Boomers Abroad, Niche portal, Online Community and Social Network was founded in direct response to hundreds of conversations with baby boomers from the USA & Canada who were seeking out a new life, exciting destinations, a better weather and a dream home. At Boomer Abroad Online Community we strive to fill the information gap and educate and update Baby Boomers on the news, trends and opportunities in Latin America & The Caribbean ”.

Baby Boomers from the USA and Canada are actively looking for information and for means to better understand how they can move abroad, live abroad, travel abroad, invest abroad or retire abroad. Particularly Latin America and the Caribbean are the regions where baby boomers have shown more interest.

The number of Americans and Canadians living abroad, approximately 7 Million, which is twice the population of Chicago and greater than that of 33 U.S. States, has steadily grown over the past decade and it is expected to more than double within the next 10 years.

There is also a strong upward trend in the number of Americans and Canadians traveling abroad for healthcare. According to Modern Healthcare, there were 750,000 Americans who traveled abroad for healthcare in 2007 and this number is predicted to increase 700% to 6 million by 2010.

In the next 20 years, 100 million baby boomers, from the USA and Canada, are going to retire. The first wave of baby boomers turned 60 in 2006 and their life is changing for them now. Five million baby boomers turn age 60 each year, Ten Thousand per day, Seven per minute, and scores of them are purchasing property abroad as vacation homes or investment homes. Naturally, many of them are auditioning these homes for potential primary retirement residences.

Boomers Abrod is the One Stop Shop portal and social network for baby boomers looking forward to travel abroad, live abroad, retire abroad, and of course also for those already living abroad.  Boomers Abroad is the connector between those that want to live abroad and those that already live abroad. So the members of the Community that are looking forward to live abroad can ask questions to those that journeyed ahead of them. In this interactive and fun manner Baby Boomers can find information that no portal will be able to offer. You can compare Countries. You can compare Cities within a country and neighborhoods within a City. 

Members can create their own profiles, join groups of those who share their same particular interests, create their own groups, make friends, upload photos and videos, post blogs, make questions, answer questions, etc. Our goal is to provide an open platform of information and Collaboration through our online community and social network.  The online community model makes perfect sense for this need because there are thousands  of questions and it is impossible to upload in a portal all the content and the information from all the different destinations. That could be also very boring.  Baby Boomers enjoy interaction and this is what is all about. Interactivity and collaboration. We believe that this is a unique opportunity for us all. There is no substitute for hands on experience, we understand the proven power of collaboration. Common wisdom is the result. We also love transparency and because every brain is a different world, with the online community you can make your own conlcusions after speaking with many persons.

Education is the Key. The education process is individual. No body  will wake one morning and say “I'm going to Costa Rica today to retire”. The truth is that it is a gradual process that takes, normally, a lot of time. It is a process that  normally includes: seminars, trips to different destinations, hundreds of inofrmation requests about many different issues, hundreds of conversations with friends, experts and ideally with expatriates also. 

At Boomers Abroad Online Community and Social Network, leading industry experts and many of those that have journeyed ahead share their personal experiene and knowledge in a great variety of areas like: top destinations, community highlights, attractions, real estate, mortgages, using your IRA to buy real estate or start a new business, finance and lending, health care and insurance, taxation, immigration, legal issues, title insurance, relocation process, lifestyle, things to do, etc.

At Boomers Abroad we want to hear from You. We want to know about the process you went through to find and select the country and the final destination. Why you chose the country you did and the destination you did. The pros and cons of living in your host country. Things you didn't expect to experience, and experiences you expected that didn't happen. What you had to do to move from your home country to your host country. Helpful information on visas, finding and buying property, work, starting or buying a Business. Dealing with a new language and culture. Successes and failures, and what you'd do differently now that you've been through it. Day-to-day life in your host country. Tips on adapting to the new culture and its people. Cost of living. Dealing with new foods, banks, government agencies, transportation, and so on.  Anything else you can think of that will help someone looking for a new country or considering your host country. Photographs, Videos.
 

Share with us locally focused articles that include: "Best" guides to restaurants, services, venues, stores and more. Insider tips and local "secrets". "Did you know?" info that locals may take for granted, but is helpful to visitors and newcomers. Holiday guides to the best local shops, gifts and charities. Timely events and happenings of all kinds, from sports to music. Profiles of local people and places. 

Boomers Abroad Online Community and Social Network bring together members from many different nationalities and professional backgrounds. We are excited about our online community and social network, we are excited for the collaboratioin opportunities and for the many great opportunities to make friends, learn, help, share personal knowledge and experience, give back, etc.
 
Boomers Abroad prides itself on a commitment to the highest standards of ethics in everything we do. Boomers Abroad Team respects and values individual and institutional differences in opinion, philosophy, and beliefs. We therefore expect that all our members do the same. Thank You.