Tag Archives: international assignment

Cost of Living for Expats: Xpatulator’s 1 October 2025 Snapshot

Posted on October 27, 2025 by Xpatulator

Moving country without studying cost of living is like signing a contract without reading the small print. Prices can swing dramatically between cities, and your salary’s purchasing power can shrink fast if you don’t adjust for those differences. That’s exactly … Continue reading →

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Kenya Cost of Living: Expatriate Cultural Tips, Risk Rating, Tipping and More…

Posted on September 4, 2014 by Xpatulator

Kenya is a country of diversity, where within its borders are you will find the rich savannahs where big game roam, where cultures are unchanged by the modern world, pristine beaches and coral reefs stretch the coastline, equatorial forests and mighty snow-capped mountains can be found … Continue reading →

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International Cost of Living July 2009

Posted on July 12, 2009 by Xpatulator

if you were to relocate anywhere in the world right now, where would you experience the lowest cost of living with the least amount of hardship? Hardship is used as the measure of discomfort a person and their family are likely to experience. Each global location is ranked between 1 which is minimal hardship and 4 which is extreme hardship. Assuming therefore that you would want to live in a minimal hardship location, the location with the lowest cost of living index is…… Continue reading →

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The need to be open minded as an Expat

Posted on May 28, 2009 by Xpatulator

continuation of raising kids as an Expat…..being openminded Continue reading →

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How to Calculate a Cost of Living Allowance

Posted on January 25, 2009 by Xpatulator

A Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) is a salary supplement paid to employees to cover differences in the cost of living, particularly as a result of an international assignment. The amount of COLA should enable an expatriate to be able … Continue reading →

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A New Approach to Expatriate Pay

Posted on January 25, 2009 by Xpatulator

The challenges of ensuring expatriates are paid fair salaries across different countries, in the current economic climate, of the credit crisis together with rapid currency and inflation fluctuations are increasingly complex. The current economic climate has made it necessary to … Continue reading →

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