What we do
The Leaving Guide helps people figure out where in the world they could actually live — with regularly updated numbers on costs, visa routes and daily life, and the trade-offs laid out as plainly as the perks.
How we stay honest
We promise
- Every changing fact is dated and re-checked
- Downsides shown as clearly as upsides
- Official sources for visa & tax claims
- Budgets you could really live on
Where money comes in
- Some outbound links are affiliate links
- They never change what we write
- You never pay more for using them
- They keep the guides free and updated
Photography
Hero and destination photography is used under Creative Commons licences. Thanks to the photographers:
Alfama Rooftops and Tagus River View, Lisbon (547338Dale Cruse - 10M views from San Francisco, CA, USA · CC BY 4.0
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009000 - Madrid (9757490914).jpgM.Peinado from Alcalá de Henares, España · CC BY 2.0
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468 - Panorama of the city of Tbilisi.jpgJacques Dupakiers · CC BY 2.0
Burj Dubai skyline (4220501733).jpgJoi Ito from Cambridge, MA, USA · CC BY 2.0
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2016 centro de Montevideo desde la Rambla del presidFelipe Restrepo Acosta · CC BY-SA 4.0
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