Our most comprehensive consultation package. Spend a full day with Karen A Higgs exploring your needs, preferences and concerns regarding relocation to Uruguay. This one-day (6-hour) session is ideal for a private in-depth consultation about life and living in Uruguay. In person, a full day is ideal when you are considering small towns outside of the capital or want the inside scoop on which neighbourhood in Montevideo is best suited to you. Imagine getting to explore different options with your own eyes to ensure you’re making the best possible decision on where to live and work. Prepare to be surprised. We’ll do this by car and include lunch.
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$1,349 + VAT
Is Uruguay a good place to live? This one-day 6-hour session is ideal for a private in-depth question and answer session about life and living in Uruguay. It works very well online or face-to-face. Online we’ll meet on the video platform of your choice (Zoom, Skype, FaceTime). You’ll be amazed how time flies.
On site a full day is ideal if you are considering small towns outside of the capital or want to really get inside which neighbourhood of Montevideo is best suited to you. Usually it’s fairly obvious which neighbourhoods are best after an initial chat, but sometimes one wants to really see what else is out there and could be surprised. We’ll do this by car and includes lunch.
Prior to the meeting, you will complete a questionnaire (we recommend over a good glass of South American red) regarding yourself, your expectations and your lifestyle. Your answers will guide our conversation. This consultation can take place on weekdays or weekends.
“We had the full-day in situ consultation, and it was invaluable. After interviewing us very thoughtfully about what sort of place we might like to live, Karen gave us an extensive and detailed tour of various neighborhoods she thought might suit us. She is incredibly knowledgeable about what each part of town offers in terms of available housing and local resources (restaurants, bars, music venues, grocery stores). This is very important in Montevideo. Many wonderful places hide behind rather plain facades. Karen steered us toward cultural events we never would have found on our own.”
– Nick and Tim had a VIP Day
Your opportunity to have private one-on-one time with Karen A Higgs, author, Guru’Guay founder and Uruguay’s foremost English-language expert.
Like most places in the world and especially in Uruguay, the best experiences and services come by word of mouth. After over two decades in Uruguay and thanks to her ground-breaking work bringing Uruguay to an international audience, Karen has hundreds of trusted contacts in a broad range of fields to share with you.
Uruguay is not a good fit for everyone. No place is perfect, right? And an advantage for one person is a pitfall for another. You’ll receive first-hand, realistic insights tailored to your specific circumstances.
Karen is the creator of Guru’Guay, the most popular English-language website on Uruguay. She has lived in Uruguay since 2000. Her Guru’Guay guidebooks to Uruguay and Montevideo have been recognised by the Uruguay Ministry of Tourism and the Government of Montevideo as an essential reference for both travellers and expats. Karen is frequently invited to talk about Uruguay as a travel and lifestyle destination by international media—including the New York Times, the BBC and National Geographic—and on the world’s most listened to travel podcasts. The Uruguayan public has also fallen in love with Guru’Guay and Karen appears regularly in the national press.
Karen is British and studied in the UK and the US. She lived in the US, Costa Rica, Argentina and Spain before settling on Uruguay.
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VIP Day with Guru'Guay
Karen is an incredible and knowledgeable resource for anyone considering an international move to Uruguay. She provided us with an excellent overview of key aspects of living in Montevideo as a foreigner and carefully tailored our VIP tour experience to focus on the things that matter most to us personally. We very much appreciated and enjoyed our time with her. Highly recommend!
My wife and I spent a full day with Karen in Montevideo during a two-week scouting trip to Uruguay, and it was worth every cent. From the moment we met her, she was warm, friendly, knowledgeable, and genuinely enjoyable to spend time with. We arrived feeling a bit nervous about the idea of relocating, but Karen immediately put us at ease.
She arrived early, clearly outlined the day’s plan, and thoughtfully answered our questions. Throughout the day, she introduced us to local markets, gave us a comprehensive driving tour of Montevideo’s neighborhoods, and helped us understand which areas might suit us best. Over lunch, she shared valuable insights about daily life in Uruguay, and she even showed us how the public healthcare system works by visiting a government health center.
By the end of the day, we were genuinely excited about the possibility of making Montevideo our new home. Karen also connected us with other expats, who we later met and are excited to call future friends. Karen has an incredible ability to connect people and make a new place feel like home. If you’re considering moving to Uruguay—or even just visiting—I can’t recommend meeting with Karen highly enough. She truly is a national treasure.
We spent a most productive and informative day with Karen in Montevideo, which led us to additional productive and informative days during our weeklong “scouting trip” in UY (as well as a fantastic dinner recommendation). We especially appreciated the way the itinerary changed several times throughout the day, responsive to where our conversation took us.
Our day with Karen was the highlight of our trip. Her structured approach and keen ear not only served as input to her wonderful advice, but also provided a great opportunity to help us articulate our wants and needs like never before.
Thank you very much. Looking forward to seeing you soon.
I have never worked with a relocation expert before. I highly recommend Karen for any and all inquiries for Uruguay. She knows the ins and outs that regular tourists are not going to have access. She even presented me with a guide book she wrote to help me discover the country much more.
Thank you so much, Ann. So happy that my contacts included Uruguay’s sole essential oils producer and that you could check it out as part of the VIP Day. Uruguay needs more investors like yourself. I hope that your partner is delving into those classic car recommendations too! — Karen