trailing spouse Archives - Expat Info Desk

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: China Scratched

Today we meet Christine Surlien an expat from Norway who has had some truly unique experiences living in China and the USA. In this fascinating interview she shares details of how she transformed her life as a trailing spouse from a downward spir...

9 Top Tips for Making a Success of Your Move Abroad

Moving abroad for the first time is far from easy. Here are ten top tips for making sure your relocation is a roaring success. 1) Open communication Make sure that you take every opportunity available to discuss the move openly with your ...

Expat Book Review: Diplomatic Baggage

Diplomatic Baggage, The Adventures of a Trailing Spouse, describes the trials and tribulations of Brigid Keenan, a young fashion journalist who falls in love with a diplomat and finds herself traveling the world as the wife of a diplomat. Thirty ...

Expat Book Review: A Career in Your Suitcase

A Career in Your Suitcase, written by renowned expatriate author  Jo Parfitt, is a comprehensive guide to managing a portable career and the challenges and opportunities associated with working overseas. Jo is a serial expatriate and having ...

Expat Book Review : The Expats

Reinventing yourself in a foreign land is the stuff of dreams for many people and this couldn’t be truer for Katherine Moore, who jumps at the opportunity to move overseas with her husband, Dexter, when he is offered a plush expat contract in L...

Expat Interview : More “Managing Spouse” Than “Trailing Spouse”

Managing Spouse Than Trailing Spouse If there's any one thing that we hear time and time again at the Expat Info Desk, it's this: life as a trailing spouse is far from easy. Today we interview someone who has been there, done that and has numerous...

Book Review: Expat Entrepreneur by Jo Parfitt

More and more trailing spouses and expatriates are going it alone and setting up their own business. If you’re considering taking the plunge and working for yourself then the Expatriate Entrepreneur by Jo Parfitt is a must read. Both inspira...

How NOT to Become an Expat Writer

Writer's Block by Steve101, Flickr One way in which many expats find themselves when living overseas is to write about their experiences in the form of an observational journal, blog or expat guide that they one day hope to publish. Writing a...

Being a male trailing spouse – a stay at home dad speaks out

More and more men are now following their wife or partner around the world and are finding a whole different lifestyle to adapt to, many of these are also bringing up children. Jay who writes the very forthright blog English Dad in Moscow has given...