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Top Quality of Living Cities for 2010

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Every year, Mercer conducts a Quality of Living survey. Results for 2010 were announced a couple of days ago. Vienna, Austria, keeps its #1 spot for another year. Top 10 cities worldwide for quality of living are: Vienna, Austria Zurich, Switzerland Geneva, Switzerland Vancouver, Canada Auckland, New Zealand Dusseldorf, Germany Frankfurt, Germany Munich, Germany Bern, Switzerland Sydney, Australia The first US city on the list is Honolulu, at #31. Singapore, at #28, tops the list …

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Totally Unprepared for the French

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Guest Post by Catherine Perkins When I left the United States in February for a two month stay in France, I was very prepared. I had a bag loaded with French language resources (a dictionary, a phrase book, a traveler's guide), and some new cold-weather clothing. Living in Florida my entire life, I'd never had much need for a heavy coat before, but I purchased a lovely blue parka just before I left. I never once used the language books, and I ditched the parka my first week there (too …

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Is France Affordable?

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Recently, the Live and Invest Overseas e-letter has been talking about France in the run-up to their upcoming conference about living and investing there. France is not one of the countries we've been considering as a retirement destination because of the expense. But with headlines like, "Your Second Home In France (Could Cost As Little As 45,000 Euro)," is it worth reconsidering, I wonder? Correspondent Lucy Culpepper writes with enthusiasm about the Languedoc and Bearn regions of the country …

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World’s Most and Least Expensive Cities

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Xpatulator.com has just released its annual International Cost of Living Ranking. They listed 282 global locations (some large countries had separate rankings for several major cities), based on costs of specific items in 13 categories. The 13 "baskets" of goods and services are divided into Alcohol & Tobacco, Clothing, Communication, Education, Furniture & Appliances, Grocery, Healthcare, Household, Miscellaneous, Personal Care, Recreation & Culture, Restaurants, Meals Out & …

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Yucatan, Mexico Prepared to Give US Retirees What They Want

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Writing for International Living today, Dan Prescher described a meeting he recently attended with "government officials, local entrepreneurs and international consultants" in Merida, Mexico a few days ago. I thought this was interesting enough that I postponed the post I was planning for today to bring you Dan's report: [ad#Google Adsense-1] "Mexico’s Yucatan state is a tropical paradise and a paradise for history and archeology buffs… but a retirement paradise for U.S. Baby …

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The Best Resource You’ll Ever Find for Planning Your Overseas Retirement

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A Review of How to Retire Overseas by Kathleen Peddicord I’ve been following Kathleen for a few years now, and she definitely knows what’s what when it comes to living the expat life. She’s been in the business of helping people find new lives in new countries for 23 years, and has moved – with children! – from the US to Ireland to Paris and most recently, to Panama. [ad#Google Adsense Double] In How to Retire Overseas, she breaks the process of deciding on a retirement destination into …

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