Book has tips for retirees planning overseas move
Published 9:12 pm Friday, April 30, 2010
”How to Retire Overseas: Everything You Need to Know to Live Well (for Less) Abroad” Hudson Street Press, $25.95
Kathleen Peddicord has moved from Baltimore to Waterford, Ireland; Waterford to Paris; Paris to Panama. Along the way she has learned important lessons.
Among the biggest challenges to starting over in another country, especially for retirees, she says, is to “make sure you’re moving for your own reasons.” Above all, she says, you have to be honest with yourself and your significant other.
She lists 10 steps everyone must consider. They include asking yourself how important are such crucial issues as cost of living and housing, climate, health care, infrastructure, accessibility to the U.S., language, culture and safety.
She discusses the countries where retirees can live cheaply (Ecuador, Thailand and Nicaragua) or even enjoy luxury living on a budget (Paris, Buenos Aires, Kuala Lumpur) as well as the countries with the best health care (France, Panama and Malaysia).
