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10 Tips for Living in El Salvador

By Betsy Burlingame

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Summary: From the best beach towns to buying property, expats in El Salvador offer advice for expats and people moving to El Salvador.

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About the Author

Betsy Burlingame Betsy Burlingame is the Founder and President of Expat Exchange and is one of the Founders of Digital Nomad Exchange. She launched Expat Exchange in 1997 as her Master's thesis project at NYU. Prior to Expat Exchange, Betsy worked at AT&T in International and Mass Market Marketing. She graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University with a BA in International Business and German.

Some of Betsy's articles include 12 Best Places to Live in Portugal, 7 Best Places to Live in Panama and 12 Things to Know Before Moving to the Dominican Republic. Betsy loves to travel and spend time with her family. Connect with Betsy on LinkedIn.


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Comments

tenstar
Jan 23, 2017 12:43

El Salvadore has the HIGHEST murder rate per capita in ALL of Central America: 103 per 100,000. No thanks!

DilbertPickle
Jan 27, 2017 17:19

Yes. Thank you. El Tunco is definitely not for families. It is known in El Salvador as a "gringo-hippie" place. Cheap digs, cheap booze, cheap drugs, cheap dates. HOWEVER, there have been a few nice developments as far as hotels are concerned, in recent times. Unfortunately, there will likely be young dysfunctional tourists with sore and swollen egos milling about for some time to come.

guest
Jan 27, 2017 17:20

And, yes, consider an area such as the San Francisco Bay Area, with a population roughly equal to that of El Salvador, having a weekend holiday marred by 200-300 murders, and you get the flavor of El Salvador.

guest
Jun 6, 2018 14:58

Wellcome to El Salvador , You can iev on you SS check , low cost of living , good hospitals and good specialists doctors , Labs everywhere .

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