International Living has been reporting for decades now about the benefits Panama offers retirees—and over the last several years, our Panama correspondent has taken on the most in-depth research-gathering project International Living has ever mounted on Panama. She's been challenged to dig deep…to round up all her insider intelligence and to assemble all this valuable information in one place… It's a huge project we call Panama 101: Your Blueprint to a High-Quality, Low-Cost Lifestyle.

Costa Rica 101: Where to Go, What to Expect, and Everything You Need to Know to Live Better for Less is your guide to moving to and living in this beautiful Central American country. We’ll go into all the benefits available to you as an expat, as well as highlight the different regions and give you plenty of tips and advice to help you determine if Costa Rica is right for you. 

Expats come to Portugal for a variety of benefits: the California climate, low cost of living, friendly locals, bargain real estate, and high-quality medical care—and that’s just to start. In Portugal All Access, you’ll discover why Portugal was crowned the “World’s #1 Retirement Haven for 2023”. In this video series, we’ll take you on a tour across Portugal’s stunning regions, you’ll learn all about life in Portugal, and we’ll give you plenty of tips and advice to help you move here with ease. This is the only guide you’ll need to moving to and living in this beautiful European country.

The joyfulness of Mexico…the laidback lifestyle, reminiscent of a kinder, gentler time in history…and with the modern pleasures and amenities now available and so affordable… All this makes Mexico hard to resist. In Mexico, you can have the life you've been dreaming of. You can have it all…and on a monthly budget of $1,400 to $1,905 or less. And in Mexico 101: Your Blueprint to the ¡Viva México! Lifestyle, we show you exactly how to make it happen…

This report is like having your own Italian "virtual tour guide" at your side. You could choose to follow one itinerary for just one week… You could follow two of them in a row, one after the other, for a two-week vacation…and explore even more of Italy… Or, you could do all three "back-to-back" for an epic three-week Italian adventure. It's all up to you…

If you’re excited about the opportunities in Panama today—then you’re going to want to check out your options there for yourself, and we can help. Whether you have one, two, three weeks or more to explore the opportunities on offer in Panama today—you’ll want to use your time (and travel funds) wisely. Our Panama Scouting Trip Itineraries and Travel Guide will show you the way.

Uruguay is #1 in Latin America for democracy, prosperity, peacefulness, and more. After all, thanks to a solid democracy, safe, tiny, quirky Uruguay is economically (and politically) sane. Known for gorgeous beaches, productive farmland, and a swift path to a second passport...the pace of life is slow and the cost of living is remarkably affordable. So it's not just a refreshing place to visit… It’s also a wonderful place to live...

Travel may not be to the forefront of your mind right now, but there will come a time when the planes will fly again, and foreign shores will beckon. At International Living, we know that retirement planning is not a short-term activity. And we believe that right now is a great time to carry out research and plan for future trips. Portugal offers just about everything a discerning, budget-minded world travel enthusiast could ever want.