MOVING TO PORTUGAL | Can You Retire There
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- Can you retire moving to Portugal Live 6 months in Portugal over winter escaping the Canadian cold and snow, is it possible as a retired couple to live and retire in Portugal and Canada half the year in each. We are exploring retirement the idea of a long term rental in Portugal as a base to visit Europe and travel more of Portugal. We would not do this until the current travel restrictions have been lifted and we get vaccinated.
Winter time in The Algarve Portugal has a very nice climate and defiantly no snow! We have been traveling to The Algarve Portugal for three years, mainly staying in Albufeira and touring the rest of The Algarve from that base.
Portuguese culture is very nice, the cuisine is outstanding and the general cost of living very low for Europe. English language is popular so you can be understood most of the time.
More and more Canadians and Americans are traveling to Portugal and many have retired totally to Portugal where their retirement income goes further. There are special retirement visas available for foreigners and lower cost health insurance. After 5 years you can apply for permanent residency if you wish. We still want to stay in Canada for 6 months during the summer months so will not fully retire to Portugal.
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Time to think about our future travels and retirement decisions, we explain our thoughts on travel to Portugal when international travel restrictions are lifted in Canada. Thanks for watching.
Sounds like a great plan. Of course thanks to Brexit .... won’t say anything more. The only hurdle I can see is healthcare. My parents were Florida snowbirds for years. I remember them counting the days to make sure they didn’t lose the healthcare in Ontario. It is getting really expensive to get private healthcare coverage now to go to Europe. People over the age of 70 it goes up quite a bit. I am working on my Dutch citizenship as we speak. 🥰🙏🏴🍷🍷🍷
I’m now interested in visiting Portugal. I hope you have had an opportunity to visit Atlantic Canada - or that you’ll put that on your list once the restrictions have lifted. Thanks for your videos - you’ve opened my eyes to a few great points.
@@mistwhitewolf8033 Yes we have been to Atlantic 🇨🇦 Canada we love it there , been to Halifax maybe 4 times really nice place stay safe and well enjoy your day Cheers 🍷🌺🍺
I didn't quite understand what you're doing with your apartment in Canada because I understood that you rented it in one of your videos. However, in the video about Portugal, you talk about it as if this apartment is your property. That's why I'm a little confused!
Do you only need this apartment because of your rights, e.g., concerning Canadian health insurance?
Then I'm surprised that you can stay in Portugal for six months because the Schengen area only allows you to stay for a maximum of 90 days as a non-European. How does this work?
That would be nice to enlighten me about it because the idea inspires me.
Many Thanks
@@franknewman3629 I think you are correct thetas why you have not received a response in 2 months! Although I follow This is our retirement as I see it they sub let their apt. in order to rent elsewhere .
Thank you for sharing your thoughts and experiences - it provides a lot of food for thought.
Thanks for watching glad you enjoyed it have a great week Cheers 🍷🍺🙂
Great to see a Canadian TH-camr! Helpful to hear the Canadian ramifications.
Thanks so much we are enjoying doing You Tube and sharing our life stories, have a great weekend Cheers 🍷🍺🌸
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I love how you guys are thinking ahead. Wishing you all the best!
Thanks so much! stay safe keep well and have a great week Cheers 🍺🍷🌺
This is great news Tin and Norm! Very exciting. We’re putting our retirement plans into play in about a month. I’m 52, almost 53 and my husband is 63. We’re planning to visit Portugal, this Fall or next Spring, depending on COVID restrictions, for our 25th anniversary celebration. You’re so right, live now! You’ve been an inspiration for us so thank you! Keep up the great work. Maybe we’ll see you in Portugal.
Hi Sherry what a wonderful thing to celebrate your 25th in Portugal. We are hoping the spring of 2023 to get back to Portugal, just sitting out the COVID-19 restrictions here. Thanks for your very kind words we appreciate them. Certainly if we meet let’s share a 🍷🍷🍺🍺 in Portugal 🇵🇹
Love your sincerity about life. Thank you
Thanks for watching!
Hi Norm & Tina, what a great idea to live 6 months of the year in Portugal! You are living my dream and always giving me my Portugal fix. Best of luck on your decisions. You always seem to make good ones, as you are thoughtful in your plans.
Hi Irene glad you are enjoying our videos , we do try hard with the planning since we took early retirement 5 years ago and are happy so far LOL 😂😂hope you are well have a great weekend Cheers 🙂🍷🌺
Love your idea, because that's the same one that my wife and I are planning now. We always just thought we would do the standard 'snowbird' thing (i.e. spend the Canadian winters in Florida, Arizona, etc.), when we retire (in a few years). But after I took her, and our two girls to Portugal for two weeks in 2015, we started thinking about spending some of our retirement time in Portugal. Your videos have helped us confirm that this is a good plan, and that we don't need to wait until we're both 65. Keep the videos coming, we're enjoying them very much. Cheers.
Thank you so much, we had been going to Florida then like you went to Portugal and was surprised by the country, so we have been going there and love it.
Hi Tina and Norm, I found your video interesting since my wife and I haven been exploring a similar idea (Canada and Spain or maybe Portugal). I will keep following your journey to this project. All the best, and thanks for sharing it.
Thanks for watching, in reality we might have to do just three months in Portugal 🇵🇹 Jan to March due to the visas and not wanting to loose Canadian benefits with Health Care and pensions. We hope you have a great week Cheers 🍺🍷🌺
Because it's beautiful there, Albufera is gorgeous. The countryside is stunning and the colours are so vivid 💖
It really is and we miss it due to the travel restrictions, have a wonderful weekend Cheers 🌺🍷🌸
I think your plan is FANtastic, truly! If I had my health, I would jump at the chance at your dream. I'm always giving my opinion to others, including younger people, that if you have a desire or dream to travel, please do it because you never know when you health is going to fail. I was just in the beginning of my travel journey (about 45yrs old), when my health started to fail but I am so grateful that I at least had a chance to see a bit, before my health became a significant factor. Thanks for sharing, and 'enjoy the ride'. from Ontario Canada
Thank you so much for watching, we are sorry to learn about your health issues, that’s why we retired early and began to travel, you can’t predict or change the future and we don’t know how long our health will last. You certainly have wise words to share thank you.
Love how you are rationalizing things and sharing with us, thank you so much, from snowey Newfoundland.
Thanks Carolyn!
Travel while you got youth on your side...! I did and I'm glad..I'm 70..i developed arthritis ..had one total hip replacement and anticipating another🙄😬
If I had not traveled during my youth I'd be sol..plus its sooo much more fun when you're young and carefree.
Yes this is our plan, glad you had the opportunity to travel, we hope you are well, arthritis is not fun. Thanks for watching. 😀😀
You guys are doing great with these videos about Portugal!
It does make sense to be in beautiful Portugal.
Yes, traveling is truly something we should do before health gets in the way.
Canada sounds like a great place to be in summer then. We have been in Vancouver in May, and Toronto during September but never during summer, so we believe whatever you tell us
Canada 🇨🇦 is beautiful in the summer gets really hot 🥵 glad we have air conditioning in houses and cars LOL 😂😂
We just need a break from the cold in Winter 🥶 so Portugal 🇵🇹 is perfect for that 🤗 hope you are enjoying your new place take care and stay safe Cheers 🙂🍺🍷🌺
Always love blue skies! Great to have lots to do. Enjoyed this one. ~ Brad and Diana
Glad you enjoyed it TFW hope you are both well have a great week Cheers 🍷🌺🍺
There are warmer places just 3.5 hours of flight from Toronto like Playa Del Carmen in Mexico or Bavaro or Samana in Dominican Republic. Spending 3-4 winter months down there will be cheaper and you will be able to swim in the ocean every day. After all, the weather at winter time is not that pleasant in Southern Europe as it is in the Caribbean.
Winter in Portugal in The Algarve is great, not hot but no snow. We have been to where you suggest and didn’t feel safe just off the main drag in Playa. We got the worst food poisoning in DR
What a lovely couple! Helpful information, thank you.
Thanks for watching glad you enjoyed it have a great week Cheers 🍺🌻🙂
Hello from Portugal!
Portugal is a great country for retirees. Northern Europeans in particular quite enjoy it.
You'll be more than welcome here!
Thanks so much we do love visiting Portugal 🇵🇹, wish we could be there now but with Covid travel restrictions we are staying here in Canada 🇨🇦, hope to be there next year Cheers 🍷🇨🇦🙂🇵🇹🍺
Portugal or Spain ? Any comparisons and thoughts ? For retirement life
Hi Tina and Norm. We love your show we are getting a lot of good ideas for our situation.
Awesome! Thank you! hope you have a great weekend Mark Cheers 🍷🌻🍺🇵🇹🇨🇦
Hi Norm and Tina! Great video! A lot to think about there. Wow! 6 months in Portugal would be fabulous. It’s nice to have a place to come back to and be comfortable, keeping your apartment sounds like a good choice. See how you like the trailer and your neighbours there over a couple years. Have a nice weekend.
Hi Chris , thanks for watching we appreciate your support, yes we are looking forward to our first year at the trailer new experience for us . Portugal 🇵🇹 would be nice for 6 months just have to try and work the visa thing out 😱 have a great weekend Cheers 🙂🍷🍺
Living half the year in Portugal sounds very exciting. My sister bought a fixer-upper house in Mexico 4 years ago. She lives there 6 months out of the year. My wife and I plan to live abroad in some exotic, warm, affordable country when we retire. Our plans are in the works! Thanks for the informative videos. Keep it up!
The main thing for us in Canada is to be in Canada for 6 months of the year to maintain everything from banks accounts, healthcare and pensions. We hope your plans are successful and you enjoy retirement.
Greetings from California :) Your channel popped up on my TH-cam home page and I subscribed after watching a few of your videos. Interesting content and I'm looking forward to following along with you and your adventures. Stay safe!
Awesome! Thank you! glad you are enjoying our videos have a wonderful week Cheers 🍷🇺🇸🌻🇨🇦🍺
Great Plan, guys! All the best.
Thank you
You've nailed it. So well done!
Hi Kathy thanks so much glad you liked it hope you are well have a great week Cheers 🍷🙂🍺
Thanks for sharing. Very inspiring.
Thanks for watching!
Portugal is so beautiful. The pandemic has really made us look at our lives differently and inspired us to get out there NOW! Inspired by you both xx
Thank you, we all need to be cautious and safe, thanks for watching.
Hello again! I think your planes are great: I live at the north of Spain and it's quite cold in winter: Many people from these cold areas they have a house at the Mediterranean sea for escape there during winter or for retire and be more comfortable. So that's basically what you're talking about , Winter in the warm and Summer in the cool! Go for it!
Thanks for watching yes that’s pretty much the plan Winter in the warm and Summer in the cool 😎have a great weekend Cheers 🙂🍷🍺
Hello from BURNS LAKE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA. I have been watching your videos for a while now and always enjoy. Thank you! This latest video on retiring to Portugal is totally in line with what my hubby and I are considering and working on right now so I was very excited to watch. We are planning for Sept 2022.... giving us time to plan and prepare here and get all our paperwork in order.... all while hoping that by that time COVID-19 will be in our rear view mirror. The pandemic has made us rethink our travel plans as well and having to adjust our plans has been difficult. We had been hoping to go this fall 2021 but feel that things are still just too uncertain so we will wait. It is great to hear of your plans from a fellow Canadian so I look forward to more videos. Stay well!
Thanks for watching and welcome to our channel, wow great minds think alike and yes all plans are on hold due to the Pandemic 😷. We also are thinking it might be 2022 before in reality we go anywhere.
Portugal 🇵🇹 is lovely to be in for a few months to escape the Canadian 🇨🇦Winters 🥶 this year we get to enjoy our new trailer at a Lakeside Campground so excited about that .
Hope you are both well have a great weekend Cheers 🍷🇵🇹🙂🇨🇦🍺🌺
First of all I have to say you are a very sympatic and self- reflected couple. We are Danish/German and we already realized your plan. We have an apartment in a charming city in Germany and bought an apartment near Lisbon at the silver coast five years ago. Unfortunately we have to work 3 more years, so we use our apartment in Portugal mainly in holidays, also in winter. Lisbon in December/January is amazing with a very special light. All the best for your future plans!
Thanks for watching sounds like you have a great plan we have been to Lisbon a few times it’s a lovely place . Hope you are well have a great week Cheers 🙂🍷🍺
Would love you to keep us updated with your research in Portugal, I am British living in Alberta and looking at doing the exact same thing once restrictions lifted! Just subscribed to your channel - love the information !
Thanks for watching in reality it will probably be for 90 days as then there is no visa problem. So we might have to go to 2 places over Winter 🥶, but that’s OK as at the moment we aren’t going anywhere other than our trailer hopefully in 3 weeks
Cheers 🍺🌺🍷
Wow, you guys are doing exactly what I have in mind !
It’s a great option 🇵🇹🇨🇦
That's fantastic, you will have the best of both worlds...
I've been taking in a lot of information from you both!!
TFS
Glad you are enjoying our stories , we hope it will help others think what they want to do in retirement. We probably will end up going to Portugal 🇵🇹 for Jan to March , then it gives us a couple of months to do other trips .Although we need this vaccination 💉 programs to get moving a little faster , as this year we aren’t going anywhere other than our new trailer LOL 😂 Cheers 🍷🌺
What a cool idea!
Hello, I am new to your channel and found the content very interesting. Love the idea of part time in Portugal. I think that would suit me. I will try to catch up on the previous postings but will look forward to new ones also.
Thanks and welcome to our channel, Portugal 🇵🇹 is awesome in the Winter 🥶 for us we can escape the snow LOL 😂hope you enjoy our videos have a great Sunday Cheers 🌺🍷🍺
Go for it and best of luck, great video, thank you 🙏
Thanks for watching have a great weekend Cheers 🙂🍷🍺
We are so happy to have found your channel!! I'm 55, my wife is 48. We are also in Southwestern Ontario. Our goal is 5 years. We visited Portugal in 2018 and fell in love with it. Not only did we find Portugal picturesque, the Portuguese were friendly, we felt safe, there's no snow in Jan/Feb/Mar, the food and wine is fantastic, and it's inexpensive but it is also the gate way to the rest of Europe. We flew from Porto to Madrid (on a Ryan Air seat sale) for 29 Euro, and then went on to France and Italy via Ryan Air, rental car, Italian rail for way less then anybody would guess. Thanks for doing your channel, you have hit on every question we've had about retiring and retiring in the Algarve.
We are so glad you had a great time in Portugal, you have got every point that we think about. Also Seville is only a two drive from Albufeira, we go there for two or three nights. Thanks for watching our video and leaving a nice comment we appreciate it.
If you choose the Algarve take into account that in the summer a good portion is taken over by many tourists from countries that have mandatory summer off periods and lodging becomes more expensive and scarce. You would do better spending the off season there. I have family ties there and I only go in the off seasons. Fall is probably the best time. Not to hot cheaper to find lodging basically a lot less tourists. Have fun
Thank you for your candid & so carefully done analysis Very useful info. We are considering to semi- move😄😍 to Spain. God's will. Lot of luck to you😍😎
Another great video guys!
Glad you enjoyed it! hope you are well have a great week Cheers 🙂🍷🍺
We live in a retirement community here in the US. A lot of people do that 6 months here and 6 months abroad. It sounds wonderful.
Thanks for watching it’s really nice to spend time in different places especially with different weather, have a wonderful weekend Cheers 🍺🌺🍷
Really interesting ideas. Good to see you looking well 🇵🇹🇵🇹
Hi Mark thanks for dropping by , the plan is in place but with all the Covid restrictions not sure when it will happen , we aren’t thinking of International travel till at least 2022 or later . Looking forward to our trailer at the Lakeside maybe as early as May , hope you are staying safe and keeping well enjoy your weekend Cheers 🍷🍺🙂
Sounds like a great idea ... Portugal and Canada ... plenty to explore.
Hi Terry yes we are trying to get the right mix of hot and cold weather LOL 😂😂Cheers 🌺🍷🍺
We have subscribed to your channel! :) thank you for sharing. Please keep making more videos, this was very interesting. We have definitely changed our perspective on everything over the last year
Thanks for watching and welcome to our channel, I think this has been the year of everyone changing ideas on everything with the Covid pandemic and restrictions. We were travelling a lot 🤔but last year bought a trailer that will be permanent on a Lakeside Campground . We are glad you enjoyed our videos stay safe have a wonderful week ahead Cheers 🍺🍷🙂
Hi! Tin n Nom, greetings from Singapore! you both are great, with all yr retirement plans etc.
Thanks so much! 😊 Anna have a great weekend Cheers 🍷 🇸🇬 🇨🇦🙂
We lived in Portugal for 2 years back in1988/90.We lived in Cascais originally then Monte Estoril .We then emigrated to Australia where we have been ever since
We loved Cascais very pretty place , we got to visit Australia 🇦🇺 and NewZealand on a cruise 🚢 4 years ago had a great time , hope you are enjoying Australia. Have a great day Cheers 🍷🍺🌺
Always informative and thought provoking, thanks. Norm reminds me of Peter Mansbridge.
Thanks so much
Great ideas on doing the 6-month split. Not losing any of your benefits is great! I think you two are really on a roll! Best of luck! Donovan and Jodi
Hi Donovan & Jodi, thanks for stopping by, we are really trying to make some “smart” decisions, we have no idea what we are doing on TH-cam but are having a blast.
@@ThisIsOurRetirement You two really sound like your going over all of the options so you can pick the best one! I'm excited for you! Donovan and Jodi
We are excited too have a great week 🍷🌺
Retiring in Europe 🇪🇺 is our plan too. We are originally from southeastern Europe living in Ontario since 2004.
We love Canada but can't see ourselves locked in the apartment for 6 months when we turn 70-80 years old.
So go after your dreams and good luck. We will follow your adventures here through TH-cam. 😊
It’s a big process to retire there you will have to become a permanent resident , we decided that probably won’t be for us as we love Canada 🇨🇦 too much . We love our apartment and will just travel to places over the Winter 🥶 have a great weekend Cheers 🍺🌺🍷
I've been 'away' a wee while, taking a break and I haven't watched a few of the previous videos so this was quite an eye opener you two! Wow, that's an awesome adventure you'd be embarking on. My dad would say ( an accountant) if you can afford it, if you've answered all your own questions, if you've eliminated negatives, kept an eye on the realities, then do it! whatever my dilemma would have been. You sound like a very sensible couple still daring to dream and make dreams happen. I'm now looking forward to further developments. No need to wish you both wisdom in your decision making- you've done that already. ❤️ 👍 🎥 🌷 🙋♀️
Thanks for dropping by we are hoping it all works out , although because we have family here in Canada 🇨🇦 it might end up being 3 months Jan to Mar in Portugal , then it allows us to also consider another place .
Looks like you had a nice time away glad you enjoyed it, we hope you have a wonderful weekend Cheers 🌺🍷🍺
You two are so cute! Enjoying your content
I subscribed, Obrigado for making videos about your travels
Thanks for subbing! and welcome to our channel glad you are enjoying them have a great day Cheers 🙂🍷🍺
Great to follow your vlogs...
Glad you like them!
What a brilliant idea! I hope it works out for you both🤞🤞🤞
Fingers crossed! 😀😀
I love that idea. We were supposed to travel to Portugal last April but of course our trip was cancelled when COVID arrived.. Like you we have now decided to move as well. We live near Vancouver BC and though we don't receive a lot of snow it is always rainy and gloomy. We hate the dampness so are retiring in the Okanagan Valley about a 5 hour drive from here. It is semi desert and is one of the warmest and sunniest places to live in Canada. I grew up there and can't wait to get back. Good luck. I look forward to watching you in your new adventure.
Good morning Holly ☕️ sorry your trip was cancelled last April, we were lucky we were already there for a month we came back February, but we are missing not being there now. We hear you we don’t like damp and gloomy that’s why we moved from England 29 years ago . Thanks for the Okanagan valley suggestion maybe we could go there for a couple of months over winter if we can’t back to Portugal 🇵🇹.
Stay safe and well have a great week Cheers 🙂🍷🍺🌺
I am a new subscriber and really love what your channel is all about. Portugal is simply beautiful. I would love to visit in the future.
Thanks so much! 😊 we hope you get to Portugal 🇵🇹 it’s a lovely place Cheers 🍷🇵🇹🇨🇦🍺
Congratulations! Sounds like a great idea! 🤩👏👏👏❤🧡💛💚💙💜
Thank you 🤗 we hope you are keeping well have an awesome day Cheers 🙂🍷🍺
Norm and Tina, i enjoy your videos greatly, you both have very warm and pleasant voices. Im from USA and have family in the Azores, specifically Sao Jorge and Terceira. I hope to one day retire in europe, and enjoy my life, USA is definitely a faster pace.
Thank you so much! we appreciate your support hope you are well have a great weekend Cheers 🍷🙂🍺
I absolutely agree with you about living six months out of Canada. I absolutely loved the Algarve and Tina is right that you can then just travel anywhere in Europe! It would beat Florida for sure. My husband and I are of Italian descent, we also are considering the Italian Riviera as a place to go for a couple of months of the year!
Italy is beautiful we had a great time staying on a small vineyard in Tuscany, great wine and olives from the property. Europe is so interesting and smaller distances to travel. Sounds like you have a great plan.
Greetings from Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA! Planning on retiring in Portugal... Somewhere!
It’s great to have a plan, Portugal has a lot to offer, thanks for watching.
Good video. It provoked some thoughts to me. We have a little experience with this that might be relevant(?). A lot of Canadians winter in Florida, Arizona or even Mexico for some of the same reasons that you mention. Our parents did this and some of our retired friends do so also. The main consideration is health care that you have already identified. In addition to the Canadian coverage you will probably need to buy additional out of country insurance. If you are relatively healthy this is not exorbitant and works well however as we get older things change. If either of you develop any sort of chronic issue the insurance premiums go up rapidly and continue to do so with each passing year so if you haven't already done so please check into this. Eventually it can become so prohibitive that people have to stop going. Hope it works for you though. Best of luck!
My wife and I love Portugal, so much so we bought a flat in Albufeira during Covid essentially using email and WhatsApp. We love your videos featuring the Algarve towns. You have the spirit. Everything you mention about the accessibility of the rest of Europe from the Algarve is spot on. And the Algarve is absolutely beautiful, the people are fantastic and the lifestyle is amazing. We are not technically retired, but we understand that were not getting any younger and its best to experience the world and make memories now. Keep up the inspiring work.
Thanks so much and we wish you well with your new flat in Albufeira, we like there as it’s mid way in the Algarve .
Absolutely we believe in doing things today don’t put off till tomorrow as it might not come . Have a great weekend Cheers 🌺🍷🍺
ould it be possible for you do a cost of living video for Portugal and some tips on affordable or inexpensive locations / activities for someone considering a new locale for the winter months. This pandemic has gotten me to thinking about travelling while I still am healthy enough to do all things. I really enjoy your videos.
Hi Cathie These are some great suggestions we will see if we can do something. There are plenty of opportunities for lower cost areas and accommodations. There are a lot of expat residents and there are fun things going on like a Robert Burns supper in January, a carnival in Loule in February. Google The Algarve Daily News, an English Language newspaper has lot of adverts and announcements. Someone above has linked to it. Thanks so much for watching.
Hello guys! Nice to see that you’re considering moving to Europe part time.
Many Swedes retire in Spain and Portugal. Portugal has had a favourable tax situation for us but I think that is about to change.
It will be interesting to follow your further developments in this matter. Thanks for sharing and wishing you a nice weekend! // Bertil.
Hi Bertil lovely to see you hope both you and your wife are keeping well, yes it would be nice to have the Winters in Portugal 🇵🇹 with the blue skies and lovely beaches but we are lucky our summers in Canada 🇨🇦 are wonderful and this year we have a trailer to go to . We had heard about some tax changes that’s why we like the idea of both places take care and have a great weekend Cheers 🙂🍷🍺🌺Norm and Tina x
Good idea about 6m escape winter in Algarve, home from home. In fact, we have a similar idea, we are now based in the Netherlands, kind of semi-retirement, and considering visiting Algarve every winter since it is a long and cloudy winter in The Netherlands. Due to the pandemic, we have to stay where we are now. Hopefully next winter we can pursue our plan in Portugal.
Thanks for watching yes we understand with the pandemic 😷 we are still here in Canada 🇨🇦 too. Hopefully next year will be better and everyone’s plans to be in Portugal 🇵🇹 can happen.
Have a wonderful weekend and stay safe and well Cheers 🙂🍷🍺🌺
I’m continuing to enjoy your videos. How does the south coast of Spain compare to Portugal’s Algarve as a winter getaway? Cost? Weather? Accommodations? Activity options, Etc.
We spend winters in Mexico and enjoy it. Great weather. We have the advantage that my wife is Mexican and has a nice home here. But I would love to try some other winter places, especially Europe, Spain, Portugal, Italy or maybe France - maybe try a new place each year for a few years or move about with a month in each spot.
We also looked at the possibility of a 3+ month world cruise during the winter, maybe 2023. Lots of possibilities.
I didn’t retire early but did ramp up the traveling and vacation during my last few years of work. I looked back and by working from 60 to 65, our retirement savings pretty much doubled in value. Makes a world of difference going forward, though the trade off was a delayed full retirement. All the best. Jeff and Gloria
Sounds like you are having a lovely retirement , yes the south coast of Spain would be very similar in weather costs etc. We are lucky that since taking early retirement we have done a lot of travelling with some great trips. Covid has just changed things or we would be in Portugal 🇵🇹 now, thanks for watching and enjoying our videos have a great weekend Cheers 🙂🍷🍺🌺
You have the best ideias, enjoy your time (Portugal included)
Thank you! Will do!
Hi Norm and Tina - we just discovered your channel and love your content. Very helpful. My husband and I are on the same path as both of you, just a couple of yards back 🤗. We would love to see a video on transportation... where you fly into PORTUGAL, how you get to Albuferia and how /what you use to travel around the country. Train, car etc? Also a video of types of long stay apartments you stayed at. What to search for online. Like your apt search in Canada. Thanks! We’re Ontarians’ too.
We have a few videos on Albufeira that shows what your asking , look at our first video it covers how we got there and an appartment tour Cheers 🍺🌺🍷
I worked and traveled the world from 20-73. I have owned a house, timeshare, and a condo, but I love renting better.
I virtually travel now, and so happy I did travel earlier. I love your videos. Renting out your apartment could be buglarized, and you return with nothing. I wish you the best and stay blessed always.
We find travel so rewarding and we have travelled a lot in our life. We would never sublet our apartment, it’s not worth the worry. Our son recently told us about virtual travel which we are going to check out. We love watching movies and seeing places we have been to lol Have a great weekend.
Congrats...great info
Thanks for watching hope you are staying safe have a great weekend Cheers 🙂🍷🍺
Hi Tina and Norm
We just this week we’re lucky enough to happen upon your videos. Bonita and I had planned to winter in Costa Rica after 10 years in Florida but Covid prevented that this year. We have now changed our minds, or really,you have changed our minds.
The Algarve looks like the perfect place and hopefully next Year we will be able to be there.
Thank you so much for the friendly and informative talks. We love them.
Wish you folks lived next door to us here in London (Ontario).
PS: Would Faro be a good spot for a month?
Sincerely
Bob Magill
We are pleased you have found our channel Bob we do love going to Portugal 🇵🇹 over the Winter months , in answer to your question we wouldn’t stay in Faro it’s the only big city on the Algarve it’s big and commercial , has an airport ✈️that’s where you can fly to .All the other places along the Algarve are small towns some of our favourites are Quarteria, Albufeira, Armacao de Pera, Lagos and Alvor .Hope this helps we also hope to be back to Portugal 🇵🇹 next winter ( we haven’t travelled these last two years either with Covid travel restrictions) Cheers 🍷🇵🇹🇨🇦🍺🌺
We were doing the same thing. We love our summers here but would rather not winter here. We were in the process of starting our residency application and even had the area picked out but the travel ban nullified that because you have to have a face to face interview in Portugal. Will have to wait to see what the future holds.
Oh wow sounds like we were thinking the same , sorry your plan is on hold ,ours is too we can’t really see being able to go till 2022 and that’s a maybe 🤔. Our vaccination 💉 program is not going very fast here in Canada 🇨🇦 either , TFW we hope you have a great weekend Cheers 🍷🍺🙂🌺
Keep uploading and show the places you guys go to.
We will and thanks for watching enjoy your week ATB 🙂🌞
This would be awesome 👌sledgehammered that like button stay safe awesome and blessed and a enjoyed watch
Thanks! You too! Have a great week Cheers 🍷🍺🙂
Great Video!
Glad you enjoyed it Cheers 🍷🇵🇹🍺
Look into the town/city of Tavira. It is right near the border with Spain. There is a real benefit of driving 5 minutes to Ayemont and doing groceries in Spain. Or a short drive and you are in Seville.... AND as Brits you can have a little taste of home in Gibraltar and still return home to Tavira for dinner.
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ps: I'm a Torontonian or Portuguese background in my late 40s and seriously looking into retirement preparation myself - so I enjoy your channel and YOU HAVE A NEW SUBSCRIBER !!!. Honestly though I have a yearning to retire in other parts of Europe - only to enjoy different experiences.
We went to Tavira for the day and it’s lovely we also went to Seville for the weekend and that was gorgeous, with Covid all plans have changed, but if travel returns we might go to Portugal 🇵🇹 for 90 days . Cheers 🍷🍺🌺
Tina reminds be of Edith Bunker, voice and mannerisms wise. Which is a nice thing!
Thank you have a great week 🍷🌺🍺
Lots of blue skies starting mid to late January here. Crisp cold air. I think people stay indoors too much in winter.
Enjoy Portugal. I am just razzing you. Although I am sure I would miss the 4 seasons even if winter does drag on a bit.
Hi Tina and Norm , such fabulous news. So happy for you and hope you find answers to all your questions and manage to fulfil your dreams. I'll just add that I am Jealous with a capital J!! I was just thinking this morning about being there and how I could just do with it after everything. 2 weeks to moving so everything is a bit eeeeek! Have a good day. See you next week. Stay safe 🏴🇨🇦🍷🍺💖
Hi Carol countdown to moving 😱do you have far to go ? We wish you all the best for the move .I think everyone is dreaming 😴 about the warm places that they would like to be in , sort of cabin fever but these travel restrictions for both you and us has put that on hold for the moment.
Doesn’t look like we will get vaccinated 💉till middle of summer 🤞
We are looking forward to our trailer hopefully May , did you mention you had a local trip planned ?🧐
We went for a big long walk this morning which was nice , trying to do exercise and keep fit .
Stay safe keep warm and enjoy your weekend Cheers 🍺🙂🇨🇦🍷🌺🏴🤗
Love your videos 😍
Glad you like them!
It’s really sad that this pandemic has halted life for many of us! However, it can spur you on once it’s getting better!
We agree but nothing left than to do what you can and rejoice in the memories we have.
I think your idea of six months living in Canada during the summer is a good idea. Keeping the apartment is also a same idea. You have spent time living in Portugal is also a very good idea. Do it! I’m 75 and have travelled throughout Europe for extended periods of time but never set up part time residency in any country. Looking back I wish I had. Life really is short so don’t wait, go for it and I wish you the best of luck.
We are hoping our plan will give us the best of both worlds 🌍, we also realize as we get older that we might not want to travel the same amount hence keeping the appartment, we are glad in the last 5 years we have had some fantastic trips and memories since our early retirement . Hope you have a great weekend Cheers 🙂🍷🍺
More great innovation. Thanks
Thanks for watching enjoy your weekend Cheers 🌺🐣🍷🍺
Albufeiro is a lovely friendly town. there was some really nice long term rentals to . The language was a barrier , food fantastic and yes close to fly to other countries .Regarding renting an apartment in Canada , it is all good until the landlord wants to sell it or move back in . Probably wise to buy your own condo and sublease it when you travel .
We rent from a corporation who has over 80 buildings, so no worry about loosing our apartment. Yes we miss Portugal, hopefully we will be back one day. Thanks for watching.
My castocartography identifies Portugal and Spain as ideal places to retire!
Thank you 🙂
I am retiring in 16 weeks when I turn 55 and have been watching your channel. Both of you are such an inspiration and have taken much of your advice. Thank-you so much, maybe catch you guys in Portugal sometime as my wife and I are looking at options. You have my best and stay safe!!
Thanks for watching and welcome to our channel , congrats 🥳 on your early retirement we wish you and your wife a great time, we took ours 5 years ago and haven’t looked back . Portugal 🇵🇹 is a great place you visit and maybe one day see you there Cheers 🙂🍷🇵🇹Have a great weekend 🤗
Sounds wonderful , Bill and I had our place in Palm Springs in our 70 now our Emergency Travel insurance is getting very costly.
I do have duel citizenship Netherlands/Canada , you definitely have something to think about. Once we sold our place here and rented Subletting was not allowed by the owner nor the Strata that would have been the perfect 👌 we should have thought that part through in more detail:) ✨🌷✨
Hi thanks for dropping by nice to see you , although we can sublet we won’t as we still want to be able to come and go as we please. We will have the summers at our new trailer ( very excited) and our appartment then hopefully time over Winter 🥶 in Portugal 🇵🇹 but with all these travel restrictions that won’t probably be till 2022 but realistically it might be 2023 .
So in the meantime we will love ❤️ Canada 🇨🇦and our new trailer at our Lakeside Campground and take every day as it comes . Hope you and hubby are both well have a great week Cheers 🍷🙂🍺🇨🇦
My 33 year old daughter and her partner moved to Portugal, they first lived in a motor home, now have a home near
Monchique.
Have a great weekend Cheers 🍺🌺🍷
Great Joyce, moving to Portugal.
Thanks
I LOVE YOUR CONTENT
Thank you
God bless you and your family
Thanks so much have a wonderful day Cheers 🍺🍷🙂
I truly enjoy your videos..Thank you...
We are so happy that you do, thank you.
Do like Americans and Canadians do. . They go to Florida and the locals called them snow birds!🌲🎄⛄️⛄️⛄️❄️❄️❄️❄️☃️☃️☃️☃️
Great idea think we might be doing just that have a great weekend Cheers 🍷🌺🍺
Retiring to Thailand at the end of summer this year....a central hub to Asia and the pacific.....although like you, and for the same reasons, we’ve already traveled to just about everywhere...
Thailand does seem popular and affordable, we are a little hesitant about traveling there, we did look into a long stay in Chiang Mai as it was popular with digital nomads but never went through with it. We hope you have a great time in Thailand.
We stayed in Estoi it was heaven
When discharging my patients from hospital in September... They only lived in a summer trailer but were too unwell to travel to their winter home. It was bad. They had to pay winter accommodation over a Canadian winter.
We did say we were also keeping our apartment and our trailer for the summer and only going away in the Winter months 🌺Enjoy your weekend.
I didn't know you grew up in Europe. Your plan sounds ideal. God Bless. 😁👋💖
Yes we did , we have been in Canada 🇨🇦 for 29 years and it’s great , hope you are well have a great weekend Cheers 🙂🌺🍷
Thank you 😀😀
Lovely couple. Good luck.
Thank you 😊
What a nice couple you are, l gather Portugal is very nice but l have never been. I lived in Spain for 8 years and love to travel. I think your idea is good, because rental leaves you free in a sense. When l had a Spanish house and a UK too l found the running of two places stressful, you have 2 lots of maintenance, two lots of bills, two lots of things to go wrong! In the end l sold the Spanish one. Had l rented it would have been a lot more simple for me, and if l go to Portugal as l plan to l will certainly rent. Good luck with whatever you do. Life is for living, which sadly in the uk we seem to have forgotten!
Hi Amanda wow that’s quite the story TFS , that is why we love renting in both places a lot more freedom . Yes this Covid has put a stop 🛑 to living as we knew it , it’s sounds really bad in the UK 🇬🇧 We also have a no travelling here in Canada 🇨🇦
Hope you enjoy a great week Cheers 🍷🌺🍺
I understand i travel from canada to florida each year and enjoy both places,
Sounds great!
I am really enjoying your series. I have been a financial advisor for 35 years . I agree I tell clients to always travel in the first 5 - 10 years .I am testing the waters while still running my business . I take 1 month in Arizona and looking at Portugal next year as well . We take 1 month in the summer . Just curious on your budget, an apartment, trailer and 6 months away . Safe & healthy travels All The Best
Your travel plans sound great we haven’t been to Arizona but have travelled extensively since we took early retirement 5 years ago . We do like Portugal 🇵🇹 and been there quite a few times and this year will enjoy our trailer at the Lake.
Hope you are well have a great weekend Cheers 🍷🙂🍺