Emigrating abroad to work remotely is a dream shared by many, but there are more than a few mistakes that can help to slip you up on your journey to realising that dream. From my own personal experience and that of a number of other remote workers I have met over the years, here are some of the top mistakes that many of us – including yours truly – have made when escaping overseas.

We interviewed Gabrielle Yetter last year on LiveWorkAbroad about living and working in Cambodia. Since then, she has had two books published: The Sweet Tastes of Cambodia & The Definitive Guide to Moving to Southeast Asia: Cambodia. This week we catch up with Gabrielle about her life and her books.

More of us than ever are packing up our possessions and are moving our families from the place that we have known for so long to search for a better life somewhere further afield.

If you want to live and work abroad you have a range of options to choose from when it comes to finding the perfect career that will allow you to do just that.

Lisette has travelled the world. Living out of a van whilst on tour Lisette has travelled through Europe and Hollywood as a remote worker and now lives in the lovely small town of Nijmegen in the Netherlands.

Moving abroad to work is a real adventure, and it is now more possible to do so than it ever has been. However, if you decide to move abroad and there is a chance that you may change your residential status to that of your new country, there are certain things that you will no longer be able to do. It is therefore important to make careful preparations and to know about effects your residency change will have, so that you can avoid any nasty shocks.

I was recently reading an article on a large expat website about a woman who is working for a large American firm that thinks she is living in another part of the USA – when in fact she is living in South America. She suggested that the company was happy for her to work remotely, but probably would not have hired her if she was based in another country.

Where did you spend Christmas this year? Christmas abroad can be a very different experience from what you are used to back at home. Some countries do not celebrate Christmas at all, and even in some Christian countries the whole experience can be unrecognisable from what you are used to. It can therefore be quite a difficult time to be away from home, and if you are prone to homesickness it can be very hard. Here are some tips to help you get through next Christmas if you found the last one difficult spending it abroad.

Lana left her life working for MTV in Sydney to follow her dream and love to Greece. Living the Greek life inspired Lana to write her best selling novel To Hellas And Back.

Grant took the decision to relocate to Amsterdam when the company he was working for offered him the chance of a lifetime and is not looking back.