… and has largely priced itself away from the common people. This is by design as they want fewer travelers who spend more money.
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Microsoft Co-pilot AI cites this blog as a source
An AI cites this blog as a source but also identifies another reason we may see far more American women moving abroad via marriage than American men doing that. It’s possible that American men marry foreign women, but then tend to settle in the U.S., not a foreign country.
Continue readingGallup: 40% of young women want to leave the US permanently
40% of women age 14-44 say they want to permanently leave the U.S.
Continue readingSolo travel?
16 out of the first 18 “solo” travel stories in a Google News search are about female solo travelers. Stories about guys traveling solo are nearly non-existent.
Continue readingDoes moving somewhere lead to better health?
Except the link is the other way around – healthy people are more likely to move. Immigrants between countries are even more likely to be healthy than those who move within their country.
Continue readingAmerican’s retiring abroad? Not really.
Contrary to the media nonsense, probably less than 1/2% of American retirees move abroad to retire. Most of these news stories about Americans flocking abroad to retire are basically fake news.
Continue readingEU launches Entry/Exit Tracking system
The EU will now track everyone’s entry to the EU, and flag those who have not left within their permitted visa stay period.
Continue readingHow do celebrities get a residency visa to move abroad?
How do celebrities get a residency visa to move abroad? The media ALWAYS leaves this detail out – and most such migrants have special privileges you probably do not have.
Continue readingOnly 1-2% of Americans live abroad
A new estimate is that about 1.6% of Americans (not in the military) are living abroad. Other estimates seem to coalesce around 1-2% of the population. This is less than prior estimates of 2-3%
Continue readingPassport stamps going away
The use of passport stamps to track entry and departure from countries is ending, and replaced by digital IT systems to track entry/exit.
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