We are house hunting at the moment in our local area. The other day our house visit coincided with the beginning of removal day for the expatriate tenants. What greeted us was organised chaos; a harassed looking mother who was desperately trying to keep one step ahead with a very long to-do list in hand, [...]
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Whose responsibility is it anyway?
In May this year, the Brookfield Global Relocation Services released their latest survey results: Global Relocation Trends Survey 2011. The people responding to the survey were Senior HR or mobility professionals. Compared to previous years this survey was considerably more upbeat with over 61% of respondents saying that they expected to see an increase in [...]
A ‘Moving Time’ For All
So here we go again! As we drove to school on the first day of term my eight year old daughter commented that she was feeling sad that her ‘lovely’ teacher would be leaving the school and country at the end of this term. As I sympathized I also started to wonder who else my [...]
Learning To Live With (And Love) Yourself
Moving abroad is a time consuming occupation for the accompanying partner. Just the sheer logistics of a move, settling a family into a new home and school, getting to know the local area and building a new network of friends can leave little time or space for the partner to think about themselves, their personal [...]
Advantages of Living Abroad.
We have just had some great friends staying with us in Madeira for a week. It was lovely to spend a solid block of time together, to catch up on news, to relax and have fun together. One of the often mentioned negative aspects of moving abroad is that you leave behind friends and family. [...]
Is A Life Abroad the Life For You? Some Questions to Consider!
People say it all the time, loften light heartedly; “things are bad here (politically, economically, even weather wise) I want/wish I could move abroad” People are even tweeting about their desire to move to a new life abroad. Of course many don’t ever get round to anything more than writing that tweet and I often [...]
Deciding to Move Abroad With Kids.
There is no doubt about it the decision to relocate gets tougher and more emotional once you have kids. On the one hand you are dealing with your own concerns, challenges and emotions as you leave all that is familiar behind. Whilst on the other hand you are coping with your children’s reactions or your [...]
Expatriate living for the trailing partner – exciting, confusing, frustrating, rewarding, lonely… ?
Imagine that the opportunity to move abroad presents itself; from your partners perspective it is a sensible move to make, however you, the trailing partner feel a mix of emotions; uncertainty, fear, excitement, anticipation and sadness at leaving loved ones and careers behind. These mixed feelings are all part of the experience for those of [...]
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