8 instant fixes to make your new house a home

How to make your house a home Stepping into a new home feels strange. If it’s in a foreign country, thousands of miles from familiar turf, the sensation

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Repatriation advice for a happy return

5 tips to help your repatriation For many families, the choice to move their family’s lives overseas turns out to be one of the best they have made.

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Expat Espresso in Malaysia

Excerpts from expat life in Malaysia I’m so thrilled this month to be able to bring you expatriate insights from someone who has lived pretty much everywhere! Currently

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Expat Espresso in Sudan

Excerpts from expat life in Sudan Today, we welcome Nigel Winnard in Khartoum, Sudan to our ‘expat coffee morning’. Where do you currently live and how did you

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Expat Espresso in Vietnam

Excerpts from expat life in Vietnam This month we grab a cuppa with Laura in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. Where do you currently live and how

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How to cope with the comedown when you move overseas

Expat boredom busters Moving overseas is exciting. It heralds great change; perhaps the hope of a better future. To most families it represents a new start in their

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How to prevent expat stress

6 tips for dealing with the stresses of moving overseas If you’re considering moving abroad, or are in the process of doing so, you’re probably already aware that

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How to manage family relationships from afar

How to keep distant family close If you are close to your family then it is obviously beneficial to all parties involved if you try to maintain these

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Expat Espresso in China

Excerpts from expat life in China Welcome to the first in a new series of interviews with expats ‘Expat Espresso’ is so named because when brainstorming the potential

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Ten commandments for expats

Advice for expats I’ve tried to find out where the following ’10 Commandments for Expats’ originated, but cannot. Therefore, I share it here with gratitude to whoever originally

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