Your Escape Plan | Everything You Need to Move Abroad

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Nicaragua

What Growing Up in Nicaragua Taught Me About Healthcare in America

The differences between the healthcare system in Nicaragua and the US are stark. In the thirteen years I spent growing up in Managua, Nicaragua, I received all my care locally.…

Mount Rundle and the Vermilion Lakes near Banff, Alberta, Canada

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Canada

Moving to Canada From the US? The Honest Pros and Cons

Every few years, “moving to Canada” trends in the United States. Most of those searches never turn into a move. The ones that do often hit the same surprises. Canada…

A smiling man sits on a giant painted seashell sculpture on the beachfront in Da Nang at night.

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Vietnam

Could Da Nang & Hoi An Be the Best Places on Earth to Live?

As travelers (and as humans), we have a need to get things “just right.” In a room we want the right temperature, and we like our food spicy, but not…

A blue crater lake among green hills on São Miguel in the Azores, one of the best islands for expats in Europe.

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Plan B

Could You Really Live on an Island? These Destinations Make It Possible

Every great expat island was once a secret. Bali, Tenerife, Phuket, and the rest were all, at some point, places a handful of people had found and the rest of…

The old tuna fishery and sea stacks at Scopello, Sicily. Italy is one of the countries that pay you to move, through one-euro homes and village grants.

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Plan B

The Countries Paying You to Move There in 2026

It sounds like the setup to a scam. Move to this village, and we will hand you tens of thousands of euros. Buy this house for a single euro. And…

Colorful colonial street in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, sloping down to the sea

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Puerto Rico

Disadvantages of Living in Puerto Rico: What the Brochures Leave Out

Puerto Rico sells itself well. No passport for Americans. The US dollar. Beaches an hour from almost anywhere. A tax deal that made headlines for a decade. All of that…

Aerial view of Casa Libélula, a red-roofed home with terraced gardens in the Malacatos Valley, the finished result of building a house in Ecuador.

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Ecuador

The House in Ecuador That Google Translate Built

From Madison Avenue to Ecuador In 1975, after graduating from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, I moved to New York City. I knew no one, but I…

Hands exchanging US dollar bills, the currency that now buys about 24% fewer Costa Rican colones than in 2023

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Plan B

Costa Rica Got More Expensive for Americans. Prices Did Not.

If you have lived in Costa Rica on a US income since 2023, you have probably noticed something odd. Your grocery bill looks the same in colones. Your landlord has…

Aerial view of a white-sand beach and turquoise Indian Ocean water beside a forested stretch of Zanzibar coast, with two boats moored offshore

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Zanzibar

The Extraordinary Appeal of Zanzibar

There are few places in the world where the possibility of spending the morning beside a turquoise ocean and the following day surrounded by some of the most extraordinary wildlife…

A woman in a yellow dress walks up a plant-lined limestone street in Malta, the country facing the first of the expat rule changes 2027 brings

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Expats

What Actually Changes for Expats in 2027, and the Deadlines You Can’t Afford to Miss

Every year, as January approaches, a familiar collection of warnings begins circulating about the changes awaiting expats in the year ahead. New residency requirements, higher financial thresholds, revised tax rules…