Guides

Choosing a school abroad

Choosing a School Abroad: How to Find the Right...

International, local or bilingual? How to choose the right school abroad for your children, from curriculum continuity and real costs to the questions to ask on a school visit.

Choosing a School Abroad: How to Find the Right...

International, local or bilingual? How to choose the right school abroad for your children, from curriculum continuity and real costs to the questions to ask on a school visit.

Making friends as an adult expat

How to Make Real Friends as an Adult Expat (And...

Making friends as an adult in a country where you know no one is a skill — and it can be learned. The structural reason it's hard, and the moves...

How to Make Real Friends as an Adult Expat (And...

Making friends as an adult in a country where you know no one is a skill — and it can be learned. The structural reason it's hard, and the moves...

Using AI to plan a family relocation

What AI is actually good for in your relocation...

AI is genuinely useful for destination research, drafting correspondence, translation, and question generation. It is not useful for sequencing decisions, surfacing what you do not know to ask, or turning...

What AI is actually good for in your relocation...

AI is genuinely useful for destination research, drafting correspondence, translation, and question generation. It is not useful for sequencing decisions, surfacing what you do not know to ask, or turning...

Packing for an international move

What to Pack and What to Let Go: The Brutal Mat...

An international move is really a series of decisions about what's worth shipping across the world. The three-pile method, the test that cuts through sentiment, and the shipping-quote lesson that...

What to Pack and What to Let Go: The Brutal Mat...

An international move is really a series of decisions about what's worth shipping across the world. The three-pile method, the test that cuts through sentiment, and the shipping-quote lesson that...

The first 72 hours in a new country

The First 72 Hours in a New Country: What to Ac...

The first three days in a new country are remarkably consistent across every move. Here's what actually matters — and what to let wait — from a family that's done...

The First 72 Hours in a New Country: What to Ac...

The first three days in a new country are remarkably consistent across every move. Here's what actually matters — and what to let wait — from a family that's done...

What AI gets wrong about relocation destinations

What AI gets wrong about your destination: the ...

AI knows Lisbon and Dubai well. It knows Lusaka and Tbilisi much less well. The depth of AI relocation knowledge is roughly proportional to how much English-language expat content exists...

What AI gets wrong about your destination: the ...

AI knows Lisbon and Dubai well. It knows Lusaka and Tbilisi much less well. The depth of AI relocation knowledge is roughly proportional to how much English-language expat content exists...