El Cid
American looking for information about Panama
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Customer care in Panama by Priscilla
Hello everyone, The way customer services are handled can greatly affect your views on certain brands, products, companies or stores. As a consumer, it is important to get familiar with local practices regarding client assistance in Panama and ...
There are some attempts at customer service in Coronado but that because such establishments were owned by expats from North America or Europe. Agree with many about Panama City -its an art form mastering the charade of ignoring customers and ... Read More
Expats meetings in Panama City by Do65
Are there places in Panama City where expats meet ?
The Balboa Yacht Club and two American Chain Restaurants Bennigans and Friday's(I think) all three are on the causeway. Bennigans is run down but the other place is real nice near the end of the causeway with a outdoor seating area and US ... Read More
True cost of living (Panama City, Coronado, Padasi, etc) and lifestyle by kennonna
Hi Everyone: My wife and I are going to Panama this January to explore the possibility of moving there. Our goal is to find a place to stay in Coronado for a month (anyone know of a place to rent and/or a company to contact about it) and then move ...
Ken , My wife and I (early 50's) spent a couple of weeks in Coronado, Panama City, and a couple of places in between last year. Rent a place near Coronado from Home Away or one of those similar websites - not a hotel. You need to get a sense of ... Read More
What should I do as far as choosing a city or town... by 1991Recon!
Hello and thanks for getting back to me. Well, in a nutshell; I'm retired Army and live in Portland, Or. I have friends who have been there and tell me about how cool the military and civilian retired community was. So I want to move with my ...
What do you mean by "broke down" and living near a " base". Do you plan to live off what I assume is a modest Military Pension? Read More
Why do some expats leave Panama? by PacificaMaryAnn
As I reach the conclusion of my second exploratory trip to Panama, I felt compelled to discuss this new phase. I want to reaffirm how important it is to spend time in Panama before selling the house, the car, and all the belongings. One month in ...
My wife and I did the PC and Coronado stay for a few weeks in December 6 years in advance of an early retirement and came to many of the same conclusion on cost of living, property purchases and ex-pat communities. We will return to Panama as a ... Read More
looking at a possible retirement destination in Panama by knute
I am looking at a possible retirement destination in Panama...don't want to be in the city. Don't know Spanish but assume I should learn atleast some before hand. .Am hoping to travel down to explore it in person in the fall with my son. ...
True. Bars on the windows in El Paso were required in order to get home owners insurance by most carriers in the 90s Read More
Gatering info about retirement in Panama in practice. by atrokhan
Me and my wife decided to visit Panama and see if we can afford life here with a budget $1000-1500 a mo. We've got Hotel in Downtown of Panama City not inclusive (better to understand everything) and rent a Car in Tocumen's AVIS!!! It was ...
The advice to consider coastal Texas or Florida was for the New Yorker on a modest budget - not you! How did " Steve" become the bellicose center of this blog? Read More
Gatering info about retirement in Panama in practice. by atrokhan
Me and my wife decided to visit Panama and see if we can afford life here with a budget $1000-1500 a mo. We've got Hotel in Downtown of Panama City not inclusive (better to understand everything) and rent a Car in Tocumen's AVIS!!! It was ...
Steve, Steve, Steve..... Your the one who jumped in from the "Great White North" dissected my response to the New Yorker who requested individual opinions - I sure he was not seeking your critique of other responders! Read More
Gatering info about retirement in Panama in practice. by atrokhan
Me and my wife decided to visit Panama and see if we can afford life here with a budget $1000-1500 a mo. We've got Hotel in Downtown of Panama City not inclusive (better to understand everything) and rent a Car in Tocumen's AVIS!!! It was ...
No, just trying to rationalize your posts and determine why you would favor Panama over the rest of Central America. There are other locations for western world expat such as Granada- NIC, Antiqua and Lake Attilian -GUA, Jaco-CR Roatan-HON etc. Read More
Gatering info about retirement in Panama in practice. by atrokhan
Me and my wife decided to visit Panama and see if we can afford life here with a budget $1000-1500 a mo. We've got Hotel in Downtown of Panama City not inclusive (better to understand everything) and rent a Car in Tocumen's AVIS!!! It was ...
OK, so Canada has failed you and it's form of socialism apparently can't save its people from poverty. Don't wander to far off the 3rd world grid. Read More
Gatering info about retirement in Panama in practice. by atrokhan
Me and my wife decided to visit Panama and see if we can afford life here with a budget $1000-1500 a mo. We've got Hotel in Downtown of Panama City not inclusive (better to understand everything) and rent a Car in Tocumen's AVIS!!! It was ...
Agree with the 5k estimate for Panama City Read More
Gatering info about retirement in Panama in practice. by atrokhan
Me and my wife decided to visit Panama and see if we can afford life here with a budget $1000-1500 a mo. We've got Hotel in Downtown of Panama City not inclusive (better to understand everything) and rent a Car in Tocumen's AVIS!!! It was ...
Tracking expenditures statistics is no way to live a life especially in retirement. Referring to food as poison and democracies as enslavement places you in an off the grid fringe entity, If Canada & the U.S. has failed you in terms of career, ... Read More
Gatering info about retirement in Panama in practice. by atrokhan
Me and my wife decided to visit Panama and see if we can afford life here with a budget $1000-1500 a mo. We've got Hotel in Downtown of Panama City not inclusive (better to understand everything) and rent a Car in Tocumen's AVIS!!! It was ...
There is only one mandatory rental car coverage required in Panama and you can pay for it in advance in the U.S. I hAd good luck with Alamo. At the Airport counter they will insist you need more ignore them present your printout reservation with the ... Read More
Gatering info about retirement in Panama in practice. by atrokhan
Me and my wife decided to visit Panama and see if we can afford life here with a budget $1000-1500 a mo. We've got Hotel in Downtown of Panama City not inclusive (better to understand everything) and rent a Car in Tocumen's AVIS!!! It was ...
1500 won't cut it unless you are prepared to live like a pauper in a rural area. Housing, transportation, utilities and an eventual desire for US type food and products will squeeze you. I would think Social Security for two working adults ... Read More
Driving in Panama by Maximilien
Hi, What do you think of the way people drive in Panama? How different is it from your home country? Respecting the road safety rules, driving etiquette such as general courtesy, speed excessÂ… what are the characteristics of the driving style ...
Driving in Panama is as challenging as any Central American country. In Panama City Yield and Stop signs are simply a suggestion. The elevated roadways have short curving entry and exit ramps making it hard to accelerate or slow down. In the more ... Read More