Move Abroad Rentals is a free resource for Canadians exploring long-term life in Mexico, Portugal, and Thailand. We write the guides we wish we'd had — honest, specific, and always in Canadian dollars.
No paywall. No subscription. No hidden agenda. We make money from ads and affiliate partnerships with services we'd actually recommend to a friend.
We don't promise you can live on $500/month in Europe. Moving abroad has real costs, real trade-offs, and real frustrations. We tell you all of it.
Generic expat advice doesn't cover CPP, non-resident tax status, or what happens to your provincial health card. We do.
Every guide, checklist, and tool on this site is free. Good information about moving abroad shouldn't be locked behind a paywall.
We date-stamp our guides and flag anything that needs verification. Visa rules change. Costs shift. We update when they do.
When we launch rental listings, every one will come from a verified landlord or realtor. No scraped listings, no unvetted properties, no bait-and-switch.
We earn from display ads and affiliate links to services like SafetyWing and Wise. If we link to something, we'd use it ourselves. Always disclosed.
When we started looking into life abroad, the information was scattered across Reddit threads, outdated blog posts, and YouTube videos selling courses. The practical stuff — how much rent actually costs, how the visa process really works, what Canadian taxes look like when you leave — was buried or wrong.
Move Abroad Rentals exists to fix that. We research, verify, and organize everything a Canadian needs to know about renting long-term in Mexico, Portugal, and Thailand. We focus on these three countries because they're where the largest Canadian expat communities are, and where we can provide the most accurate, specific information.
This isn't a travel blog. We don't write about weekend getaways or Instagram spots. We write about signing leases, navigating healthcare systems, and figuring out your taxes. The boring stuff that actually matters when you're building a life somewhere new.
We go deep, not wide. Three countries, covered thoroughly.
The most popular destination for Canadian snowbirds. Affordable, close, and home to a massive expat community.
European quality of life with excellent healthcare and the D7 visa pathway for retirees and passive income earners.
The most affordable of our three destinations with world-class food, culture, and a growing digital infrastructure.
The voice behind Move Abroad Rentals. Canadian. Curious. Committed to giving you the information you actually need — not the version that sounds good on Instagram.
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