Everything You Need to Move Abroad
The fastest-growing free community for Americans planning their move abroad. Real resources. Vetted experts.
And a community of people who are doing exactly what you're planning to do.
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33+ Expert Guides
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Community of Expats
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What's Inside
Built to Replace the 47 Tabs You Have Open Right Now.
Every resource, every expert connection, every community conversation organized in one place on Skool. This is the infrastructure your relocation research has been missing.
Destination Guides: Deep-dive guides for every covered destination neighborhoods, cost of living, and what life actually looks like on the ground for Americans making the move.
Visa & Residency Roadmaps: Current, accurate visa guides for Colombia, Mexico, Panama, South Africa, and beyond covering Digital Nomad visas, temporary residency, retirement visas, and more.
Housing Market Guides: How to find housing without getting burned. Neighborhood breakdowns, lease red flags, average rental costs by city, and how to search remotely before you arrive.
Healthcare Navigation: Country-by-country healthcare guides EPS vs. private in Colombia, IMSS in Mexico, JCI-accredited hospitals in Panama, and how to pre-plan your health coverage before you move.
Budgets & Cost of Living: Real monthly budget breakdowns for every destination. What $2,000/month actually gets you in Medellin vs. Panama City vs. Cape Town real numbers, no guessing.
Vetted Expert Directory: Access to the MOOD Expert network — vetted immigration attorneys, real estate advisors, healthcare navigators, and banking specialists in every destination country.
Active Community: Connect with Americans at every stage of the relocation journey the ones doing research, the ones mid-move, and the ones already living the life. Real conversations, real answers.
Banking & Wealth Abroad: How to bank internationally, manage currency risk, access US accounts from abroad, and start building real wealth property, investment, and income — in your destination country
Relocation Consulting Upgrades: When you’re ready for personalized 1:1 support, community members get first access to MOOD’s consulting packages Scout, Pathfinder, and Rooted built around your specific situation.
DESTINATIONS
1. Medellín, Colombia
Country: Colombia
City: Medellín
Main Focus: Digital Nomad Visa
Estimated Monthly Budget: $800–$2,500/month
2. Cartagena, Colombia
Country: Colombia
City: Cartagena
Main Focus: Afro-Colombian Roots
Estimated Monthly Budget: $900–$2,200/month
3. Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Country: Mexico
City: Puerto Vallarta
Main Focus: Temporary Residency
Estimated Monthly Budget: $1,200–$3,000/month
4. Panama City, Panama
Country: Panama
City: Panama City
Main Focus: Pensionado Visa
Estimated Monthly Budget: $1,500–$3,500/month
5. Cape Town, South Africa
Country: South Africa
City: Cape Town
Main Focus: Digital Nomad Visa
Estimated Monthly Budget: $1,200–$2,800/month
6. Playa del Carmen, Mexico
Country: Mexico
City: Playa del Carmen
Main Focus: Temporary Residency
Estimated Monthly Budget: $1,000–$2,500/month
7. Cali, Colombia
Country: Colombia
City: Cali
Main Focus: Salsa Capital
Estimated Monthly Budget: $700–$1,800/month
8. Santa Marta, Colombia
Country: Colombia
City: Santa Marta
Main Focus: Caribbean Coast
Estimated Monthly Budget: $700–$1,900/month
HOW IT WORKS
1. Join Free on Skool
Click the link, create your free account, and you’re in. No credit card. No trial period. No catch. Full access starts immediately.
2. Find Your Destination
Navigate the resource library to your target destination. Deep-dive guides, visa breakdowns, housing data, and budget numbers all organized and current.
3. Connect & Move Forward
Ask questions in the community, connect with members who’ve done it, and access the MOOD Expert network when you’re ready for personalized 1:1 support.
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FOUNDER
Founder, MOOD Travel Abroad · MOOD Travel Club · Black Cruisers Club
Founder Bio
In 2016, RJ MOOD left Miami and moved to Medellín, Colombia. Not for a vacation. Not for a press trip. For good.
Eight years later, he has built three interconnected brands from the ground up navigating visas, housing, healthcare, banking, and cultural integration in real time, in a second language, in a country most Americans only visit.
MOOD Travel Abroad was built because the organized, reliable resources he needed when he first moved did not exist. They do now they are free.
8+ Years Abroad
3 Active Brands
10+ Countries Covered
1K+ Travelers Served
The Problem
You have spent hours on Reddit threads, YouTube rabbit holes, and Facebook groups that are half outdated and half full of people who don’t have the answers you actually need. Getting clear, current, organized information about building a real life abroad as an American should not feel like a second job.
- Information Overload With No Filter: Generic expat content was not built around the American experience of relocating it skips the financial, legal, and practical questions that actually determine whether your move succeeds or fails.
- Scattered Resources, No System: Visa info here. Housing tips there. Healthcare questions unanswered. You are stitching together a plan from twenty different sources with no way to know what is current.
- No Reliable Starting Point: Most relocation content on the internet is either too generic to be useful or too specific to someone else’s situation. You need resources built around Americans making the move not expats from other countries or digital nomads passing through.
The MOOD solution
One Community. Everything You Actually Need.
MOOD Travel Abroad is not a Facebook group. It is not a YouTube channel. It is a structured, fully equipped Skool community built for Americans who are serious about moving abroad connecting you with the vetted resources, expert guidance, and real peer community you need to make a confident, informed decision about where and how to build your life overseas.
Frequently Asked Questions
MOOD Travel Abroad currently covers Colombia, Mexico, Panama, South Africa, and Thailand.
Current destination guides include:
Colombia: Medellín, Cartagena, Cali, Santa Marta
Mexico: Puerto Vallarta, Playa del Carmen
Panama: Panama City
South Africa: Cape Town
Thailand: Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Phuket, Koh Samui, and more
New destinations are added regularly based on community interest and demand.
Skool is a community and learning platform that combines a structured resource library with active discussion, events, and member-to-member connection.
It works on desktop and mobile. When you join MOOD's Skool community, you get access to guides, posts, community discussions, and live events — all organized in one place.
Think of it as a knowledge base and community forum built specifically for learning, planning, and connection.
Not at all.
Most community members are in the research phase when they join — exploring options, running the numbers, and figuring out if moving abroad is right for them.
The MOOD community is designed for every stage: curious, actively planning, preparing to move, and already living abroad.
MOOD Travel Abroad is built for Americans who are considering or actively planning a move abroad.
That includes remote workers, retirees, entrepreneurs, couples, families, and people who are simply ready to explore life outside the U.S.
The community covers the full relocation journey, from early research to life on the ground.
MOOD Travel Abroad was built by someone who has been living abroad since 2016.
It is not generic expat content, a travel blog, or another noisy social group. The guides, resources, and expert network are based on real lived experience across Colombia, Mexico, Panama, and South Africa.
It is a structured relocation resource system built by someone who has navigated the process firsthand.
The free community gives you access to MOOD's educational resource library, destination guides, peer discussions, and the MOOD Expert directory.
The paid consulting packages provide personalized 1:1 support with RJ MOOD and vetted MOOD Experts for visa strategy, housing search support, and hands-on relocation planning based on your timeline, goals, and situation.
Yes.
The community library includes visa and housing guides for every covered destination. You can also post questions in the community and hear from members who have navigated similar situations.
For personalized or jurisdiction-specific advice, the MOOD Expert network includes vetted immigration attorneys and relocation professionals available through consulting package referrals.