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Living Abroad with Kids in Tow

If you’ve been following International Man for some time, you know that we advise internationalization on all fronts – assets, income and person. While it can be relatively easy to move some assets abroad (although, less so by the day for Americans), it is understandably more difficult to move one’s self abroad. And even more so to move one’s family. Today we chat with an entrepreneur who left America for Costa Rica in 2009, and did so with his wife and kids in tow.

Living the PT Life with Kids in Tow

If you dream of living the PT [permanent traveller] lifestyle but have children and are concerned that it will be too difficult to move around with kids in tow, not to worry. I personally know a number of people who have done and continue to do it successfully.

Not Just Gin and Tonics: Why Being An Expat Wife Is Harder Than You Think

While the name “International Man” may be gender specific, the stories and suggestions we offer are certainly not intended to be. There are a number of readers that fit in the “International Woman” column and today’s featured article is just for them. In the piece, expat writer Erica Knecht speaks to us on a very personal level about finding these new roles through her experiences living overseas as an “expat wife”. A Canadian now living in Japan, she has also lived in China and India, following her husband as he moved around from job to job – through the good, the bad, the highs and the lows.

Why Do They Stay?

I think it’s safe to say that the great majority of people in many First World nations are now more aware than ever that there is something truly wrong with their country, and with their economy, than they have ever experienced before. They seem to agree that the near-term future will not be better but worse than it is now.