Panama Relocation Tours
Panama Relocation Tours
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Panama Relocation Tours offers all-inclusive 6-day tours of Panama. During a tour, you'll see the best places to live in Panama, meet expats, and learn everything you need to know to make a smooth transition to living in Panama. Since 2010, we've helped thousands of people retire in Panama the easy way.
Boquete, Panama
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Terri F
Mims, FL101 contributions
Feb 2020
This was a fabulous experience. Leaving aside for the moment the practical purpose of the tour, the whole experience was fantastic. EVERYTHING was taken care of beautifully by Jackie, Ellen and Jorge. We had an fabulous time. The hotels were great, the food was great, absolutely everything was run like clockwork. We have been on tours throughout Europe and the US and I can honestly say that Jackie and Ellen ran
this tour better, were more hospitable and gave better value than we have ever experienced before. As for the practical purpose, we could not have asked for better. SO MUCH practical information! We cannot recommend this tour enough and we feel well prepared for the next step to our relocation process, but we are secure knowing that should we have any doubts or questions Jackie will be there to help us in the future.
this tour better, were more hospitable and gave better value than we have ever experienced before. As for the practical purpose, we could not have asked for better. SO MUCH practical information! We cannot recommend this tour enough and we feel well prepared for the next step to our relocation process, but we are secure knowing that should we have any doubts or questions Jackie will be there to help us in the future.
Written February 26, 2020
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Dan R
10 contributions
Dec 2021 • Couples
My wife and I purchased the Panama Relocation Tour online guide a few months ago (Sept 2021) because we didn’t have time to take the tour. The guide is so complete, plus it’s continually updated. It’s now December 2021 and we are in Panama for 12 days. We met with a immigration lawyer that was recommended in the online guide - she was extremely helpful & eager to meet with us even though it was a few days before Christmas. We took a major tour of Panama City, again just a couple of days before Christmas, with a fantastic guide who was recommend in the online guide - he was exceptional, the tour was very educational & informative. We are now staying in a small hotel in Boquete, a small popular tourist mountain town, again it was recommended in the online guide & the views & accommodations are awesome. We rented a car for 5 days and … you guessed it, it was from a car rental business recommended in the guide. We were hesitant at first to get the guide, but are so glad we did, because the A to Z information has been & still is soooo helpful. It was the encouragement we needed to solidify our decision to move to Panama soon. Take a tour, get the guide and go to Panama.
Written December 26, 2021
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Thanks so much for your review of the Complete Panama Relocation Guide. We're so glad to hear that all our recommendations have been helpful for you. The information in the Guide will continue to be an essential resource for you when you plan your move to Panama. And we offer ongoing support before, during, and after your move to Panama. You'll love living in Panama!
Written December 30, 2021
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Rita F
Las Vegas, NV125 contributions
Nov 2020
This is a comprehensive tour and gives an overall experience in Panama. We landed in Panama City and had time to look around prior to the tour. All reservations were top notch including the night before the tour started in Panama City. We got lots of good and accurate information from day 1 through the end of the tour. The tour guides have actually been through a relocation to Panama from the U.S. When you live through something, you can present an accurate picture of the country. We went from Panama City to a resort up the coast. All food was good and the accomodations were very nice. Most important, we went from city to beach along the highways to the beautiful mountains. The tour is designed to provide real life in Panama. We talked to expats that have made the move and went to the local markets and explored shopping. Jackie and her team provided information and assistance to all on the tour and to those that take the tour the conversations do not end when the tour ends. We have always received a prompt reply to any correspondence or questions. Several on our tour have relocated to Panama and we plan to start a 6 month rotation within a few months. The recommended lawyer we used to get our Visas were the same way, prompt with replies and information.
Written October 2, 2021
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Rita, thanks for your review of Panama Relocation Tours. We look forward to seeing you again when you move to Panama.
Written October 3, 2021
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Carol Reckamp
Chicago, IL4 contributions
Aug 2022
Panama Relocation Tours was a slam dunk winner tour for those looking to live in Panama. This tour did five things very well: 1) Provided Resources from their business; 2) Created an environment that we could easily create our own resources to follow up; 3) Provided an good base education; 4) Made it fun; 5) Incredibly affordable!
The PRT set up nearly everything after we bought the ticket. We simply had to show up to the airport and get on the bus each day. We had speakers, lawyers, apartment visits, home visits, real estate agents, and many other expats to talk to during the course of our trip.
Our tour guides - Steve and Ellen Baily were incredibly knowledgeable, kinds, and entertaining. Steve took the time to explain the why and how of many things, and he did it with constant wit, that made every story entertaining. Ellen followed up with the emotional and culture ways to deal. She also seemed to juggle the constant challenges of developing counties to make our trip as smooth as possible. Jay (wish I remembered his last name) was a source of knowledge and support the whole time as well.
We stayed in decent or great hotels everywhere. We had more food than we could possibly eat. The bus was comfortable. We stopped in 7 or 8 cities in all sorts of climates - and we learned!
The people on this trip were all open minded and easy spend a week with. I felt like I made some friends that will be there a long time and maybe the rest of our lives if we end up going there. The Panamanian people were some of the kindest I have every come across in my travels.
I strongly recommend this trip for those who are trying to decide if they want to live in Panama.
The PRT set up nearly everything after we bought the ticket. We simply had to show up to the airport and get on the bus each day. We had speakers, lawyers, apartment visits, home visits, real estate agents, and many other expats to talk to during the course of our trip.
Our tour guides - Steve and Ellen Baily were incredibly knowledgeable, kinds, and entertaining. Steve took the time to explain the why and how of many things, and he did it with constant wit, that made every story entertaining. Ellen followed up with the emotional and culture ways to deal. She also seemed to juggle the constant challenges of developing counties to make our trip as smooth as possible. Jay (wish I remembered his last name) was a source of knowledge and support the whole time as well.
We stayed in decent or great hotels everywhere. We had more food than we could possibly eat. The bus was comfortable. We stopped in 7 or 8 cities in all sorts of climates - and we learned!
The people on this trip were all open minded and easy spend a week with. I felt like I made some friends that will be there a long time and maybe the rest of our lives if we end up going there. The Panamanian people were some of the kindest I have every come across in my travels.
I strongly recommend this trip for those who are trying to decide if they want to live in Panama.
Written August 14, 2022
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THANK YOU for your review of your Panama Relocation Tour. And thanks for the recommendation too! I'm so glad the tour exceeded your expectations and that you enjoyed the unique environment during the tour. Welcome to the PRT family.
Written August 17, 2022
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Royce P
1 contribution
Apr 2022
Unfortunately all the tours for 2022 were full and we ended up purchasing the online guide and did a private tour with Chris Young. Looking back it was the best decision we could've made! Jackie's online guide was like our Panama 'bible'. It was the perfect guide to provide us visa information along with vetted contacts. We couldn't have moved to Panama without it! At the very least it saved us a lot of time from having to do all the research ourselves.
Our highlight was our tour with Chris Young. We found Chris on the Panama Relocation Tours online guide and reached out to him via email. He was the first person to recommend WhatsApp and we downloaded the app (everyone uses WhatsApp here) and set up our first video chat with him. Chris was a WEALTH of information. Not only has he lived in Panama for over 10 years, but he's also the owner of a number of popular expat restaurants. Since we loved food--he was the perfect guide! Chris provides a very honest and transparent view of what living in Panama is like. We visited a waterfall, a nature preserve (we have a 6 yo son and 8 yo daughter), along with showing us all the 'must sees' which to us were: grocery stores, banks, coffee shops, shipping/mail etc.
The whole family enjoyed the tour and Chris was amazing. We highly recommend Jackie's online guide as a resource and for sure Chris as a private guide. Both will be sure to prove indispensable for those truly researching Panama as a place to live. It's been almost 6 months since we moved to Panama and continue to be amazed by how much we love living here. Good luck to all those contemplating the move. It's definitely not for everyone. But for some (and there are a growing number of young families like us here)...it's paradise. Cheers!
Our highlight was our tour with Chris Young. We found Chris on the Panama Relocation Tours online guide and reached out to him via email. He was the first person to recommend WhatsApp and we downloaded the app (everyone uses WhatsApp here) and set up our first video chat with him. Chris was a WEALTH of information. Not only has he lived in Panama for over 10 years, but he's also the owner of a number of popular expat restaurants. Since we loved food--he was the perfect guide! Chris provides a very honest and transparent view of what living in Panama is like. We visited a waterfall, a nature preserve (we have a 6 yo son and 8 yo daughter), along with showing us all the 'must sees' which to us were: grocery stores, banks, coffee shops, shipping/mail etc.
The whole family enjoyed the tour and Chris was amazing. We highly recommend Jackie's online guide as a resource and for sure Chris as a private guide. Both will be sure to prove indispensable for those truly researching Panama as a place to live. It's been almost 6 months since we moved to Panama and continue to be amazed by how much we love living here. Good luck to all those contemplating the move. It's definitely not for everyone. But for some (and there are a growing number of young families like us here)...it's paradise. Cheers!
Written November 21, 2022
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HI Royce THANKS for your review of the Complete Panama Relocation Guide and your Private Tour with Chris. Like PRT, Chris tells the good and the bad about Panama so you can make an informed decision about relocating to Panama.
Thanks also for your recommendation of the Online Complete Panama Relocation Guide. Between the Panama Relocation Tours and the Online Guide, we've helped thousands of people have a smooth, hassle-free move to Panama.
Welcome to paradise and the PRT Family!
Written December 7, 2022
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Lorraine P
Cleveland, OH2 contributions
Aug 2021 • Solo
A solo female traveling outside of your comfort zone in another country takes simple courage. With Jackie's relocation tour from the day that I signed up I was put at ease as to my safety, my whereabouts, the people that I would be traveling with, where I would be laying my head every night and even what I would be eating 24/7 in a country where the language is totally different than what I know, and in times where no one knows what tomorrow will bring. Kudos to Jackie Lang and Panama relocation tours for being able to keep her tours at a level of excellence like she does. She does an amazing job at going with the flow and continuing a great tour even with the many obstacles like government closures of regions on her travel itinerary causing her to change the itinerary inclusive of where to go, where to eat, and where to house an entire bus of people. That takes talent and knowledge of the entire country of Panama. With that being said her staff also needs to be very flexible and be able to deal with every change at a moment's notice . Jackie's staff, Ellen and Steve are able to keep the flow going, keep the majority of the people happy, and are just plain excellent in what they do. Being on the August 6th 2021 tour changes had to be made but they were done efficiently, professionally, and with all smile on everyone's face but one disgruntled traveler in the group was unable to accept the changes. With all the efforts by this person to upset the entire group Jackie had no choice but to very professionally ask them to excuse them self from the tour. Jackie will not allow anything to take away the experience for everyone on her tour groups.
Written October 1, 2021
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Thank you for your review of your Panama Relocation Tour. We always say that Panama is not right for everyone. But the people who live in Panama absolutely love Panama.
You're right that I will not allow one person who complains about everything about Panama, to take away an excellent experience that everyone else on the tour is enjoying.
Written October 3, 2021
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Mike Pigg
Texas3 contributions
Jun 2023 • Couples
We took the Panama Relocation Tour at the first of June 2023. It was a great way to see the country and get information on relocating to this beautiful country. The tour guides Chuck and Deb were great and were very knowledgeable about the in’s and out’s of moving to Panama. As Deb said people come down there either without researching what and where they want to stay or just show up and think it is like the United States, it is NOT! We plan on moving down at some point and have great resources available to us just by taking the tour. The tour is $2000.00 per person, but that is not a lot of money to pay if you were to blunder and not take the tour. The owner, Jackie Lange has spent the last 13+ years developing the included guide and vets lawyers, real estate companies and rentals so you don’t get taken for a costly ride. We highly recommend PANAMA RELOCATION TOURS!
Written June 23, 2023
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Your review is SPOT ON! Panama Relocation Tours helps people avoid costly mistakes by teaching them the RIGHT way to move to Panama and providing vetted contacts. And you're right that Panama is not like the United States.
I'm so glad you enjoyed your tour. You got the information you need to make an informed decision. We'll be here to offer help and support before, during, and after you move to Panama.
Let us know when you come back to Panama... and where you decide to move to.
Written July 3, 2023
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Edith S
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania7 contributions
Mar 2021 • Solo
I highly recommend the private tour guides in the Panama Oeste and Azuero Peninsula areas . The guided tours are part of the Panama Relocation Guide. The guides were both extremely familiar with their assigned areas. Cat Mandell is warm, smart and really tunes in to her clients to ensure she tailors the guide to that client. Phil MacIntyre is awesome! We went to multiple locations and he spent hours explaining about each area, from awesome restaurants, to great shops and fun hangout spots.
The online Relocation Guide is filled with “need-to-know”information to help make the move to Panama a smooth transition. The move itself and my adjustment has been so easy and I owe it to Jackie Lange’s Panama Relocation Guide! If you have done your research and have decided to move to Panama, please look into the Panama Relocation Guide to make the move as stress-free as possible.
The online Relocation Guide is filled with “need-to-know”information to help make the move to Panama a smooth transition. The move itself and my adjustment has been so easy and I owe it to Jackie Lange’s Panama Relocation Guide! If you have done your research and have decided to move to Panama, please look into the Panama Relocation Guide to make the move as stress-free as possible.
Written September 1, 2021
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A Simple Farm Boy
3 contributions
Aug 2021
I went on this group tour in August 2021, during the pandemic. The tour was very helpful to assess my interest in retiring in Panama. The goal of the tour is not to find your perfect home/location, it is to give you a general overview of the country of Panama, its people, climate(s), culture, housing & shopping options, etcetera.
That was all accomplished.
The accommodations and food were as expected, nice and clean. It wasn't Five Diamond quality, but that isn't what we were sold or expected. Regardless, I was comfortable and please with each location.
The people of Panama are wonderful, friendly, helpful, and welcoming.
I have since booked a private tour, through the same company (Panama Relocation Tours) to explore the area I am most interested.
A repeat customer, so that should tell you something.
Better than the tour are the other services that you are afforded by taking the tour. Ongoing advice, tips, referrals, and a community that will save you time, headaches, mistakes, and lots of money (multiples of what the tour itself cost),
That was all accomplished.
The accommodations and food were as expected, nice and clean. It wasn't Five Diamond quality, but that isn't what we were sold or expected. Regardless, I was comfortable and please with each location.
The people of Panama are wonderful, friendly, helpful, and welcoming.
I have since booked a private tour, through the same company (Panama Relocation Tours) to explore the area I am most interested.
A repeat customer, so that should tell you something.
Better than the tour are the other services that you are afforded by taking the tour. Ongoing advice, tips, referrals, and a community that will save you time, headaches, mistakes, and lots of money (multiples of what the tour itself cost),
Written January 6, 2022
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
Thanks so much for your review of your Panama Relocation Tour. We are so happy to hear that you enjoyed the tour, the information, and more! Once you take a Panama Relocation Tour, you're part of our growing community of like-minded people who will always be there to help you have a smooth hassle-free move to Panama.
Written January 28, 2022
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RobertBofColorado
Highlands Ranch, Colorado, United States4 contributions
Jan 2022
This company has great customer service. I initially registered for a full tour but our relocation timeline got compressed and we had to switch to the Online Virtual Tour because earlier tours were sold out. I had a refund of my tour deposit in less than 12 hours. I purchased the online virtual tour and watched several of the videos last night. This is clearly a family run operation that takes a personal interest in providing great information to their customers. Thank you Jackie and family for a great resource as we plan our move. Wish we could have joined a full tour, but thanks for making the information available virtually.
Written January 20, 2022
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Thanks for leaving a review about your experience with Panama Relocation Tours. It's certainly a TEAM effort to make sure the tours run smoothly and that everyone is taken care of. Stay in touch! Let us know about your trip to Panama! And let us know if you need anything. We're here for you.
Written January 28, 2022
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Does anyone know how I can get a RORO from Guayanquil to Panama? I am having no luck and stuck! Thanks
Written October 25, 2024
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