Achieve your dream of retiring abroad while on a budget
The International Living Guide to Retiring Overseas on a Budget provides a detailed guide to one of the least-known but most effective retirement strategies in today's chaotic economic environment: retiring abroad. The premise is simple: Enjoy a happier, healthier, more fulfilling retirement than you could possibly afford in the U.S. or Canada by finding the right overseas retirement haven. The book reveals those affordable havens and the strategies for successfully making the move that could save your retirement. Aimed at retirees and near-retirees in the U.S. and Canada, this book's strategies apply just as well to younger people and people with families who are looking for ways to improve their quality of life while at the same time lowering their cost of living. It includes solutions for the challenges of continuing to work and earn money abroad, too.
As long-time contributors to the acknowledged leader in the field, International Living, authors Suzan Haskins and Dan Prescher have at their disposal more than thirty years of International Living experience and expertise in the topic. They've been writing about living overseas for more than 12 years and have created their own broad and deep body of work, including regular blogs on the topic for Huffington Post and AARP. The authors include information and strategies that can be successfully applied by anyone regardless of their political or economic opinions. For anyone who wants a happier, healthier, more affordable life, The International Living Guide to Retiring Overseas on a Budget shows you how to enjoy the romance and excitement of living abroad on an affordable budget.
By:
Suzan Haskins,
Dan Prescher
Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 160mm,
Spine: 33mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9781118758595
ISBN 10: 1118758595
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 23 May 2014
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
foreword ix Bill Bonner Introduction xi What if you could retire better, more affordably,and even earlier than you expected? Part one Contemplating an Exciting Move1 Chapter 1 Can You Afford to Retire Where You Live? 3 Chapter 2 Can You Really Live (Well) Overseason $25,000 a Year?15 Chapter 3 What’s Your Deal Breaker?23 Chapter 4 The Most Common (and Avoidable) Mistakes Expats Make 33 Chapter 5 Health Care: Myth versus Reality 39 Chapter 6 The Challenges of Language and Culture 53 Part Two Making the Move: It’s a Big World Where Should YOU Go? 61 Chapter 7 Belize: No Shirt, No Shoes, No Problem(and It’s All in English!) 63 Chapter 8 Costa Rica:Your Easiest Choice 73 Chapter 9 Ecuador: Something for Everyone 87 Chapter 10 Mexico: The Top Foreign Destination for U.S. and Canadian Retirees103 Chapter 11 Nicaragua: Ready for Prime Time117 Chapter 12 Panama: The World’s Best Retirement Program(and Much More)131 Chapter 13 Uruguay: More First World Than the United States? 145 Chapter 14 Europe: All the Ingredients for the Good Life157 Chapter 15 Southeast Asia: Exotic and Affordable175 Chapter 16 Boots on the Ground: Zeroing In on the Community That’s Right for You 189 Chapter 17 You Found Your Paradise. Now What?: Should You Rent or Buy? And How to Know When Halfway Isn’t the Wrong Way 199 Chapter 18 Once You Know Where You’re Going: Put Your Plan in Action 207 Part Three Once You Get There: Adjusting to Your New Life 217 Chapter 19 Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitude: Maintaining the Bridge between Your Past and Present Lives 219 Chapter 20 When the Hammock Gets Boring: What to Do after You Retire and Move Overseas 227 Chapter 21 Moving On: This Is Not a One-Way Highway 239 Epilogue If We Knew Then What We Know Now 245 Index 251
SUZAN HASKINS and DAN PRESCHER have been writing about life outside the United States for more than 12 years. Suzan and Dan ran a marketing firm in Omaha, Nebraska. In 2001, they moved to Quito, Ecuador to write for International Living. They have traveled and lived in numerous locations in Central and South America.
