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Ecuador continues to land on International Living’s top ten list for best retirement destinations worldwide. Expats looking for affordable housing, quality medical care, and rich cultural history flock not only to the...
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American expats have a love affair with Cuenca, Ecuador, which consistently ranks high in International Living Magazine’s Top Ten List of Best Places to Retire. Despite the need to learn a foreign...
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Finding reasonable dental care has never been so accessible. While the price of getting extensive—or even simple—work done at home can be frightening, there are many overseas options that offer just as...
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With Memorial Day in the rearview mirror, summer is hitting its stride, which means that vacation time—for nearly everyone—is here. But before you head to the airport, here are 14 things you...
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Want to live abroad? It pays to be picky. For example, Bermuda and the Bahamas are among the most expensive nations in the world, according to a recent analysis from GoBankingRates, but...
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2 January 2017By Rob Budden,Features correspondentAlamyGrowing older can mean growing bolder. Forget golf and games of bridge, head here for the time of your life.Year-round sunshine, a lower cost of living and...
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6 October 2016AlamyDating is tough here, despite being the nation with Europe’s highest proportion of singles.Editor’s Note (25 December 2016): Through the end of the year, BBC Capital is bringing back some...
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Click to enlargeInternational tourism exceeds 1.2 billion persons each year, with more than 20 percent of travelers reporting some type of illness. Based on a review article in the New England Journal...
Federica Gentile via Getty ImagesRiga, Latvia may be the spot for you. Moving to a faraway city is a dream for many of us. But the cost of living abroad is often...
There's a new way to make money while traveling (or from home) and it's taking the world of learning English by storm: online English classes.I first heard about teaching English online from...
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So, you travel all the time — so often in fact, that you're thinking about giving up life on the road for easy living on a slice of tropical paradise somewhere.Well, travel...
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3 November 2014By Kate Ashford,Features correspondentTim and Tracey Kerin are weeks away from purchasing their dream retirement home in Costa Rica on a mountainside, overlooking the ocean. Their plan: rent the house...
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I tried to find an applicable quote about moving as I scribed this piece on tips for chief marketing officers, chief executive officers and any high level executive as they prepare to...
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Faced with rising health care costs and challenges in finding housing that is affordable and attainable, some retirees are opting to move not just out of their homes, but out of their...
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! Warning FCDO advises against all travel to parts of Indonesia. Contents Warnings and insurance Entry requirements Safety and security Regional risks Health Getting help Subscriptions Get email alerts Entry requirements This...
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! Warning FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts of Malaysia. Contents Warnings and insurance Entry requirements Safety and security Regional risks Health Getting help Subscriptions Get email alerts Safety...
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There are many reasons to consider Uruguay as a retirement destination. Uruguay is a small country; only tiny Suriname in South America is smaller. At 68,000 square miles, Uruguay is about the...
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Q. How much cheaper can it be to retire in a foreign country — and which countries are the most budget-friendly? A. According to a recent study by International Living, Americans could...
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