http://www.freethedrones.com/blog/2006/08/18/books-on-retiring-to-costa-rica/ A personal finance blog dedicated to achieving financial freedom for those drones slaving away in jobs they hate. Mon, 24 May 2010 01:48:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.freethedrones.com/blog/2006/08/18/books-on-retiring-to-costa-rica/comment-page-1/#comment-231 Books on Retiring in Thailand Fri, 27 Oct 2006 20:25:17 +0000 http://www.freethedrones.com/blog/2006/08/18/books-on-retiring-to-costa-rica/#comment-231 [...] Following the lead on the previous series on investigating a retirement in Costa Rica, the first thing you should do is look for books on the subject. With Thailand, it turns out to be a little more difficult - because it isn’t as popular a destination, nobody has turned out to be the “guru” on retiring there (if you’re a writer - there’s an opening for you). You can still find some useful information that will help you out, however. First up is Fodor’s Thailand, which is a travel guide, not a retirement guide. There are a couple of other ones, but this is the most recently updated available (2005) and has the most information. Another one is from about the same time period but got mixed reviews - Lonely Planet Thailand. Lots of the stuff in these would be utterly useless to you - but it’s worth a trip to the library if you’re considering this because there are a couple of things you can get out of a travel guide. First, they’ve got a lot of information on the various regions - Bangkok isn’t the only place to live, and from looking at various online real estate sites there are quite a few beachfront property areas targeted to foreigners, and a lot of them sort it by province (with some being sort of like New York - a big city surrounded by an outlying area of the same name). Second, you’ll have to travel there to check it out, probably a few times. So if you’re thinking about retiring there, the first thing to do is to plan a vaction there. [...] [...] Following the lead on the previous series on investigating a retirement in Costa Rica, the first thing you should do is look for books on the subject. With Thailand, it turns out to be a little more difficult – because it isn’t as popular a destination, nobody has turned out to be the “guru” on retiring there (if you’re a writer – there’s an opening for you). You can still find some useful information that will help you out, however. First up is Fodor’s Thailand, which is a travel guide, not a retirement guide. There are a couple of other ones, but this is the most recently updated available (2005) and has the most information. Another one is from about the same time period but got mixed reviews – Lonely Planet Thailand. Lots of the stuff in these would be utterly useless to you – but it’s worth a trip to the library if you’re considering this because there are a couple of things you can get out of a travel guide. First, they’ve got a lot of information on the various regions – Bangkok isn’t the only place to live, and from looking at various online real estate sites there are quite a few beachfront property areas targeted to foreigners, and a lot of them sort it by province (with some being sort of like New York – a big city surrounded by an outlying area of the same name). Second, you’ll have to travel there to check it out, probably a few times. So if you’re thinking about retiring there, the first thing to do is to plan a vaction there. [...]

]]> http://www.freethedrones.com/blog/2006/08/18/books-on-retiring-to-costa-rica/comment-page-1/#comment-57 Costa Rica Retirement Tours Mon, 21 Aug 2006 00:11:37 +0000 http://www.freethedrones.com/blog/2006/08/18/books-on-retiring-to-costa-rica/#comment-57 [...] We’ve recently been taking a look at various practical aspects to retiring abroad in a specific country: Costa Rica. We looked at the general reasons why people decide to retire to Costa Rica. Then we took a look at the first step you should take - researching some books about retiring to Costa Rica. Last, we talked about how you need to go to Costa Rica to attend cheap retirement seminars from local expatriate associations. Now, we’ll discuss another thing you can do while you’re down there: go on a guided retirement planning tour. [...] [...] We’ve recently been taking a look at various practical aspects to retiring abroad in a specific country: Costa Rica. We looked at the general reasons why people decide to retire to Costa Rica. Then we took a look at the first step you should take – researching some books about retiring to Costa Rica. Last, we talked about how you need to go to Costa Rica to attend cheap retirement seminars from local expatriate associations. Now, we’ll discuss another thing you can do while you’re down there: go on a guided retirement planning tour. [...]

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