The Expert Expat: Your Guide to Successful Relocation Abroad

In reading the book, it is the voice of experience that echoes through each definitive chapter on issues faces from travelers overseas. There is a comprehensive compendium of knowledge here on tap. The repeating message to the reader is, "you can do this. You can accomplish this enormous task of relocating your life overseas." The book is as much an emotional booster as it is a formidable guide to not only surviving, but thriving overseas.

This book offers some great advice for moving when you have a company or government moving you and a network to tap into who has done your similar move previously. If you are going it alone, the advice is very rudimentary. For example, it offers little advice on how to pack things and ship them except to contact those who have done it previously for advice. Well duh!? It also focuses on language barriers, etc. but I am moving to an Engligh-speaking country, so that did not apply. Advice such as - have your organization set you up with another American who can get your apartment, buy your first groceries, etc. - is a nice idea IF that type of person is available. We're the first Americans in our organization doing this, so we can't ask previous Americans in our situation to help us out. Some of the psyhological issues it addresses, however, are very helpful! There is a BIG focus on moving a FAMILY (big chapter on PETS too!). This book was not as helpful to a single girl moving!!!

As someone who has worked in the relocation industry and is presently an expatriate, I can say from experience that The Expert Expat is hands-down the top book for anyone looking to or currently on a relocation. Presented in an engaging and interesting way, the authors don't "talk down" to their audience, but use a friendly tone and explain industry jargon. Divided into nine chapters, the authors successfully and comprehensively address the critical aspects of a move, from moving your pets to tips on language learning, managing your move, and ensuring you're safe and healthy in your new location. The book is designed for anyone - company-supported or privately shifting residences with no big support - and with anecdotes from individuals all around the world, provides a detailed look at the experience and the experiences someone experiencing an international move will encounter.

This book is well written, though a bit dry in my opinion. I did appreciate the portions that deal with making friends and how various family member will cope differently with a move oversees. It is encouraging to accept the phases one may go through, such as the "Honeymoon" phase, homesickness, panic, acceptance etc. Knowledge of these in advance will help one not run at the first sign it is not all that was expected. Each place will have pros and cons and it takes time to adjust to the changes. This will especially be beneficial for those being sent oversees and their families.

Wonderful timeline to guide you through an international move.

This appears to be a book from two women who are married, with children, and as I recall their husbands had jobs that took them places. I don't fit into any of those categories. As such I found the book having limited appeal to my objectives. There were many little vignettes that provide some prospective of different country's and different circumstances. Also the approach seemed a little too global in contrast to focusing certain aspects of ex pat's. For me as a single retired male, who has a general idea of a destination, I found limited appeal of the book.

This book was purchased to learn more about visiting places overseas and be able to blend in and get around comfortably.

Broader view about different family members and their reactions - and the steps of adjusting to life in a new country

this book is an entire expert expat book; very usefull, despite of many problems about writing, usefull enough to prepare your new life