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7 Money Saving Tips For Frugal Expats

This week Brookfield Global Relocation Services published research that revealed that 74% of companies have reduced the value of the relocation packages that they offer to their employees. It appears that international assignments are not what they o...

7 More Essential Apps for Expatriates

Apps for Expatriates Language App Name: Lingolook Flashcards Price: $4.99 USD per language Platforms: iPad, iTouch, iPhone Details: Lingolook Flashcards is a useful Apple application that lists 500 translations of the most commonly used words i...

7 Ways to Market Yourself When Searching For a Job Abroad

Finding a job abroad is growing increasingly difficult as a result of the global economic crisis. The majority of countries now operate policies that make it difficult for their companies to hire foreigners and the market for overseas skills seems to...

Places for Expats to Watch the Royal Wedding Celebrations

If there’s one occasion during which British expatriates may wish they were back home it’s got to be during the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. Whether you’re interested in the royal proceedings and pomp and ceremony or ...

Going mobile

Whilst it’s taken a bit longer than planned the Expat Info Desk website is now compatible with mobile devices. Our entire site apart from our purchase pages (we’re working on that though we can’t control our payment providers templates) can now...

Stupid Laws From Around the World

Every expat around the world will no doubt have complained at some point about a rule or law in their host country that just doesn’t make sense. It seems that when it comes to the law, we’re much better at implementing regulations than we are at ...

Things Expats Should Never Do in Japan

In Japan it seems that there’s more chances for making etiquette faux pars than you can shake a finger at – actually, you had better not shake your finger at all; it causes offense. Want to become an expat in Japan, to help expatriates avoid m...

Ten Great Expat Destinations for Foodies

One of the best things about living overseas is sampling the great foods on offer. Here's our handy guide to some of the best foods that every expat should sample in their host country. Phở (Noodle soup) in Hanoi Phở (pronounced fuh) is Vietna...

An Essential Expat Guide to the Texas BBQ

In the first of our new series reviewing special insights into cultural practices around the world we take a look at the Texan’s obsession with the Texas Barbeque with our essential guide to the Texas BBQ. Barbecue, which incidentally is act...

6 Dubai Laws you Should Never Break

Over the past few months we have covered a number of stories involving expatriates who have broken the law in Dubai and found themselves in serious trouble. In this article we present 10 Dubai laws that expatriates should know when living in Dubai. ...