November 2023: Your Latest Issue of International Living Magazine
In this issue, Kristin Wilson brings you a year-long itinerary of must-sees in Europe, designed for flexibility—if you don't have a year, you can slice it any way you like.
Retirement Index Archives
Second Passports Aren’t Just for the Rich
One of the most common questions I get asked is how to obtain a second passport if you have limited resources. Plenty of people would like to have one, but the costs can appear daunting. There are several routes to a second citizenship—and thus a passport. Each involves specific variables, over which you may have different degrees of control.
The Cheapest Places in the World to Live in 2023
Affordability is often the single-most influential factor in choosing an overseas retirement destination. After all, who wants to spend their golden years counting pennies and wondering how far the next Social Security check will stretch? That’s the beauty of travel, and International Living’s Annual Global Retirement Index—you have the power to choose...
The World’s Best Places to Retire in 2023
If you’re considering retirement abroad, you need information, and you need lots of it. But more than that, you need guidance on how to interpret that information. That’s what we’re here for, and that’s why we’ve compiled the 2023 Annual Global Retirement Index: to help you with the exciting business of choosing where in the world will best suit your needs.
How to Prepare for an International Living Conference
Over the last 21+ years, I’ve attended...conservatively...close to 100 International Living events...both as an organizer and presenter. But more than that, I think of myself as a regular attendee. Because although I’ve heard some version of some topics more than once, I always learn something new. And I am never bored. I always come away...
5 Reasons Why Now is the Time to Retire Overseas
The future seems uncertain to me—economically, politically, socially. You might have that feeling, too. And you might be thinking of putting an escape plan in place…a way to secure a safe haven for yourself and your family that suits your budget, your interests, your preferences, and your timeline…a way for you to get out from under the cloud of uncertainty.
100 Best Places For Boomers to Earn Online
Given the unprecedented times we find ourselves in, now is the perfect time to think about new ways to make money from home. To help you choose which income source might be best for you, we’ve put together a list of 100 places to earn online.
Should You Rent or Sell Your Home If You’re Setting Off Overseas?
One of the biggest questions that many older workers face when embarking on an international remote working or digital nomad lifestyle, is what to do with their single most valuable asset: their home.
5 Smart Ways to Bank and Invest When You’re Overseas
No matter where you end up in the world as an expat, a certain challenge confronts all of us: How to manage your finances when you spend your day to day in a foreign country, and some of your money remains back at home. I’ve been operating in that world for over two years now as an American living and working from Prague...
Over 50? Now is a Smart Time to Start a Business
You know that old saw about not being able to teach an old dog new tricks? Yeah, that’s a lie. Turns out, the old dog has a few tricks of his own—or her own, as the case may be. Consider Steve Wilson, who at 50 years old and after a career in technology, joined his wife Rebecca in starting a business selling...