Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 646.79
EAN: 9781580088732
Edition: 2
Feature: ISBN13: 9781580088732
ISBN: 1580088732
Label: Ten Speed Press
Languages: Array
Manufacturer: Ten Speed Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 208
Publication Date: 2008-03-01
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
Release Date: 2008-03-01
Studio: Ten Speed Press

• ISBN13: 9781580088732
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.

For empty-nesters, early retirees, and even established executives, midlife is the ideal time to turn travel fantasies into real and rewarding experiences. This second edition of THE GROWN-UP'S GUIDE covers estimating cost-of-living expenses, the dos and don'ts of international health care, the boom in online travel resources, and much more. Whether planning a monthlong escape or a whole new life in another country, this empowering guide will encourage mature would-be expats to pursue the overseas adventure they've been craving.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Superficial and obvious
Comment: Although well written and easy to read, there isn't much insight or useful information for someone pondering the issue of retiring outside the country, what the living circumstances might be like, what the alternative countries might be like. Instead, the book gives a chapter called "Personal Packing for Runaways" with advice on what sort of clothes to pack for your exit departure. Well, that would depend on where you are going, your wealth, and many other factors. The book's advice is mainly to pack light. The list includes taking a watch, travel alarm, reading material, sunglasses, and camera. Oh, it advises taking "film" for the camera, whatever that is. Once upon a time there was something called "film" that was used with cameras.

The book focuses mostly on Europe, as the author moved to France and gives advice most suited to those with similar interests, which are different from mine.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: The Grown-Up's Guide to Running Away From Home
Comment: This is a great book to read & use as a reference if you are at a cross-roads in your life, whether personally or professionally, especially if you've ever had the urge to move overseas.
The book addresses ways to accomplish your dream with suggestions on ways to do it whether by working, home exchanges, volunteering, etc. There are also many practical suggestions once you've arrived in your new country.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: A Slim Guide to the Obvious
Comment: There's nothing in this slim, superficial little book you can't discover for yourself in 30 minutes' focused Internet surfing. If you have genuinely never considered even the most basic issues associated with living abroad, and you find value in pronouncements like "Don't buy a fancy car over there" or a list of 800 numbers for overseas airlines, you might get some value from this. If you've traveled overseas with some frequency, know the culture you want to join, and now need practical advice on tax and money management, visa and residency requirements, property ownership rules, etc., this book is more or less useless. The author quotes a couple of immediate-circle friends extensively about their move to Portugal but appears to have done little serious research... admittedly it's difficult to write a guide that covers every country you might move to, but be warned this book is really an example of "once over lightly."

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Customer Rating:
Summary: You CAN run away...
Comment: You CAN run away without buying this book. I did not learn anything that I didn't already know from my own intelligence and common sense. I was intrigued by the idea of chucking it all and starting anew in Europe. I purchased the book and anxiously awaited its arrival. The enthusiasm with which I began reading shortly waned. Do I really need a book to tell me to submit change of address cards to the post office? I kept waiting for the author's secrets to unfold. There are none in this book. If you want to run away from your current life... you need money and courage and language skills. I should write a book !!!

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Loved It!!
Comment: The Grown-up's Guide to Running Away From Home: Making a New Life Abroad is a really great read. I'm planning to retire to Europe and it is proving very helpful. It asks many questions, some that are obvious and some not, has check lists (such as how many months before the move you need to have a mail box set up, find renters, move furniture, change subscriptions, etc.) It also helps solidify the process of making decisions about where to live and why. I'm loving it and recommend it to everyone!

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