5 Websites That Can Help You Move Abroad
Planning a move alone isn’t easy. You need to factor in all the logistics involved. Here are 6 websites that will help ease your relocation as a new expat.
(Before going further with the list, a little shameless self-plug.)
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1. Settlu
Find Verified Local Freelancers To Help. Up-To-Date Information. Make Relocating Easy.
Settlu is a global relocation marketplace connecting local freelancers with expats who need help relocating and settling in the area. The features include free ad listings, free request listings, freelancer verification, ad and profile analytics, 71+ countries search, relocation resources, bidding, automated A/B testing, and adblock recovery.
The ad ops team at Settlu takes care of all the heavy lifting of tasks related to operations and disputes management. Additionally, they have demand-partnership with top-tier relocation, wealth management and exchanges such as Fiduciary Wealth, Exuberant Kilimanjaro and ThreePerStep among others.
Settlu is a rated Excellent on TrustPilot and trusted by 300+ freelancers worldwide.
On an average, Settlu offers a 40% revenue uplift for their freelance partners. Get on a Zoom call with Settlu to understand the potential of your inventory.
2. Expatica
Live.Work.Love
Essentially Expatica is a blog. It provides tailored expat guides full of essential information on moving, working, and living abroad. With a services directory and more, Expatica brings the expat community closer together. The website caters for English-speaking expatriates and internationals across the world.
Visit website here.
3. Numbeo
Numbeo is one of the popular cost of living databases. Numbeo is also a crowd-sourced global database of quality of life informations including housing indicators, perceived crime rates, and quality of healthcare, among many other statistics.
Despite not always being up to date or accurate, Numbeo provides a tool to see, share and compare information about cost of living worldwide, by providing online software which:
- enables a reader of a website to see current prices
- uses wisdom of the crowd to get as reliable data as possible
- provides a system for systematic research on cost of living and property markets
- calculates derived indices such as cost of living index, local purchasing power, etc.
- provides a system for other systematic economical research on huge dataset with worldwide data
Visit website here.
4. International Living
Retire overseas.
International Living help you discover new places, and then to help you take advantage of the opportunities they offer—opportunities to improve your quality of life…to lower your cost of living…to invest for profitable return—before the rest of the world catches on.
While mostly geared towards American expats, there are various helpful articles on this website and a members area for discussions. International Living have a travel bookstore and are also affiliated with Pathfinder. You must be a member to visit the Members Area by either subscribing to International Living Magazine or Real Estate Trend Alert newsletter.
Visit website here.
5. Expacity
Realise your exciting new life in Portugal!
If Portugal is on your radar, Expacity promises expert based information you can trust to help you achieve your new Portuguese life. There is an annual membership and you must be a member to access the website.
Expacity was founded by Amy Kraushaar, who moved to Portugal in 2003 when much of Portugal wasn’t online. With 19 years of Portugal-living under her belt, she has navigated most of Portugal’s expat experiences. Along the way, Kraushaar met and built relationships with professionals and experts in Portugal to give webinars, deliver excellent service, and trust.
Basic annual membership starts at €397/year while VIP membership starts at €1,647/year.
Visit website here.