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Luggage and a steam train in a station

10 tips to overcome culture shock when emigrating

‘Everyone knows that moving home ranks among the most stressful of life experiences; add to that the need to integrate into a completely new culture, and the emotional implications can be off the scale. There are ways to make the culture shock and the resulting period of adjustment more bearable, and thus to overcome the impact.’ Wayne Green of Love Removals writes in with 10 top tips to consider.

A lonely house under a stormy sky

The surprising cost of repatriation

After living overseas for a long time it’s easy to get in the way of thinking that if the worst comes to the worst, you just have to make sure you have enough money left for the flight home. But life ain’t that simple, as some returning expats have found out to their cost.