooted in New Zealand, published this year. Originally from California, she upped sticks and moved to New Zealand. She cu...

Expat Interview: The Expat Entrepreneur

Expat Interview on Richard Bexon on Being The Expat Entrepreneur Today we meet Richard Bexon, a British expatriate who left Surrey in the United Kingdom to live in his wife’s Costa Rica home country. Richard has since put his passion for the cou...

Expat Interview: Love in London

Today we meet Lara Child, a US expat who met and fell in love with a Brit while living in London and decided to stay for good. Here she shares details about what she loves and loathes about living in the United Kingdom and provides some practical...

Expat Interview: Sunshine and Taxes

Expat Tax Expert Interview Today we meet Carrie McKeegan, an expat entrepreneur who has found a method of making money via a portable career that allows her to work anywhere in the world. Carrie has started a successful business with her partner tha...