Relocation and settling in
Moving to a new country or city and settling in as a newcomer: choosing where to live, the first weeks, finding housing, local systems such as healthcare, schools and transport, making friends and adjusting to a new culture.
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- Brief your destination relocation agent
Turns an employer-paid relocation package into a clear brief for the destination agent - priorities, limits, what is included, questions to ask and how to use the limited days well.
- Brief a new school on your arriving child
Writes a parent's handover to a child's new school after a move from another country - previous schooling, levels, languages, needs, records to send and questions for a good start.
- Build a social circle in a new city
Plans how an adult newcomer builds friendships in a new city or country, using repeated commitments, local norms and follow-up rather than one-off events, with a 12-week plan.
- Choose arrival accommodation
Chooses where to stay for the first weeks after a move abroad, checking it gives an address you can register, time to find a home and a clean exit. Use before booking a landing place.
- Choose a flatshare in a new city
Helps a newcomer choose a room in a shared flat, co-living house or with a live-in landlord - the real all-in cost, contract type, address registration, house culture and scam checks.
- Choose a school type abroad
Helps a moving family choose between local state, bilingual, international and home-curriculum schools for each child, weighing age, stay length, language, exams, cost and the way back.
- Compare countries to move to
Compares two to five candidate countries for a long-term move on the user's own weighted criteria - right to stay, work, healthcare, cost, language, safety, climate and distance from family.
- Compare international removal quotes
Compares international mover quotes like for like, exposing excluded destination charges, volume gaps, insurance terms and red flags. Use when you have quotes to move household goods abroad.
- Decide what to ship abroad
Sorts belongings into ship, carry, sell, store or give away for a move abroad, weighing shipping against replacement cost, voltage and home size. Use months before an international move.
- Decide whether to import your car
Works out whether to ship and register your car in your new country or sell it and buy locally, covering import tax questions, technical conversion, registration, insurance and resale.
- Decide whether to relocate for a job
Weighs a job offer that needs a move to another city or country for the whole household - partner, children, family ties, the way back and worst cases - and plans the questions and test.
- Find a rental from abroad
Plans a long-term rental search in a new country while you are still abroad or just arrived, with an application pack for a newcomer with no local history, remote viewing checks and scam tests.
- International move track
Takes a household through an international move in gated steps, from visa and timeline to shipping and housing, admin and money, arrival setup and settling in. Use months before moving abroad.
- Pack arrival luggage for a move
Plans what travels in your suitcases when you move abroad - documents, medicines, work kit and what you need until the shipment arrives - within baggage limits, with overflow options.
- Plan a move as the accompanying partner
Helps the partner who moves abroad for someone else's job or study plan their own life there - right to work, career options, money of their own, structure and the talk to have together.
- Plan your first week in a new country
Builds a day-by-day plan for the first week after arriving to live in a new country - jet lag, food and a phone, finding your way around, booking admin, getting the home working and resting.
- Plan how you get around after a move
Works out how a newcomer household gets around their new city day to day - passes, cycling, car or no car, school runs, testing commutes and the costs - before buying a car or a long pass.
- Plan your goodbyes before moving away
Plans leaving well before a big move - who to tell and when, farewells spread over weeks, settling unfinished business, children's goodbyes and a realistic keep-in-touch plan.
- Plan a move abroad with an elderly parent
Plans moving countries with an older parent who will live with or near you - whether it suits them, care and health cover, isolation, housing, and a fallback if it does not work out.
- Plan a move abroad with a health condition
Plans keeping care going through an international move for someone with a chronic condition or disability - medicines, records, insurance gaps, a new doctor, devices and an accessible home.
- Plan moving back home
Plans returning to your home country after years abroad - restarting registrations, healthcare and credit, schooling for children raised elsewhere, work re-entry and reverse culture shock.
- Plan a relocation scouting trip
Plans a short look-see visit to a city you may move to, testing neighbourhoods at rush hour and night, the real commute, schools and rentals, with a scorecard so you leave with a decision.
- Plan keeping your remote job after a move
Plans keeping your current job remotely after moving to another country - getting written employer approval, the legal questions, time zones, setup, security rules and isolation.
- Plan a retirement move abroad
Plans the practical life side of retiring to another country - a trial stay, healthcare with age, housing you can grow old in, family distance, community and a plan B for illness or widowhood.
- Plan a move to a village or rural area abroad
Plans moving to a village or countryside abroad - car dependence, distance to services, internet, heating and water systems, winters, buying old property carefully and being accepted locally.
- Plan a move where one partner goes first
Plans a family move where one adult moves ahead and the rest follow later - who goes first, how long apart, the split of tasks, money for two homes, the children and the reunion.
- Plan visits home and guests after moving abroad
Plans a sustainable rhythm of trips home and visitors after moving abroad - how often, which holidays, budget and leave, fair splits between families, house rules for guests and saying no kindly.
- Plan a year abroad with your family
Plans a temporary family move of six to eighteen months with a planned return - what happens to home, work and school, keeping children on track for re-entry, and a goal for the year.
- Prepare children for a move abroad
Plans how to tell children about a move to another country and prepare each one by age - timing, what to say, giving them real choices, handling grief and anger, and the first weeks.
- Prepare for a new climate after a move
Prepares a newcomer for a very different climate - dark winters, deep cold, heat, humidity, monsoon or altitude - with home habits, clothing, health checks, routines and the first year by season.
- Relocation consultant
Acts as an experienced relocation consultant who helps people move to a new country or city and settle in - housing, local systems, the first months and wellbeing - flagging local rules to check.
- Review a move at six months
Runs a check-in about six months after moving to a new country or city - home, work, money, people, language and wellbeing - separating normal adjustment from a poor fit, and sets next changes.
- Set up home utilities abroad
Plans setting up electricity, gas, water, heating, internet, waste and household fees in a new country, in the right order, with meter readings, contract traps and a mobile-data bridge.
- Set up an emergency backup as a newcomer
Builds a backup plan for a household with no family nearby after a move - who to call, who collects the children, spare keys, the address in the local language and what happens if you are in hospital.
- Wind down your home country before moving
Builds a keep, close or pause list for everything you leave behind when moving abroad - phone number and two-factor logins, bank accounts, mail, registrations, contracts and someone to act for you.
Not: visas, residence permits and official forms (paperwork); money set-up and relocation budgets (financial-planning); short trips (trip-planning); learning the language (language-learning).