A small-group, boots-on-the-ground look at the Latin America most tourists never see: healthcare, property, residency, business, banking, useful local contacts and everyday life.
Johnny Mueller has spent more than three decades living, working and doing business throughout Latin America. The seminar is built around the people, places and practical details that helped him—and that ordinary tours cannot show you.
Visit businesses, healthcare facilities, neighborhoods, markets and professional offices. Meet people who understand how life and business actually work locally.
Ask direct questions, have real conversations and get to know the other attendees. This is personal access, not a ballroom filled with hundreds of people.
The objective is practical information and perspective. You will hear what works, what fails, what newcomers miss and what to avoid.
Local guests, off-agenda stops and introductions make every seminar different. Some of the most useful discoveries happen outside the conference room.
You can research Latin America for years and still miss the details that determine whether your move, investment or retirement plan succeeds. The seminar lets you see the systems, prices, neighborhoods and daily realities with your own eyes.
Along the way, you will spend time with experienced expats, local professionals and business people. Those conversations can save years of trial and error.
See What You May ExperienceThe precise itinerary changes with the destination and local opportunities, but these are the subjects and real-world experiences at the heart of an Expat Insider Seminar.
Visit modern medical facilities and understand private care, insurance choices, availability, costs and how expats avoid unnecessary “gringo prices.”
Examine renting, buying, building and property management. Learn how attractive deals can go wrong and what to check before committing.
Hear how residency, corporations, titles, contracts and local bureaucracy work from qualified professionals who deal with them every day.
Explore commerce, banking, manufacturing, technology and the opportunities—and obstacles—that rarely appear in relocation brochures.
See local commerce in motion and learn what transportation, shopping, services, staffing and ordinary routines really look like.
Meet experienced expats and trusted local contacts. The people you know can matter as much as the information you collect.
Each seminar package is announced with a clear itinerary and inclusion list. Depending on the destination, past experiences have coordinated lodging, airport pickup, ground transportation, breakfasts, field visits, professional introductions and organized group activities.
The exact destination, duration and inclusions will be provided to priority-list members when the next seminar is announced.
Many attendees arrive early or remain afterward to explore Guatemala and the surrounding region. Antigua, Lake Atitlán, Tikal, the Pacific Coast and custom trips can be arranged separately around your schedule and interests.
The seminar gives you context and connections. Extra travel gives you time to slow down, revisit an area and picture what your own life here could look like.
Explore Guatemala OptionsYou are considering retirement or relocation and want a realistic picture of healthcare, housing, legal issues and everyday life.
You want to understand local business conditions, property, banking, staffing and opportunities before committing money.
You may not be ready to move, but you want to travel beyond the standard tourist experience and make useful connections.
The destination and route will be announced with the full itinerary. Priority-list members will receive those details first.
The seminars are intentionally kept small enough for meaningful conversations, group transportation and access to places large tours cannot visit.
The announcement will clearly list lodging, transportation, meals, visits and other inclusions so you can evaluate the complete experience before deciding.
No. The goal is useful information, access and perspective. You will see opportunities, but you will also hear risks, mistakes and reasons to walk away.
Yes. Separate custom travel can be coordinated around your schedule, from Antigua and Lake Atitlán to Tikal, the Pacific Coast and other destinations.
No. It gives you early information and the first opportunity to request a place when registration opens. There is no obligation.
Join the priority list for the destination, itinerary, inclusions, planning information and the first opportunity to request one of the limited places.
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