Saturday, June 24, 2006
Retirement: Consider Mexico
Meghan and I were recently in Tulum, Mexico. We have traveled to that region a few times, and always enjoy our time time there. The warm waters of the Caribbean, the great food, and the powder-like sand of the beaches make Tulum a wonderful place to visit. Of course, Mexico offers much more than beaches. It has a rich cultural history and a vast land mass with mountainous regions, farmland, etc. A friend of ours is currently purchasing property in Mexico with an eye to retiring there. She joins many others who are considering doing so as well. She sent us a link to MexRetire.com, which offers a nice overview of Mexico as a retirement destination. Check it out.
Wednesday, May 17, 2006
Retire To The Sun
I just stumbled across a site called Retire To The Sun. I haven’t had time to explore it much, but it seems to offer a bit of information about retiring to sunny areas in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. Check it out.
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Retiring in Goa
The Toronto Star has an excellent article,
Retiring to one’s roots, about people who’ve retired to Goa, located on India’s West coast. In keeping with the title of the article, we’re first introduced to a couple of Indian decent who’ve moved there, even though they are Canadian citizens. But it quickly moves beyond seeing India as appealing to only people with ancestral roots there. Based on the article, Goa sounds like a wonderful place with “a fine climate, low cost of living, and cosmopolitan culture.”
The article also covers the practical matters of living there by covering health care, the currency exchange rate, and even owning your home in Goa.
Foreigners are free to buy real estate in India, but with limits: The law requires that any money invested here must stay in the country, and for the first year, buyers must be in residence for 181 days and file income tax.
If you’re looking for a place to retire to, you owe it to yourself to check this out. Click here to read the article.
Friday, January 20, 2006
Planning for Achieving Your Life Goals
Ameriprise Financial has a promotional book called “The Dream Book” available as a free download on their site. It addresses
how you live and enjoy your life during retirement, the part of retirement planning that we tend to overlook because the financial part seems so important. The booklet is basically a series of questions that help you to focus on your hopes and dreams that you’ve got for your lifetime. What places do you want to visit? What experiences will make you feel like you’ve lead a fulfilled life?
Visit the Ameriprise Financial site for The Dream Book. When you visit the site, unfortunately they require some personal information from you including your phone number and a time they can call you. Although the information is required, you can enter anything you want. They will automatically sign you up for marketing email if you use your primary email address. Should you just make up a some fictional info for them? That’s up to you.
(Talking Retirement is not affiliated with Ameriprise Financial and I’m not endorsing them for your financial needs. I have no experiece with them beyond this book.)
Tuesday, November 08, 2005
Who Says You Have To Move When You Retire?
Where to live in retirement is an important question. According to an article in The Coloradoan, The perfect spot to retire not the same for everyone, “the biggest question of all is whether to move at all.” The article goes on to list some things to consider when making the decision where to live in your retirement. “Questions you need to answer include whether the community has reliable public transportation and easy access to hospitals.” It’s also important to simply know yourself and understand what makes you happy. The article also gives some short profiles of people and how they made their choices. Read the article.
The Slopes Adapt To The Boomers
Do you want to go on ski vacation? Sounds fun, but when you’re not in your 20’s anymore, you can end up with quite a few aches and pains after that day on the slopes. Luckily ski resorts are paying attention. Some resorts are changing how they groom their slopes to meet the boomer generation “so you can make those nice turns and enjoy yourself in a different way. For people who are a little older it is easier on your body.” I hear knees around the world saying “thank you.”
Read the story.
Wednesday, October 05, 2005
Places to Retire, Oct 2005 Edition
Stories about where to retire come up frequently in the media. Here’s one I read today about Consumer Report’s finding on the best places to “retire in style.” The places they’ve picked are Carson City, Nev.; Halifax, Nova Scotia; Lexington, Va., Tallahassee, Fla., Thomasville, Ga., and Vernon, B.C. The article also includes some good advice on how to move to a new community like picking a place where your family is going to want to visit.
Click here for the full article.
Thursday, September 15, 2005
Retiring Abroad To Grow
We’ve talked about the idea of retiring abroad quite a bit here. According to an article called Many boomers are expected to retire abroad, “the number of Americans 55 + is expected to grow from 67 million this year to 97 million by 2020.” They also mention that a company that Pulte Homes, a company that has built retirement communities in the US, is now considering building them abroad.
Read the article.
Wednesday, August 31, 2005
Retiring Abroad: Dominica
I have to admit, I’m not familiar with Dominica, but in
Live or Retire in the Affordable Secret Caribbean it sounds like it might be a option for those looking to retire outside the US.
Read the article for more information.
Tuesday, August 16, 2005
Places to Retire: Prineville, Oregon
In this story from the Bend Bulletin, you’ll meet a number of retirees who live in Prineville, OR, a community that was recently written up in U.S. News & World Report as a great place to retire. It sounds like a great little town. A local resident, Dave Freitag, says “Here in Prineville, they know me by name. They know my dog by her name.” Get to know Priveville a little better by
reading the article.
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