- A Playbook
- Escapes Defined
- What Now? What’s Next?
- Lifestyle Choices Determine Your Freedom to Escape
- Understanding Your Big Why Is the Key
- Do you want to escape because of the weather?
- Is your relationship on the verge of a breakdown?
- Do you have a financial shortfall in your available retirement funding?
- Are you tired of politics and bureaucracy at home?
- Why now?
- What now?
- What is holding you back? Knowing the ties that bind
- What are your expectations?
- When vacationing, are you someone who wants to stay or someone who can’t wait to
- get home again?
- Are travel and escapes about being there or being away?
- Is your reason for escaping good for your relationships, commitments, health,
- and finances?
- Will this be a seasonal, occasional, or permanent residence?
- Should you buy or rent the lifestyle outside the country?
- What will you do if you find the perfect place?
- What if no one comes to visit?
- Can you be okay moving on without them or their approval?
- What if you make the wrong decision?
- What will you do if there is an emergency at home?
- What are you willing to trade off to experience the escape you are seeking?
- Trade-offs—Determining How Flexible You Are Ready To Be
- Affordability on your budget
- Hot water on demand
- Reliable electricity
- Predictable internet speed
- Safe drinking water from the tap
- Finding traditional products in the local stores
- Uninvited pets and other things that go bump in the night
- The political climate
- When Is the Right Time?
- Which Internet Site Is the Best Resource to Research the Right Place for You?
- How Will You Know Which Is Right If You Haven’t Been to All the Other Places?
- How Far?
- How Long?
- Whose Decision Is It?
- How Much?
- Where?
- Whose Life Is It Anyway?
- Should You Buy a Property or Rent the Lifestyle Wherever You Go?
- Who Can You Trust?
- The Internet—Separating Fact from Opinion
- Mobility, Health, and Being Able to Enjoy Your Escape
- Escapes—Aka the International Destinations You’d Love To Go To
- Promising countries or destinations over the next decade