Jennifer Sontag didn’t follow a straight line to Italy. Her journey began in China, an unexpected first step that reshaped everything. In this episode, she shares how she rebuilt her life, found a path to Sicily, and now helps others relocate through her agency, ViaMonde. If you’re waiting for the “perfect” route abroad, this conversation may change your thinking.

What happens when you sell everything and move to a country you’ve never even visited? For Mary Alice, a fractional COO and business strategist from Philadelphia, that leap led her family to a new life in the South of France. In this episode, she shares how a casual pandemic conversation turned into a one-way flight to Montpellier — complete with a child, a dog, a cat, and zero French language skills. Mary Alice, a fractional COO and business strategist from Philadelphia, had never been to Fra

Most Americans don’t realize their bank may be quietly taking a 2–10% margin on international transfers. In this episode, Armchair Expat host Shannon Acton talks with Kelly Cutchin of Moneycorp about how to save thousands when buying property abroad, what forward contracts are, and why transparency in currency exchange can make all the difference when moving your money overseas.