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24-year-old American moved to Belgium and lives on $1,132 a month: ‘I fell in love with it’
Colby Grey, 24, grew up in a very rural and conservative community in San Luis Obispo, California. It wasn’t until moving two hours away to attend the University of California, Santa Cruz, that he traveled that far for the first time. It was the beginning of a new life for Grey — he just didn’t […]
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27-year-old American moved to Germany for medical school and pays $97 a semester: ‘I feel really happy here’
While Erika Roberts was a high school student growing up in the suburbs of Philadelphia, she participated in a two-week exchange program that took her to Munich, Germany. She didn’t know it at the time, but that experience would shape the rest of her life. Fast forward to 2016, when Roberts was a freshman in […]
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Look inside: We spent $64 million turning an old Virginia prison into an apartment complex— ‘it’s important to preserve history’
From 1910 to 2001, the Liberty Crest Apartments were known as the Lorton Reformatory, a prison in Lorton, Virginia that housed inmates from Washington, D.C. It is more widely known as the site where many suffragists were held after the Silent Sentinels pickets at the White House in 1917. And according to the Library of […]
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How ‘White Lotus’ fans can get the best Thailand travel deals: ‘Price alerts are going to be more important than ever,’ one expert says
If the third season of “The White Lotus” has you thinking that it’s time to plan a vacation to Thailand, you’re not alone. The hit HBO series — which returned to TV screens in February — has created a surge of interest in the latest locale where its eponymous fictional hotel is set. “After the […]
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Look inside: 33-year-old pays $3,100 a month to live in an old bank turned apartment in Montreal—’it was a beautiful blank canvas’
Marianne Plaisance, 33, and her boyfriend had been looking to buy a house in Montreal, Québec, Canada, for about two years. In 2022, Plaisance came across an online listing for a three-bedroom, two-bathroom condo located inside an old bank. The apartment was 3,500 square feet, split between the first floor and a basement. “The first […]
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This pub on a remote island in Ireland is looking for someone new to takeover—but there’s a catch
If your last name is McLoughlin, a unique opportunity awaits you on a remote island in Ireland. The McLoughlin’s Bar, located on Achill Island, was first established in 1870. The same family has run the 155-year-old pub for four generations, and its current owner, Joseph “Josie” McLoughlin and his partner, Jackie, are officially retiring. Now […]
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I plan six-figure luxury vacations for the ultra-wealthy: My 3 ‘common sense’ travel tips anyone can follow
Jason Stevens is used to dealing with travel headaches. As the CEO of Wayfairer Travel, which plans six-figure luxury vacations and trips for Fortune 500 CEOs and ultra-wealthy clients, he’s helped customers solve problems — from finding last-minute access to deluxe ski locales to getting travelers to their African safari after they accidentally boarded the […]
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29-year-old couldn’t afford a house in the U.S., so she bought one sight unseen in Italy: ‘I plan to use it like a retirement plan’
Ohio native Lauren Scott, 29, had lived in Los Angeles for 10 years working as a freelancer in the film industry, when she decided she was ready to buy a house. At the time, Scott lived in a studio apartment and paid $1,175 in rent. Scott started her search in 2019 and wanted to stay […]
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Finland is the happiest country in the world for the eighth year in a row
For the eighth year in a row, Finland has taken the No. 1 spot on the World Happiness Report’s list of the happiest countries. Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Sweden also made the top 10. The Nordic countries dominating this list shouldn’t come as a surprise, says Ilana Ron Levey, managing director at Gallup. There is […]
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Live like you’re on ‘The White Lotus’ at this luxury resort—but it will cost you: Take a look inside the experience
The latest installment of HBO’s “The White Lotus” has viewers wishing they were also poolside, soaking in the tropical scenery. In the days before and after the show’s season three premiere, CNBC reported that social media chatter about traveling to Thailand was up 60%. Throughout the show’s run, a Four Seasons property has been the […]
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