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Aerial view of Kendwa beach on Zanzibar’s northwest coast, with dhow boats moored in shallow turquoise water

Zanzibar

Why Kendwa Is Becoming Zanzibar’s Most Desirable Address

Kendwa has spent years being known primarily for its beach, which is understandable when the beach in question is one of the best in Zanzibar. The sand is extraordinarily soft,…

The island church and Bled Castle on Lake Bled, Slovenia, with the Julian Alps behind

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Europe

Too Hot to Handle: Why Europe Ran North This Summer

This summer, as heatwaves made traditional European holidays increasingly unbearable, a new generation of travelers discovered that rain, clouds and low temperatures could be exactly what they wanted. Repeated heatwaves…

The Statue of Liberty at sunset with the Freedom Tower and Lower Manhattan skyline in the background

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United States

How Travel, Visas and Digital Nomadism Are Changing in America

The United States has occupied a unique place in the global imagination. It was the world’s most visited destination for years. It feels as if most of the planet grew…

Cairo skyline and Nile River with boats and high-rise buildings

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Egypt

Can You Really Live in Egypt on $1,000 a Month?

If you ask most people what they think about before moving to a new country—or even before spending a long holiday there—the cost of living is usually near the top…

Hiker walking along a rugged coastal trail in Andalusia overlooking the Mediterranean Sea

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Spain

Why More People Looking at Spain Are Beginning to Look Beyond the Cities

There is a familiar pattern in the way people talk about relocating to Spain. The conversation usually begins with cities. Barcelona enters first, as it so often does, carrying its…

Woman in a sun hat walking beside an infinity pool overlooking the ocean under palm trees

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Plan B

Could You Retire Five Years Earlier If You Moved to the Right Country?

There is a number that lives in the back of most people’s minds. The number in the savings account that represents the point at which work becomes optional. For most…

Liyongo resort rendering showing lagoon-style pools, stone walls, palm trees, and shaded villa terraces

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Zanzibar

Why Serious Investors Are Looking at Zanzibar’s North Coast

There are very few moments in any emerging market when the timing, the product, the team, and the price point all align in the same place at the same time,…

Cyclists riding along a lush tropical road in Costa Rica surrounded by palm trees and flowering plants

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Costa Rica

What Nobody Tells You About Healthcare in Costa Rica

When I first started planning my move to Costa Rica, healthcare was one of those topics I kept pushing aside. Not because I thought it didn’t matter, but because it…

Monaco city skyline and coastline representing one of the world’s highest life expectancy countries

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Longevity

The Countries Where People Actually Live Longer, and Why It’s Not What You Think

For most of the past two decades, the story of long life has been told through a handful of postcard villages. A grandmother tending olive trees in Sardinia. A fisherman…

Aerial view of a couple lying on a pink sand beach in shallow turquoise water

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Global Mobility

The Great American Exit: Inside the Biggest Emigration Wave in Decades

Checked and current, 10 September 2026. One claim below needs a source attached to it before anyone repeats it. The claim that the US passport fell from first place in…