Lifestyle
Reviews of accessories and equipment for your journey
Location Independent Business the Practical Way
Welcome back to International Arbitrage!Jason Batansky of Locationless Living penned an excellent checklist for decentralisation of one’s business affairs.
Real motivation
Brainstorm business ideas from what you already know
Start small and hustle
Find the right people
Create other options for yourself
Expand as necessary
Get it done
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Three Good Reasons to Consider the Dominican Republic for Second Passports and Offshore Investing
One more great post from our friends at Q Wealth
Tax Haven. The Dominican Republic has a territorial tax system, meaning that if you live there, you would only be subject to pay taxes if you had local income.
Second Passports. The Dominican Republic is one of the most liberal countries when it comes to [...]
The 31 Places to Go in 2010
The New York Times has published a compelling and thought-provoking list of places to which one might resolve to travel in the new year. Much off the beaten path, though many will be familiar to veteran expats and PTs.
The top 10:
Sri Lanka
Patagonian Wine Country
Seoul
Mysore
Copenhagen
Koh Kood
Damascus
Cesme
Antarctica
Liepzig
The full list, with pictures, stories and commentary, can [...]
T&L: Best New Travel Gadgets
Travel & Leisure round up, review and compare the best travel gadgets from the 2009 and early 2010, from phones to laptops to portable self-contained WiFi.
Full aritcle is here.
Fractional Life Announces 2010 London Expo
Fractional ownership is benefiting hugely from increased consumer awareness, propelled by current budgetary constraints on luxury ‘whole ownership’ goods. Fractional Life Expo caters for a growing population who wish to enhance their lifestyle with access to luxury possessions and experiences – without the inevitable ties, responsibilities and capital outlay that whole ownership and upkeep brings.
Fractional [...]
Lebanon Through a Writer’s Eyes
Lebanon is teeming with the vestiges of earlier civilisations and émigrés of every conceivable variety, due to its beauty and its location. Writing for the Telegraph, Ted Gordon presents a concise history of the crossroads of the Middle East and the Mediterranean:
Lebanon attracts all kinds of expats. Take Sinuhe, an Egyptian. He got in [...]
Canada, Australia Top Expat Lifestyle Survey
via Reuters:
Looking to work overseas? Head to Canada, Australia or Thailand, according to an annual global survey which found recession-hit Britain was one of the worst locations to live for expatriates.
The second annual Expat Experience survey, commissioned by HSBC Bank International, revealed that expats in Canada have the best quality of life and found [...]
Everlater: Slick DIY Travel Log
We found a great site for people interested in setting up a travel/geo blog but who do not want to go through the hassle of setting up and maintaining a blog: Everlater offers a full-featured interface for recording destinations, planning itineraries, sharing photos and stories, and connecting with social networking sites via a single [...]
Expats on Twitter
For expats, the “always/anywhere” aspects of Twitter when accessed via one’s phone, coupled with its relatively manageable text feed and other phone-friendly features, make the quirky network an ideal medium to share with and scope out other expats. Here’s a list we found of popular expat Twitter feeds:
twitter.com/hazmattmum (B&B in France)
twitter.com/DreamingSpain (Andalucia, Spain)
twitter.com/expatexpert [...]
An American Lives Her Dream of Living and Teaching in Italy
Back when she was a teenager, California girl Sheila discovered she wanted to live in Italy. She has been living that dream for several years now. Here she shares some of the joys and challenges of living and working in Italy, particularly in the area near Florence where she and her husband make their home. [...]