Do You Want to Move Abroad? Or Maybe Just Need to Plan a Trip?
Are you ready to do something new and move abroad? Over 90% of the people who claim they want to never actually do it. Don’t let this statistic be you! It’s time to turn your dream into a reality!
Moving abroad isn’t as simple as packing up and if anyone ever tells you it is, take it with a grain of salt, because a lot of things can go wrong.
Are you worried about how are you going to make money or find a job? What about schools for the kids? Can you bring your dog or cat?
Anna Lisa & Matthew have over 15 years of travel experiences behind their belts. They traveled to over 100 countries, over 35 with children, and 10 with a cat, often visiting multiple times or staying in places for a while. Over the years they’ve been constantly approached by travel agencies asking to give them tips and contacts for places they knew better than the travel agents themselves.
Hello!
Anna Lisa was born in Poland and left the country to pursue life abroad at 18 years old.
She studied at universities in Poland, UK, USA, Netherlands, Mexico and completed language courses in Italy, France, Argentina, South Africa.
Before meeting Matthew she moved around and worked in Poland, UK, Netherlands, Mexico, Argentina. She also briefly lived in South Africa, and worked as a digital nomad in Italy, France, Mexico.
Together with two kids and a cat, Anna Lisa and Matthew lived in various US states, Mexico, Italy and France. Both children have been born abroad.
Before deciding to move back to France in 2025, as a family we researched many other options: Poland, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Netherlands, and various other places.
It’s safe to say that we’re expects at relocations 😉
Adventures don’t end when you have kids, they only become more pure by seeing the world through your kids eyes this time.
What can we know better than a local relocation agency?
Great question! Local relocations can be a hit or miss, but undeniably some are fantastic. We actually consulted with a few agencies in the past and they can be fantastic if you don’t speak the language. The biggest difference is that relocation agencies specialize in just ONE country, which might work if you already decided that a certain place is your desired location…
Have you thought? Are you absolutely sure…?
I’ll tell you a story: a few years back we thought we were going to move to Norway. We paid a local agency for a consult and we thought we were all set… until we discovered that certain aspects of our business would make this move a bad one. We could have still moved there, but logistically it made less sense than moving to another country.
I know people who are sure that they want to move to the Netherlands and even might get accepted to a university. They spend all the time and effort on visas and everything, only to find out that they actually can’t make the housing issue work or that the school system makes it impossible for them to make it work.
Not to mentions situations when many, thanks to social media, think getting a digital nomad visa to Spain is easy. While the visa itself isn’t hard to obtain it doesn’t mean that you won’t have to jump through million hoops to sort of paperwork after arriving and if you don’t, you might get fined extensively.
We’ve been through multiple moves and researched, extensively, many aspects of picking a place to move to. From visas and taxes, through schools and housing, to things like opening bank accounts and arranging health insurance. We can advice on the entire process from deciding on where you’re going to move to what to do once you finally get there.
Ready to take the first step?
Email at: expeditionparenthood.contact(dot)gmail(dot)com | Subject: “relocation consult”