Part 1 Before you go: keeping the family happy; tax and financial planning; learn a language; taking your pets with you; education overseas; health benefits and insurance; recreation and self-employment. Part 2 Moving out, settling in and coming back: moving overseas; settling in; furnishing, decorating and gardening; coming back to the UK; the end. Part 3 A home overseas: try before you buy; property organisations; property inspection tours; timesharing; title insurance and trustees; flights for owners; security and safety; household insurance; letting your overseas property; look before you leap. Part 4 Country surveys: the Islands around Britain; Europe and the Mediterranean; Australia; Canada; The Caribbean; New Zealand; United States of America (Florida).