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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 Interview: Paris for Parents

Today we meet Pamela Balagué, an American expatriate who found love in Paris and never looked back. Here she shares details of how life as an expat can encourage you to view yourself through new eyes, tells us why dogs are not a Parisian’s best fr...

Expat Book Review: Many Ships, One Boat

Many Ships, One Boat – Singapore Expat Tales and Tips, edited by Madanmohan Rao is a compilation of stories written by expatriates who live in Singapore. Each chapter of the book presents a different story by a different person and the compilati...

Are You a Female Expat with a Story to Tell

An America expatriate is searching for contributions to her new novel from interesting expat women in East Asia. Shannon Young, who lives in Hong Kong, is currently compiling an anthology of writings from women who are currently living, or have li...

Expat Interview: Shedding the Pounds in the USA

This week's expat interviewee Yvonne Sanders shares her inspiring story about how she transformed herself from an overweight pub manager in the UK to running a Slimming World franchise in the United States. Here she tells us what she misses the most ...

5 Questions You Should Ask When Contemplating Retiring Overseas

In today’s global climate, where technology makes living overseas much more straightforward than it once was and country borders are no longer so difficult to cross, more and more people are contemplating packing their bags and retiring overseas. I...

Expat Interview: Mental Pause

Anne is a truly inspiring expat whose can-do attitude has led to a successful career she loves as a freelance writer, author and consultant. Here she offers really practical advice on how to start a productive portable career you love without bei...

Expat Interview: Desperate Housewife of a Horticulturalist

In the latest installment of our expat interview series we meet Shelley Antscherl, who was originally born in the United Kingdom but has since lived in five different countries. Here Shelley describes why she is glad that she moved overseas with her ...

Expat Book Review: Iron and Silk

When it comes to expat destinations that are challenging, China almost certainly tops the list, even by today’s standards. However, compared with 25 years ago, life as an expatriate in China is significantly easier than it once was and globalizatio...

Five Things You Need to Do Before Moving Overseas

Moving abroad can be extremely exciting and in the rush to get overseas and start living the high life it is really easy to overlook some important tasks. Here is our list of five things that every expat should do before moving overseas. 1) Ma...