People for People

Compass · Guidance for families moving abroad

Moving abroad with children.
You make the decision –
we know the way.

A hundred questions and no starting point. In 90 minutes your path gets the right strategy – and a team that has known every part of it for years. You still have to walk it. But not alone.

90 minutes + a personal written plan · a one-time 500 €

123families guided
Since 2022by their side
6 areasof expertise
90 minplus a written plan

Why this helps

It isn’t information you’re missing.
It’s someone who has walked the path.

For every single question there are ten answers online – and you end up less certain than before. What’s missing is the right strategy, and a network of people who do this every day. You get both here.

Before

These are the questions families bring us

  • We’ve been talking about it for two years and we’re no further.
  • Which country even fits us – and where are our children allowed to learn freely?
  • Our child is required to attend school. Are we breaking the law if we leave?
  • What’s the right educational path – and what happens to their qualifications later?
  • How do we finance this move without burning through our savings?
  • The house is everything we own. What if we sell it at the wrong moment?
  • Our company is still registered in Germany. Can we take it with us – or is it lost?
  • How do we get health cover abroad if one of the children falls seriously ill?
  • And what if we give everything up and it doesn’t work?

After

And this is what you take away

  1. Clarity on which destination countries or travelling model could fit your situation
  2. Clarity on possible educational paths for your children
  3. Clear guidance on the next steps for property, company and savings
  4. A clear order for the next steps around residency and deregistration
  5. Clarity on which cover is worth checking for your path
  6. A structure that matches how you actually live
  7. Clear guidance on handling savings, property proceeds and wealth questions

Our team

You don’t get one opinion.
You get a team.

For every part of the journey there is someone who does it daily – for years, with real families, not from a textbook. We know these people personally and have worked with them for a long time.

By the way: starting in 2027, quite a bit will change across the EU when it comes to foreign accounts and cross-border wealth matters. The earlier you get the structure right, the more relaxed you’ll be when it happens – it’s exactly the kind of thing our team sorts out for families like yours, every day.

How it works

Three steps to your personal plan

Book & complete your questionnaire

Right after booking, you’ll receive a detailed questionnaire about your current situation, plans, goals and most important questions. Simply complete and submit it before your personal session.

This allows us to prepare specifically for you and your individual situation – so we can focus on what really matters from the very beginning.

Your personal Compass session

In 90 minutes, we’ll look at your situation, your goals and the topics that are truly relevant to your journey.

Your personal roadmap

After the session, you’ll receive your written plan with clear next steps, priorities and – where useful – relevant specialists and contacts.

No months of research. No information overload. You’ll know what to do next.

Who we are

We’ve made the move ourselves –
with heart and experience.

Three children, deregistered from Germany four years ago, travelling ever since around Europe, with Portugal as our favourite. Our children learn freely. We’ve done every single step ourselves: the deregistration, the residency, the insurance, the structure, the schooling question – and all the moments in between when you don’t know whether it was the right call.

Since 2022 we’ve guided other families along this path – 123 of them so far. Out of that time our network grew: people we know, trust and have worked with for years. From that, an international network of emigrants and travellers has grown too – families like yours, all over the world. That network is what we put at your disposal.

We won’t sell you a dream. We’ll tell you what’s coming – and walk it with you, with heart and with a team behind us.

Families we’ve guided

What came of it

„Honestly? We were completely overwhelmed.“ We knew we wanted to change something, but every conversation brought ten new questions. Sell the house? Where would we even go? What do we do with the money? And what about the kids? After the call, not everything was suddenly sorted – but for the first time we felt: okay, now we know where to start. And that was exactly what we’d been missing.
Sarah · family with three children · moved 2022
„For us, it was clearly about the kids.“ School was the point we kept getting stuck on. Today our children learn freely, have friends, and we know exactly what options they’ll have for a diploma later. If someone had explained this to us two years earlier, we’d have saved ourselves a lot of sleepless nights.
Lena · two children · moved 2023
„I was convinced our company would keep us tied to Germany.“ So I’d basically already written off the idea of emigrating. In the call, we understood for the first time which questions we actually needed to sort out with the right experts. That was the real difference for me: no more hundreds of opinions on Google, just concrete contacts and decisions we could make ourselves.
Markus · moved 2024
„In the end, it was far less complicated than it had felt beforehand.“ Not because everything suddenly became easy. But because we stopped trying to solve everything at once. One thing first, then the next. And whenever we needed someone, there was a contact person. That’s what really untangled it for us.
Nina · one child · moved 2024

One price, no packages

The Compass

€500

One payment, made when you book. For the Compass itself, nothing further is owed to us afterwards.

  • 90-minute video call, for both parents
  • Preparation questions beforehand
  • Your path in writing, with order and timeline
  • An introduction to the right specialists from our team
  • A rough cost estimate for your journey
  • After the call: one follow-up question by email included, answered within seven working days

Booking

Pick a time that suits you

Payment is handled at booking. You’ll receive confirmation and your preparation questions straight away.

Living it first

What does moving abroad
actually feel like?

Before you sell everything and deregister: live it for a while. A few weeks in a place you could imagine staying – in everyday life, not on holiday. Shopping, working, laundry, children. Afterwards you’ll know whether it could be your life.

We have contacts to places to stay and to families living the same way. If you’re interested, just write to us and we’ll see what’s possible.

Why it’s worth it

  • You’ll feel in real everyday life on the ground whether it truly fits – not just researched from a desk
  • Your children experience what it’s really like
  • You meet families who’ve already made the move
  • As a couple you decide together – not in theory
  • And if it doesn’t feel right, you’ve gained clarity before making final decisions

Rather ask first?

Write to us

Compass or a trial stay – if you’re unsure what fits your situation, a short message is enough. We reply within two working days.

Or write to us directly: kompass@peopleforpeople.net

Common questions

Before you book

Cost, process, cancellation, and what the association has to do with it – all the answers at a glance.

Ready for the first step?

In 90 minutes your path gets the right strategy – and a team by your side.