Phillip Townsend
Phillip Townsend is an international consultant specializing in expatriate relocation and strategic offshore planning. With more than to 20 years of practice, he has assisted clients with moves to dozens of countries worldwide. He is the author of the e-Book "Passport to Canada: The Complete Guide to Living and Retiring in Nova Scotia. He has also written special reports on living and retiring in Panama and Dominica (in the Caribbean). Visit his blog at http://offshorelifestyle.blogspot.com
Articles by Phillip Townsend
August 05, 2006
As more Americans seek to buy second homes and vacation homes, a growing number are expanding the horizons and looking beyond US borders. Some people are buying lots and undeveloped land planning to build vacation or retirement homes in the future. Others are purchasing existing homes to use on week...
June 27, 2006
Ever dreamed of owning a foreign vacation home, living or retiring in an exotic land? You're not alone. An ever increasing number of Americans and Europeans are being lured abroad by a lower cost of living and higher quality of life. Some are returning to their ancestral countries or to places where...
January 11, 2006
Few places in the world evoke as much romance as Nova Scotia, Canada's fabled Maritime Province that is almost completely surrounded by water, just east of Maine in the North Atlantic. It is here that some say Viking explorer Leif Erikson was the first European to land on North American soil, some 5...
August 22, 2005
The Caribbean is synonymous with hedonism -- from the mass tourist Mecca of the Bahamas to the off-the-beaten-path divers' paradise of Bonaire. What you might not know about the Caribbean, however, is that it's also home to one of the most appealing -- and inexpensive -- expatriate and retirement ha...
August 07, 2005
Peace and quiet. Majestic mountains. Oceans, lakes, rivers and streams. No crowds. Low crime. Life's simple pleasures.
Here are seven destinations to consider to get away from it all.
1. PORT TOWNSEND, WA
Resembling a town frozen in time, Port Townsend is a historic Victorian seaport sandwi...
August 06, 2005
With the first wave of 78 million American baby boomers reaching retirement, many will be lured abroad by a lower cost of living and higher quality of life. Some will want to return to their ancestral countries or to places where they once vacationed, worked or studied. Others will be enticed by ret...
August 02, 2005
Inexpensive real estate, a low cost of living, breathtaking scenery and world-class perks should put Panama at the top of your list if you're considering a life outside of your country.
Home to Central America's most vibrant and attractive capital (Panama City), Panama is slightly larger than the...
July 23, 2005
The advent of fast Internet communication and inexpensive air travel makes it easier to turn any far-flung paradise into a permanent home. Which places in the world have the most to offer? The perfect place to live or retire, of course depends on your idea of perfection.
I’m taking a different a...
July 23, 2005
What are the boundaries between legitimate tax planning, tax avoidance and outright tax evasion? It seems the lines are becoming more blurred with each passing day. The issue has been front-page news around the world over the past several months due to world government authorities’ successful campai...
July 22, 2005
Think Cuba, and vivid images come to mind: of men in Guayabera shirts and Panama hats, tropical breezes and cool drinks, steamy Latin rhythms and sultry women. It has always been an intriguing place, steeped in truth and in fiction by the novels of Ernest Hemingway.
In the pre-Revolution Batista ...
July 22, 2005
Canada’s second-smallest province (21,425 square miles), Nova Scotia is about half the size of Pennsylvania with a population of just under 1 million people. Its craggy 4,600-mile coastline is dotted with quaint fishing villages, lighthouses and working seaports. Over 3,800 islands lie off its shore...