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A mandatory fee paid by visitors arriving in Jamaica covers health care and trip interruption. Pictured, Montego Bay.David Neil Madden | Getty ImagesKelly Hayes-Raitt traded Los Angeles for a small lakeside town...
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By Chuck Bolotin, Next Avenue Contributor Credit: Shutterstock In his Ajijic area office in Mexico, neurosurgeon Dr. Gabriel Varela listened to me patiently and without interruption for 10 minutes as I went...
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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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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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Dateline: Kotor, Montenegro We’ve talked before about the various ways to live as Nomad Capitalist. It’s all about living where you want, but there are also different styles and ways of living....
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My family and I hail from one of the sunniest cities in Canada; Calgary, Alberta. Set at the foot of the mighty Canadian Rockies, Calgary offers plenty of the outdoor enjoyment we...
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Personal Finance How one 24-year-old runs a $70,000-a-month business while traveling the world Written by Tanza Loudenback 2016-09-14T15:00:00Z Share icon Share Facebook Icon Facebook Email icon Email Twitter icon Twitter LinkedIn icon...
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Located in the middle of Colombia, tucked into a valley surrounded by the Andes Mountains is Medellín, Colombia's second-largest city. Known as the City of Flowers, Medellín is attracting more and more...
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In Cusco, Peru, you can rent a comfortable apartment with incredible views of the Andes for only $200 a month."I can easily afford to indulge myself whenever I want,” says expat Rob...
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For those with dreams of living in a foreign land, retiring abroad may be just the ticket. But it's essential to prepare for financial challenges before you step off American soil.To manage...
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28 January 2015By Alina Dizik,Features correspondentKeeping Panama ticking• The newly expanded Tocumen International Airport has become a regional hub for travel across Latin America and is projected to handle 18 million passengers...
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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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The South American country of Peru may be best known as the home of the mountaintop Inca citadel, Machu Picchu. But it has so much more to offer, from colonial towns and...
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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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FOR the well-traveled, the idea of retirement abroad can seem an idyll. You pick a place you’ve loved visiting, whether it’s the thrumming avenues of Paris or the sunny strands of Panama,...
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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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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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